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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I second the proposal to amend the Order of Business. What Senator Mullen proposes to do in the House next week is far more important than what has been going on in the two committee meetings that have been taking place yesterday and today. I call for a debate with the Minister for Justice on the use of body cameras and facial recognition technology. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: We need a debate in this House with the Taoiseach to give us clarity on his stance, and the stance of his Government, on what national conversations or debates are allowed to be held in this country. Last week, the Taoiseach took aim at anti-NATO protesters who demonstrated at the Government's consultative forum on international security policy in Cork on Thursday. He said he had learned...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Yes, he was there on Thursday morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: It was the Tánaiste. I beg your pardon. I elevated the Tánaiste to a position I should have-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am sorry; it is the Tánaiste. I beg your pardon.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: That was false. It is the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin. He said the protesters, in what they were attempting to do, were "behaving in a manner that is intolerant of freedom of speech" and that they did not want to allow other views to come forward. “What you’re saying is, debate on your terms, or on nobody else’s terms”, he said. Yet, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I did state that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I did say it was in Cork and, yes, I did make a mistake and should have stated it was the Tánaiste.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Yet, the Tánaiste is on record stating unequivocally, “We don’t need to have that kind of debate in Ireland”, in relation to how gender-critical women found their voices in the UK and began to speak out against the erosion of their rights, identities and spaces as a result of the changes brought about by radical trans activists. In addition, the pronouncement that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I appreciate that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I corrected the record.Is the Senator looking for a debate with the Tánaiste?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Yes

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for coming in today. I was one of the Senators who requested this debate. It is remarkable the amount of work our local authority members have had to endure and do over the last number of years. Since June 2019 to today we have had Covid to deal with and we have also had the Ukrainian crisis. Each and every one of those members, and their communities, has...

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Councillors should be treated the same as elected Members of the Oireachtas. If I may, I want to refer to a report I produced.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: It is to do with councillors' training allowance. Some councillors do not get the same amount of training allowance as others do.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I will give him my report.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: On a point of order, the Minister of State has been comprehensive in his replies and I thank him for that. Did he refer to the issue of security and CCTV?

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I ask him to please mention it again, just to clarify the matter. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: About 28 years ago, I visited Ghana in Africa. If I had known then what I know now, I might have behaved differently. I was a young mother trying to keep an eye on my two children. At the time, Africa, and particularly Ghana, was very poor, and every time you left the hotel, children would gather around you, begging for money, sweets or something else. While I was staying at that hotel, I...