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Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Lisa Chambers: A lot has been said about this Bill between Second Stage and Committee Stage. I will not go over old ground, but will take the opportunity once again to thank Eve McDowell and Una Ring for their work in campaigning on this issue. They were undeterred. When they started this campaign it was not easy for them, but despite dealing with and recovering from their ordeals they very bravely took...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: The Leader will be aware, as will other Members, that recently the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, announced that there would be a new scheme in place for childcare in this country and the Government has announced core funding for the childcare sector. The Minister is due to publish specific guidelines for the sector that private...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Senator for her proposed amendment. She and I had a conversation about this matter earlier, and I understand what she was trying to achieve. I assure her, however, that subsection 2(a) adequately deals with the "repeated" behaviours required. It is a similar word to “persistent”, so I am confident the Bill does what we need it to do, and I hope the...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I would like to make some comments, if the Cathaoirleach will grant me some latitude.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: On Wednesday, 9 February 2022.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. This is a more positive experience than when we took Second Stage of this Bill last September. I am pleased to have brought this legislation to the House to make the offence of stalking a stand-alone crime in Irish law, which is currently not the case. Members will be aware from the contribution I made last September that I believe this Bill is...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: The Minister opened very well when she spoke about the very tragic passing of Ashling Murphy and what that has done for our country in uniting all of us in the joint approach to tackle now the scourge of violence against women in this country. There are many issues to be tackled, not alone in the legislation, but as I mentioned earlier today, the wraparound services and how we deal with...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: The education piece will be key. I know the Minister will have to work cross-departmentally with the Minister for Education on this. Much responsibility is placed on our teachers' shoulders in terms of how they are supposed to do everything at this particular age. It is really important at a young age, particularly when a person is coming into his or her teenage years, that we teach young...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the roll-out of broadband, to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and to conclude at 3.30 p.m., with the opening contribution of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, those of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given not less than ten minutes to reply to the debate;...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Members for contributing to the Order of Business. The Order of Business kicked of with Senator Seán Kyne raising the issue of the Passport Office. There are ongoing delays but we would expect there to be a greater demand. A number of other Members, including Senator Malcolm Byrne and others, raised a similar issue around passports, as did Senator John Cummins, in terms of...

Seanad: Final Report on Impacts of Brexit of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I spot my colleague, Senator McAuliffe and his mum and dad in the Gallery. I want to say "hello" to our visitors. It is nice to have people back in the House. We have been waiting a long time for that. They are most welcome.

Seanad: Final Report on Impacts of Brexit of Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I am thankful for this opportunity to speak today. I want to begin by thanking the members of the committee but, importantly, the clerk to the committee, Christy Houghton, and members of the secretariat, John Foyle, Claudia Zelli and Haley O’Shea, who worked with myself and committee members over the course of a year to put together this final report on Brexit on the withdrawal of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: That is great. I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I wish the Minister good morning. I have two very brief questions. First, does the Minister think there have been any negative implications for the programme flowing from the ongoing negotiations on the Northern Ireland protocol? Second, is he in a position to give a few examples of the types of programmes he envisages being funded under this programme?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: It is vitally important that at the first opportunity in this Chamber we rise to our feet and raise with the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy Browne, the recent horrific and tragic killing of Ashling Murphy. Our hearts go out to her family, her partner, her friends and her community who are all grieving this loss. As a nation we are heartbroken for the life stolen from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: On behalf of my colleagues, I thank the Minister of State for his response. We join him in supporting a zero-tolerance approach but we must get a definition for that. What does it mean or what would it look like? We welcome the imminent publication of the national strategy but, again, the devil will be in the detail. What does it suggest, will money be put behind it and how will it be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022, referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; and No. 2, motion regarding the report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science entitled The Impact of COVID-19...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: As expected, almost all Members rose this afternoon to express their condolences and deepest sympathies to the Murphy family and to Ashling's community, friends, school colleagues and the children at her school on what was an extremely tragic and horrific murder. Many colleagues have requested justice debate. We have secured a debate with the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, next...

Seanad: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Motion (19 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36)(Appointed Day) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 29th November, 2021, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, in accordance...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Minister is welcome to the Chamber. It is great to be able to stand in this House and welcome such a large social welfare package. We can be very proud of our country and the levels of spending we see here across all areas of social protection. That does not happen everywhere in the OECD and beyond. We see a record budget for next year, 2022, involving an increase of €558...