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Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: No problem.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: No problem. The Acting Chair might give me a few extra minutes as a result.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: There are no wars or other human rights emergencies to justify the fact that more than one third of asylum seekers are from states such as Nigeria, Georgia, Algeria and South Africa. Why is this relevant? It is relevant because, in a shocking revelation, the State has limited resources. Each bed, apartment and house occupied by an economic migrant is one that cannot be given to a genuine...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: No problem.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: You cannot get out of Iran without permission of your husband or permission of your father. You cannot leave that country unless you have that document. That is what the legislation in Iran provides.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I did not say it was a good thing.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: It does strengthen the case but that is what I am saying. You cannot leave that country unless you have some sort of documentation from a husband or from a father.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Deputy Niamh Smyth for the great work she did on the report and my colleague, Senator Carrigy. I welcome the Minister to the House. The hospitality sector employs 240,000 people worth a combined €12.5 billion to the economy each year. The report tells us it accounted for 67% of pre-Covid employment across rural and regional areas. Outside of Dublin, tourism and hospitality...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: This weekend the Ladies Gaelic Football Association, LGFA, introduced a new policy allowing for trans-identified teenagers to play with, and against, girls and women. This decision flies in the face of globally-recognised medical and scientific evidence such as the evidence upon which the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU, based its opposite decision. Previously, the IRFU used the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I would like to call upon the Government to undertake initiatives to politicians from surveillance by foreign Governments and private tech companies. The rather lax approach to security, along with the nature of our data protection laws, means that the Ministers, Deputies, Senators, city and county councillors along with the people who work with them are all vulnerable. Within the past...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I wish to raise the issue of accountability. It is an area we could do better in Ireland in politics. The public at large is interested in it. I understand that last month, solicitor Susan Gilvarry requested, and the Taoiseach subsequently approved, the 16th extension to the deadline of the final report of the commission of investigation into the National Assets Management Agency, NAMA,...

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I was going to go parochial, so I am disappointed the Minister left. However, it is great to have the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, here, because he knows exactly what I am talking about. I wish to raise the issue of the boys and girls primary school in Duleek. It has had ongoing issues with rectification works since 2015. It is a state-of-the-art, brand new school. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. At this stage, no one here does not know what is happening in Iran. Thousands are being interrogated, unfairly persecuted and arbitrarily detained solely for peacefully exercising their human rights, and hundreds remain unjustly imprisoned. Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including denying prisoners adequate medical care, remain...

Seanad: Islamic Republic of Iran: Motion (14 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I second the motion.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I know that a woman of her political experience knows the importance of government at the local level and that healthy and high-functioning local authorities that are well-funded, well-staffed and constantly innovating can make huge changes in local areas and the people and families who live in them. My passion for local government is certainly...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for her attendance and her reply. This is a very important opportunity for local government and for the Minister, Deputy Harris, and his Department. I admire the work he and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, have been doing in their brand-new Department. There is always scope for improvement, however, including in respect of some of the issues I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (9 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Before Senator O'Loughlin responds I want to welcome to the House our visitors from Blessington Educate Together National School. I hope they have a lovely time visiting the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I begin with a phrase I do not find myself saying often. I would like to join the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, in calling for the extension of the 9% VAT for the hospitality sector. The hike back to the upper rate of 13.5% is set to take place at the end of the month. I, along with many others around the country, and I know many...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I think this is the first time I have addressed him in his new role as Minister for Justice. I think he has done a great job since he started in that role. I wish him good luck for the next few months while he is there. Today's topic relates to the zero tolerance of violence against women. I wish to discuss some of these data. The World Health...