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Seanad: Tenth Report of Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 98, the recommendations of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight contained in the report entitled ‘Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Amendment of Committee names, matters relating to remit and Orders of Reference of Committees, and amendments to Standing Orders relating to Committees’,...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the Minister. It is great we have the Bill coming to the House and have an opportunity to talk about the transformative impact the Department and the Minister are having on housing policy in the country. The Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill are two landmark Bills that will make a real difference to many citizens across the country in delivering real homes, real houses and...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Business of Select Committee (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. We have received apologies from Senators Eileen Flynn and Róisín Garvey. I welcome all to today's meeting. The correspondence we have received is a submission to the committee from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, dated 21 May. I propose to note the correspondence. Is that agreed to? Agreed. ...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The agenda for today's meeting centres on the area of citizens' rights in Northern Ireland post Brexit. As members will be aware, our meeting will be broken up into two sessions. I need to go through my usual spiel about privilege at the start of the meeting, so please bear with me. Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Holder for his very comprehensive opening statement. If it is okay with him, I propose to take questions from committee members as they come in. Members should raise their hands and indicate if they would like to ask a question. We will then go back and forth with Mr. Holder to clarify some of the points made in his statement. Ultimately, we will be reporting as a committee in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Mr. Holder raised an interesting issue that we would not have considered in great detail before now.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: We are tight on time and due to wrap up the session at 4 p.m., so, if it is all right with Mr. Holder, I will bring in the final member who wishes to contribute and Mr. Holder can then respond to both members.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Holder. He has great timing because the bells have just started to ring for a Seanad vote and we are approaching our concluding time of 4 p.m. I thank him for his evidence to the committee. He has dealt with many questions across various areas. The committee has focused heavily on the trade aspect of Brexit, but this session was important for bringing the discussion back to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Apologies for our slight delay in restarting. A vote was called in the Seanad, so I and other members had to make our way to the Chamber for that. I ask Mr. Allamby, Ms McGahey and Ms Gibney to bear with me. I have a little spiel about privilege for witnesses that I have to read out so I will just run through that again, as is required. Witnesses giving evidence from within the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: No problem. Thank you very much, Ms Gibney. I will hand over to you.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Senator is not alone. Mr. Allamby's connection is dropping in and out.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I sympathise. I live in County Mayo. It is an ongoing issue there too. We will proceed and see how we get on. If there are major difficulties, I might suggest that Mr. Allamby turns off the video, because sometimes that allows the sound to come through.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: We will give it a go.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I apologise to Mr. Allamby but it seems that we are not getting a much better connection. I make the following suggestion. A hard copy of Mr. Allamby's opening statement has been circulated to all members. If members and the witnesses are agreeable, we can take it as having been read by the members and proceed straight to questions. It might be easier. Is that okay with you, Mr. Allamby?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Is that agreed with members and the other witnesses? Yes. We will take Mr. Allamby's statement as read. It is a difficulty we encounter often at our virtual committee meetings. We have found ways of working around it. I thank the witnesses for their most comprehensive opening statements. It is great to hear that the three organisations are working so closely together. It is very...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Ms Gibney said Covid-19 has masked over many of the problems. It is almost hard to imagine that prior to Covid, we discussed Brexit daily for the previous three years. It was the big issue which was taxing people North and South, across the water and beyond in mainland Europe. She identified six priorities for protection of rights on the island of Ireland. One is the continued right to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Allamby. Go ahead, Ms McGahey.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: That is okay. The debate is ongoing in terms of extending the franchise. Ms McGahey is correct; there is a job of work to be done in the Republic on that particular issue. I am conscious that we are coming close to our finishing time of 5 p.m.. Members might please let me know if they wish to come in and ask a question. We will have a few extra minutes beyond 5 p.m. because we suspended...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Go ahead, Senator Ó Donnghaile.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Citizens' Rights in Northern Ireland Post Brexit: Discussion (24 May 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Senator Ó Donnghaile. Apologies, I had not spotted that his hand was raised. I will hand back to Ms McGahey and Ms Gibney.