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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: It is customary across both Houses that following a bank holiday there is no Tuesday sitting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Would you like me to address the point, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: I will meet Senator Boyhan directly after the Order of Business so we can go through all of that. He will be well aware that the House does not normally sit on the next day following a bank holiday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Whenever time is required in this House to get legislation through, it is provided. No Minister or Department has ever been found wanting to facilitate legislation. We get our work done and then some. There has never been any challenge in getting work through.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Members might not like what I have to say but the point is that we meet weekly to discuss the schedule and all business is facilitated. It has never been suggested that we have not been able to do our business. We have always done our business and we will continue to do it. I am sure that will happen long after the Senators and I are gone. We can have our conversation, as we do every...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Senator Paddy Burke spoke this morning. He is now the father of the House. I congratulate him. It is a proud day for Mayo that one of our local Senators has achieved such a length of service. It is a great achievement and something to be very proud of.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: We can dream but we may not achieve it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: On a serious note, it is a great achievement and a worthy of accolade.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: I acknowledge the points made by Senator Burke on the damage done by both storms, in particular along the western seaboard where there has been considerable damage to businesses and homes. I also acknowledge the points raised by Senator Dolan about front-line workers in the ESB, Irish Water and Electric Ireland working to get the faults fixed. I fully support the call on behalf of clubs...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: We will have that debate later.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the engagement of the Minister on this particular section. I am speaking to the Government amendment No. 84 and also the Fianna Fáil amendments Nos. 76a, 82aand 83a. We have well hashed out the issues relating to this section and I thank the Minister and her Department for the extensive engagement that we had over the past number of months. We had several meetings on this...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Having listened to some of the contributions, I will respond to some of the matters raised. The Minister and Department have requested that debate on the Bill finish tonight. I was happy to facilitate that because we have gave it three and a half hours on the previous occasion and provided four hours for it tonight. There has been ample opportunity for Members to have their say and we have...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Please do not interrupt. I said I got the impression. I can speak to my own impression.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: The issue arose many months ago. We have been many months working on this and using every avenue available to us to engage with the Department, the Minister, my party leader and other colleagues. Any suggestion that somehow we have not been working on this is not factually correct. That is borne out in the timelines and our engagement with the councillor representative organisations. As I...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: Next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes by the putting of one question from the Chair...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: No, the Bill will adjourn at 6 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: We are staying on Committee Stage.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Cathaoirleach and all those who contributed on the Order of Business. The Deputy Leader, Senator Doherty, spoke about the UN call for a ceasefire, as did many other Senators with very impassioned speeches. There is a view throughout the House that what is happening is abhorrent. There has been acknowledgement that the Government - the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Ministers -...