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Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 3: "In page 5, lines 5 to 18, to delete all words from and including “amended—” in line 5 down to and including line 18 and substitute the following: “amended in subsection (3) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): “(b) Part 3, continues in operation only until the 9th day of February...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I do not believe we are living with Covid. Half this country does not believe we are living with it either. People say that this is new norm. It is not and should not be the new norm. People have had their civil liberties taken away from them over the past two years and were told that they could not go outside a 5 km radius of their homes. Those over 70 were told that they could not...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It is still in the newspapers. It is still being mooted. Journalists are still reporting it. Why are the Minister and the Taoiseach not coming out to discuss the matter? It is being reported that more restrictive measures may be imposed on the hospitality sector, namely, that closing times will be brought back such that they may open until 10 p.m. instead of midnight. We need to give the...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I acknowledged that.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: No.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, to delete lines 21 to 32 and substitute the following: "amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) This Act continues in operation only until the 9th day of February 2022.".".

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, lines 34 to 36, to delete all words from and including “amended—” in line 34 down to and including line 36 and in page 6, to delete lines 1 to 8 and substitute the following: “amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) This Act continues in operation only until the 9th day of...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, lines 10 to 22, to delete all words from and including “amended—” in line 10 down to and including line 22 and substitute the following: “amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) Part 2 shall continue in operation only until the 9th day of February 2022.”.”. ...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: There were comments about certain countries not getting it right. Many countries did not do things right. We are part of that. England has done something that we have not done. It has brought in Covid certificates for the medically exempt. I ask the Minister of State to look at that. There is no reason those who cannot be vaccinated for whatever reason cannot have a Covid certificate....

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I am sorry; I do not interrupt anybody. Senators can come in after me. Consent, obviously, is the most important thing. I want to read out a tweet the WHO sent out this week: As school holidays approach, we must also acknowledge that children contaminate their parents and grandparents at home, with a ten times increased risk for these adults to develop severe disease, be hospitalized or...

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is amendment No. 1 agreed to?

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Under the rules, it has to be withdrawn.

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: As we prepare for Christmas, I must once again voice my serious concerns about the division we have created in our country in the past year. Perhaps one of the scariest things is that it almost seems normal now. We have already become used to being told we can do this and we cannot do that. Seeing the online discussions in the UK, which is planning its own Covid pass, and the legitimate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 31 to 33, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is Senator Higgins pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is the Senator withdrawing the amendment?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendment No. 43 in the name of Senator Higgins has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: As it is now 5 p.m. I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendment No. 45 is hereby negatived in Committee, that section 48 is hereby agreed to in Committee, in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section is hereby agreed to in Committee, Schedules 1 to 12, inclusive, are hereby agreed to in Committee, and the...