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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Okay. Regarding the support Tusla can offer to families in difficulty, do many families contact Tusla for such family support, or are they afraid to get in touch with that organisation?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: My goodness.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: That is a shame to hear. I am disappointed to hear it, to tell the truth. I know of several families that are getting family support from Tusla. The children are still with them and the agency is supporting those families and trying to keep them together. Tusla is supporting those families financially to ensure the children do not go without. Turning to the issue of maintenance, as a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I wish to take this opportunity to put before the House the significant concerns of many people regarding the proposed reforms to the equality Acts. I understand the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has set a deadline of 29 November for the consultation on the Acts and I wish to identify for the record a very important issue that has been identified with the proposed changes. One of the proposals...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister for his comments. I understand the difficulties that youth and transpeople have with regard to their sexuality. I have had many children in my care who may have been even thrown out of their homes because of their sexuality. I have had a number of transchildren in my care as a foster parent. Obviously, I have raised some issues this morning that have caused deep...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: My point this morning is all about the safeguarding of women and children here.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It nearly feels like a Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis in here, as I remember from many years ago.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It is wonderful to have the Taoiseach in the Chamber. We would love to see more of him. He is very welcome here at any time. We would have liked if his appearance before us had occurred during happier times. With the reimposition of restrictions and the prospects of lockdowns not being ruled out in the run-up to Christmas, it certainly feels like Groundhog Day again. The vaccinations...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: In Duleek.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Do not forget secondary schools.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Yesterday, €800 million was allocated to the mother and baby homes redress scheme, and rightly so. What have we learned as a nation, however, and are the mistakes of today going to be our horror stories of tomorrow? Last week, I was horrified by the report from the national review panel on children and young people in State care. Since 2010, 236 deaths have been reported, and 56 of...

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome Deputy Lawless to the House. I thank the committee for its work to date on this report. I thank Senator Hoey for her testimony. I apologise to her on behalf of each and every one of us as elected Members that she was not looked after and that she did not get justice. Many of the 95% of women of who are being raped, sexually abused or sexually assaulted will not get justice, and...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I happily support the amendment. I also support the recommendations made by the AILG and LAMA regarding the Bill. The amendment ensures the adherence to the relevant development plan or local area plan is carried over from the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancy Act 2016, which established the SHD process and brought in the process for large-scale residential...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I concur with Senator Boyhan. Amendment No. 15 is in the same vein as the previous amendment from the Independent Group. It would present the documents detailing an application for the LRD to the elected members of the local council. This will enable the members to have informed discussions regarding the LRD and the benefits it would bring to the area, as well as serving to highlight areas...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Yes that is fine. It was unaccompanied minors I was referring to. I was just wondering what happens to them. Do they automatically go into the State care system?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the witness.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the witnesses for their statements today. My first question is about undocumented children who may come into the State without parents. What happens to those children? They end up with Tusla and they end up in care. Sometimes they have difficulties in getting interpreters when they arrive into the immigration centre the following day. What happens to the undocumented children? Do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I call for a debate on the reinstatement of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. It has been mentioned a few times since its dissolution on 8 October 2020, 11 days before another level 5 total lockdown was imposed on this country. More than a year later, our case numbers are three times what they were then and the dedicated Covid committee, established to consider and take evidence...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister is very welcome to the House. As I read through this Bill, I was reminded of Senator McDowell's Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 which passed into law in April 2021. That was a targeted Bill, urgently drafted to remedy an obviously unintended legal situation. There was a universally recognised need for that Bill by the public but such does not seem to be the case with this Bill....

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Of course, people should be able to visit healthcare buildings without harassment but the need for this Bill is certainly subject to scrutiny. The Department of Health has stated that protests outside healthcare facilities are limited and that where problems do arise, there is existing public order legislation in place to protect people accessing services, staff and local residents. Indeed,...