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Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Can I propose that, notwithstanding anything in the order of the House, we add an additional ten minutes to this debate?

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Agreed.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I can take two minutes. I welcome the Minister. My father, Lord have mercy on him, used to own a few horses in his time. It was more of a hobby than anything, although he had a small bit of success. He loved those horses. He treated them with respect. He got the vets in and talked to them, God knows, and was very much supportive of animal welfare. The majority of horse owners are the...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I propose: "That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the time allocated to item 3 is extended to finish at 6.40 p.m."

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Animal welfare has to be important. There has been a lot of work done. In fairness, Members of both Houses and across the political spectrum have supported changes that have enhanced welfare. I come from Galway where the Galway Races are synonymous. There is the seven-day festival in the summer and the September and October meetings. The world renowned Galway Plate and Galway Hurdle are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and I thank him for attending. I also welcome the review. As somebody who voted "Yes" but, unlike others here, was not an active participant in the campaign, I am a little concerned. We are talking about the review of the legislation, but already we are hearing talk of what will happen if the review suggests that we get rid of the 12-weeks provision, increase that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: That is fine. Obviously, the legislation as passed has to be fully supported. I agree with other speakers that there should be geographical availability of the services as per the wishes of the people in the referendum. I am concerned, however, because the Minister stated earlier, in response to one of my colleagues, that if recommendations come from the review, they will have to be brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Tendering for consultancy services is something that many State bodies do, but I am bewildered as to how that is linked to the chair. You tender for a group or body to provide services, but I have never heard of tendering for a chair. You put an advertisement for the appointment of a chair on the Public Appointments Service website or the Minister picks a chair. I have never seen a tender...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I really do not think this makes sense at all. We should appoint the chair and the Department of Health should provide money to allow that chair to do his or her work. Is it effectively almost a consultancy company that is being tendered for? It just does not make sense to me. A company normally tenders for something and puts in a price, but Ms Luddy is stating that you get a chair and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: The Department pays the person. That is fine. I am concerned now that the chair would need to be almost an expert in consultancy and everything else rather than an expert on the issues we are dealing with here. It is quite a specific skill set. Normally, from practice, chairs of new bodies, certainly when appointed by Government, are former Supreme Court or High Court judges, retired...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: If a tribunal-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Does the chair of a tribunal-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: When a tribunal is established, as many have been, you do not go to tender for the chair of the tribunal, so why would we go to tender for a chair of this review body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I am sorry to go back to the same point but there is some confusion. I do not doubt the Minister has received legal advice in the Department that this approach should be taken, but considering the level of confusion expressed by me and others this morning, will the Minister undertake to consult the Attorney General as to whether this approach is necessary? I am cognisant that in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: That would be helpful but considering the sensitivity of the matter, we do not want to get off to a questionable start. The best possible advice should be obtained on the Public Appointments Service, PAS, and the Department funding the services of the chair and the group the chair would establish around him or herself to carry out the review. If that were to be verified and checked with the...

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I move: That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight pursuant to Standing Order 98(2)(b) – (1) A Select Committee, which shall be called the Seanad Public Consultation Committee (“the Committee”), shall be appointed to facilitate direct engagement and consultation between members of the public and Seanad...

Seanad: 13th Report of Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I move: That the Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on the amendment of Standing Order 78 be adopted, laid before the House and printed.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him, his Department officials and the members of the Oireachtas joint committee on their work on this comprehensive and complex legislation, which I warmly welcome. Coming from a coastal community and having seen the potential for offshore wind energy, I appreciate the enactment of this legislation will be extremely important. The...