Results 1-20 of 135 for long speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...sure all of these vacant properties are even being captured at the moment. I could not stand up today and not highlight how stunned all of us were at how many of the doors we were knocking on belonged to houses that are outright empty. That brings me to my second point, which is about a protest held outside Leinster House yesterday specifically about the housing crisis in Gaeltacht...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...to see an enormous societal shift. For me, parent's leave, parent's benefit and shared opportunities to care for children go societally far beyond being able to care for a child. They also have long-term benefits for what society looks like because when both parents are able to present and care for a child, it shifts that dynamic throughout the child's life, which has positive...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...carried out since 2020 of any aircraft potentially carrying weapons through Ireland. We cannot stand idly by while our airports facilitate the transport of weapons for war crimes, undermining our long-standing position of military neutrality. If we are going to kick this to touch, will the Minister at least commit that there will be inspections or interim measures while this Bill is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...coming in a little bit later on or after their treatment. Would many people approach for support a couple of years after they have been diagnosed, either because the cancer journey can be quite long or maybe their journey has ended and they are in remission? Would anyone come to the community cancer centres for support? I am interested to hear, as I am a big believer in screening....

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...opposed but, rather, ushered through with enthusiasm and haste. I thank all the visitors in the Chamber and those who are not here and have advocated for themselves or their loved ones for too long. I look forward to a day when disabled people have their needs met and their families are supported and we have a society in which every individual can thrive to the fullness of their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (17 Apr 2024)

Annie Hoey: .... By any measure, that is a de facto non-existent healthcare system and is not good enough. Some of the issues with the system include a lack of access to quality care, as I said; a decade-long waitlist for the primary public service; non-existent youth services; denial of services and primary care; little to no availability of surgery within Ireland; and, a failure to adhere to...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...daily and muttering about planting weather and wet sodden land. I must have picked it up off my dad over the years when he used to do that. As a little girl I would stand beside him and nod along and go, "Yes, most certainly." It has been incredibly difficult. As I have been going across the country I am struck by and cannot get over how often I see wet farm lands in a way that I do...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Breeding (20 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...be changes under the Control of Dog Breeding Establishment Act - forgive me if I did not quite get that - and the first meeting will be held soon. Obviously that is great but is there any idea how long this will take? Is it likely to happen this side of Government or is it foreseen to take a little bit longer? There needs to be zero tolerance for the cruelty or neglect of any puppy or...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...to live in the town, both from around the country and abroad, all work hard to build it to be what I believe is a great town a great place to live. We have welcomed people to Drogheda for a very long time. Mosney is right beside Drogheda, which has become a thriving, multicultural, diverse town. I implore the people who are either seeking election or who are currently elected to be...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: Hopefully, I will be forgiven for remaining seated. I am not able to stand for long periods at the moment, so I will be doing something that feels very unnatural. I welcome the debate and the introduction of the Bill to amend Article 41, particularly related to the current sexist language within it, which refers to women having a life within the home and mothers having duties in the home....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...it? I am struck by hearubhave heard a number of people it I was struck by hearing a number of people say that it is easier to pull a story than try to defend it. This was in the context of the long-term impact of running a story on a particular issue. I would like to tease that out. If something is newsworthy, it is newsworthy. There are lots of issues I do not think are newsworthy...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...are not there. Often this healthcare is extremely time-sensitive because of the legislation, or perhaps for personal reasons. People do not have the luxury of waiting until the protesters are no longer outside. No one should have to make a healthcare decision based on waiting for when protestors will not be outside. That is not the best way to do that. It can be frightening and...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...not aware of. You feel that weight on your shoulders all of the time. Some people have talked about respite. Even when those caring responsibilities are gone, for whatever reason, and you are no longer caring for a person, it takes a long time for that weight to come off your shoulders. You constantly feel it and you constantly feel their presence. I thank Senator Ardagh for talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...consent if they have lost capacity at that time. Nowhere else in the world currently has this process where it is possible to give a waiver in advance. I do not want to suppose. We have come a long way in advance healthcare and all these things. I was on the committee that dealt with elements of that. Will this approach become more commonplace? Anybody who wishes can answer this...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...general she took action to protect abortion provision and services in the state of Massachusetts and as governor she ensured a stockpile of Mifepristone under threat of it being banned. Not so long ago in Ireland, women like me and others were either illegally buying abortion pills for people or helping women to access abortion pills. It was only six years ago that I and others were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...spoken to me about it. There is very much a direct connection with the impacted workers. These things are happening not just in Ireland but across the globe but the fact Tara Mines cannot say how long these 650 workers will be out of work is very worrying. There were discussions on "Morning Ireland" earlier about unsustainable losses tied to changes in the prices of zinc and...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I am not going to speak for terribly long on this issue. As I believe this is, though, the last time we will address this matter, I feel I should speak on it. I am acutely aware that with every day that passes, time is slipping away from those who had their lives cruelly and irrevocably changed, and sometimes even destroyed, by this brutal regime that the State willingly supported. These...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...of the four catchment areas and who have come to this realisation and are really struggling? Perhaps they have been struggling their whole lives. I think in particular of women who went through a long period of masking. I do not know what it is about women in their 30s where the mask suddenly comes off in every which way in their lives. It feels to me, from anyone I spoke to, that...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...health sphere, in particular with ADHD. There seems to be discouragement, even from some medical professions, against pursuing this diagnosis. It is suggested that because people have lived so long without it, they have no need to do that. How would the witnesses advise someone to go forward, who has received that discouragement, either from family, friend circle, or indeed the medical...