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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Yes.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Exactly.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: On a point of clarification, if a person is resident in Northern Ireland but working in the Republic, and he or she is not British or Irish but from the EU, he or she is fortunate.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I am sorry to interrupt. We are approaching the two hours time limit so we have to conclude.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: It would be a good day's work.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister and his officials for their attendance and for engaging with the committee. It has been very useful and helpful. We appreciate the Minister making himself available for such a lengthy period. As we are approaching our two-hour deadline and there are no more questions to be asked, the meeting will now conclude. Our next meeting is scheduled...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Last night there was a discussion in the Dáil on pay for student nurses. While I fully understand that politics were at play, there is a conversation to be had about how we can justify student nurses not being paid. That applies not just during the pandemic but beyond it. Electricians, plumbers and apprentices are all paid something during training. They do not receive a full wage...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I ask that Senator Casey be allowed to speak before me. I will come in after him.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Acting Chairman and other Members for facilitating the change in the speaking rota. I commend Senator Casey on putting forward his amendment. I concur with everything he and Senator Buttimer have said. I know this is not the Minister of State's baby and that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, is the line Minister and senior Minister in the Department. I understand the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: With respect, there is inflexibility being shown here that is not reasonable. Government Senators from all three parties have got on their feet to ask for this scheme to be reflected upon and changed. On the suggestion that the Government has listened because it has reduced the threshold from €175 to €75, I would respond that the threshold of €175 was just so...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Minister of State for the recap on history and I am sure, being a colleague of his, that he was in no way having a pop at other colleagues.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: For the purposes of context and for the information of Members, because I was Fianna Fáil's Brexit spokesperson when that Bill came through, we were in a different space at that time, which I am sure the Minister of State will remember. It was more of an emergency situation. The Bill was very much rushed through the Oireachtas on the last occasion but that was done because it was...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I propose that we take a break until 2.15 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, proposed division on Second Stage of the Finance Bill 2020, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding arrangements and sitting of the House for Friday, 11 December, Monday, 14 December and Tuesday, 15 December 2020, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 2a, report of the Committee of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Senators for contributing to the Order of Business this morning. Senator Mullen has raised a very important issue. I am not a medical doctor. I recall that the issue came up at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. There were differing scientific views expressed by medical professionals. I have no difficulty in the issue being re-examined. I...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Next Friday.

Seanad: Sittings Arrangements: Motion (9 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Seanad on Friday, 11th December, Monday, 14th December and Tuesday, 15th December, 2020: (1) The Seanad shall meet in the Dáil Chamber at 10 a.m. on Friday, 11th December and 2 p.m. on Monday, 14th December, 2020 and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Brexit Issues: Members of the House of Commons (9 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Benn and the committee for engaging with us this morning. Like Deputy Haughey, I would like to know if there was US influence to pull back on the withdrawal agreement. I agree with Deputy Richmond that it is good news and some progress but it only takes us back to where we thought we were a year ago with an agreement that was already in place. It is entirely separate to the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: The Senator should not be talking about the direction of travel of my party considering the hot water in which his colleagues have found themselves in recent days; let us keep to the Bill. It is worth acknowledging that the carbon tax puts extra pressure to a certain extent on some people. That is why the Government made a commitment that money would be ring-fenced, and measures would be...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Senator Gavan raises a fair point about making a long-term commitment to ensuring the social welfare protections that are in place are always adequate. We all acknowledge that any change in the price of goods can have a significant impact, depending on the household. Earlier, Senator Gavan said that there was no evidential basis for a carbon tax and that it did not make any difference in...