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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Business of Special Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Our next meeting will be held the first week we are back. We will correspond with members via email about it but it will definitely be that week.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Business of Special Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: If there is a necessity to meet the week before, we will do that but I envisage it happening the first week we are back.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (17 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: The terms of reference for the Commission on the Defence Forces were published some days ago. Why has the Department of Defence been excluded from the commission given the strategic role it plays and the input into and control it has on all matters relating to our defence forces? It seems like a glaring omission from the commission's terms of reference. It is a specific request from the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (17 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Minister of State for the reply but, with respect to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, the fact that he has had a good personal experience of the Department of Defence is beside the point. Having looked at the terms of reference, the defence community have questions over the independence of the commission and questions as to why the Department was excluded. There are members of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I wish to voice my agreement with the Order of Business and raise a couple of items. As Members will be aware, the national development plan, NDP, is currently being reviewed and is open for public consultation. People can submit their ideas and suggestions before the end of January. I know the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will be coming to the Chamber early in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Cathaoirleach. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I join the Cathaoirleach in celebrating Australia Day and extending our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Professor Brian Hillery, a distinguished and accomplished public servant who did a great deal in his life. We wish his family well and hope they are doing okay at this difficult time. I support...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. It is an unenviable task to try to co-ordinate the logistics and roll out a vaccination programme with multiple vaccines in such a short time. It is quite a feat of human engineering to be able to bring these vaccines to the market in such a short time and to have them transported across the globe to vaccinate people as quickly as possible....

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Senator Boyhan. It is very apt that he is the Chair this evening. It shows the seriousness of the issue and the fact that it is real people and real testimonies that are at the heart of this report. I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. It is good that he is here to listen to the contribution of Senators. This is really only the beginning of the healing process. I am not sure...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: It is fair to say the levels of State support from the Minister's Department for our citizens have been unprecedented during this time. It is right and proper that a First World country, one that values protecting its most vulnerable, would provide that level of a social safety net when people need it. We have done a good job, evidenced by the €10 billion or so we spent last year, in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off and given that we are joining remotely, I ask that they mute their microphones when they are not speaking, please. Are the draft minutes of the meetings on 1, 2 and 16 December 2020 and the actions agreed in the draft minutes of our private meetings of 13, 20 and 27 January 2021, relating to correspondence and the work...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I am not sure if I neglected to mention at the outset that Mr. McGrath is the chair of the committee. At the outset, I forgot to mention that we have received apologies from Senators Gallagher and Black. I thank Mr. McGrath. That was very helpful. I agree with him that we want to maintain all the rights that citizens in Northern Ireland have always had. That is an important aspect of...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I suggest that Mr. McGrath respond to the questions posed by Senator McDowell, after which we will hear from Ms Sheerin and Ms Anderson.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I remind other members to mute their devices when they are not contributing and to then unmute them when they come in to speak. I now invite Ms Emma Sheerin, MLA for Mid Ulster, to speak.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Ms Sheerin. We would all be in agreement that more of these types of meetings would benefit everybody. I am looking forward to greater engagement, North and South, across all committees and bodies. I call Martina Anderson, MLA for the constituency of Foyle. I hope she is back online.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Ms Anderson, who raised important issues. As I told her committee's chair at the outset, this is a two-way street. Some members may wish to contribute again. I will wait until others have made their first contributions before I ask questions on my own behalf. I suggest that, after my committee's members have made their contributions or asked their questions, I will turn to Mr....

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Ms Anderson. The next speaker offering is Senator O'Reilly.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Senator. All the members who indicated that they wished to speak in the first round have done so. I have a couple of questions for the witnesses, after which any members who want to come in on a second round might put their hands up and I will let them in. I thank Mr. McGrath, Ms Anderson and Ms Sheerin for their candid exchanges with us. They are really painting a picture of...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Does Ms Sheerin want to come in?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Thank you Ms Sheerin. A number of Senators are offering, including Senators Gallagher and Martin. I will go to them, revert to Mr. McGrath and then call Senators who wish to contribute to a second round of questioning. Senator Gallagher appears to be having technical difficulties so we will go to Senator Martin next.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I think Senator Gallagher is back on the line.