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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: That is their job. It is a part of the responsibility and burden of being in Cabinet, although it is a privilege to be there. These are the kinds of issues that if Ministers can get around the table, and it sounds like they are doing that, hopefully they can bring this to a resolution that is long overdue. It brought the issue home when the Senator said this all kicked off in the year...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Northern Ireland Protocol and Ongoing Implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (15 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I ask members to please ensure their mobile phones are switched off. Apologies have been received from Senators Flynn and O'Reilly. The meeting this afternoon is the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. I welcome you all to today's meeting with European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefovi. We have no...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Northern Ireland Protocol and Ongoing Implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (15 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Thank you very much, Commissioner. You have delivered a very strong and clear message on the position the EU has adopted under your leadership in terms of these negotiations. We share your concern around the rhetoric and actions of the UK, and we feel very much to the fore in terms of the negative impact of those actions. Thank you for your work and engagement, particularly on Northern...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Northern Ireland Protocol and Ongoing Implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (15 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Commissioner. Three members remain and time is running out, so I ask members to be as brief as possible with their questions. I call Senator Erin McGreehan.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Northern Ireland Protocol and Ongoing Implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (15 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Commissioner, I am very conscious that we are almost out of time. I will ask my questions now and allow you to answer all of them together. Fisheries and our fishing communities is the one area where there is still a lot of upset in Ireland. The piece of the Brexit adjustment reserve fund that we are getting is significant, and we appreciate that. It will go a long way towards assisting...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Northern Ireland Protocol and Ongoing Implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement: Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (15 Nov 2021)

Lisa Chambers: On behalf of the committee, I extend our thanks to the Vice-President of the Commission, Mr. Maroš Šefovi, for taking time this afternoon to engage with our committee. Commissioner, it was a very informative and interesting engagement. We very much appreciate your time this afternoon. There is no other business. The next meeting of the committee will be with the Minister...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m., and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2.15 p.m. by the putting of one question from the Chair; No. 91, motion 2, Private Members' business, motion regarding human rights in China, to be taken at 2.30 p.m., with the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Members who contributed on the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin kicked off the Order of Business by informing the House that today is aunties' day, which I was not aware of. I send a shout out to all the great aunties. I have a couple of really good aunties myself. They are all good ones, obviously. It is nice to start on a positive note. The Senator raised a specific...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Very good. I am sure he passed on the congratulations and well wishes of the House on behalf of all Senators. Senator Ó Donnghaile also spoke about the commitment of the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, to holding a referendum on independence in 2023. He requested a debate on the shared island initiative by the Department of An Taoiseach. I will certainly request that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Senator Dolan mentioned that Friday is the day to recognise people with a disability and asked people to wear purple. I thank her for raising the matter. Senator Maria Byrne raised the issue of cancellations in the hospitality sector. She also spoke about the pyrite remediation scheme in Limerick and noted that homeowners who had been accepted for the scheme had not yet received word....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I will start by updating Members on how we got on in our football match yesterday. I am sure Senator Ruane will speak about it, but it was brilliant. It is fair to say the Breakthrough organisation wiped the floor with us. If it were not for our star player, who was our goalkeeper, it would have been a lot worse. We managed to claw back a couple of goals at the end and I managed to get my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: We are not totally wounded today; we are managing to walk around. It was great craic. I thank Senator Ruane for organising it. It was a nice thing to do yesterday. I raise an issue I read about this morning, which was one of the most distressing articles I have read in a very long time. It was a report by RTÉ on the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. It was shocking to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Lepassaar for his presentation. My first set of questions are on the annual budget for ENISA. What is the annual budget for this year and next year? Does he envisage the budget increasing over the next five years? Are discussions taking place on that? Where does Mr. Lepassaar see his organisation going in the next five to ten years? What are the long-term plans? Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Lepassaar for his very comprehensive reply. I appreciate his straightforwardness. On the final point with regard to the producers of software, that is, the big corporates, what type of interaction does the agency have with them? Does it deal directly with big producers such as Intel, Microsoft and so on? What type of interaction does the agency have with them? If the agency...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m. and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, to be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 p.m. by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government; No. 2, Houses of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank all Members for the contributions on the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin kicked off today's Order of Business and raised once again the issue of Garda numbers in Kildare compared with areas of similar population size in the State. I note that the Senator has expressed frustration that she has no forum in which to raise this matter. I understand that the Cathaoirleach has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Senator also said that a third of people voted for abortion. Actually, more than 66% of our citizens voted to remove the eighth amendment. That is the factual position. That amounts to two thirds of the country. However, I agree with the Senator that the views of people with a pro-life position need to be facilitated, should be given a space to be articulated and should be respected....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I second the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. I rise this morning to raise three specific issues, the first of which is the reporting that the British Government is bringing through new legislation around immigration laws that will require non-Irish EU citizens resident in Ireland to provide an electronic travel authorisation to cross from Ireland into Northern Ireland. It is...