Results 301-320 of 1,888 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: Thank you.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I will try not to be provocative.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I could not be more strongly opposed to section 58 of the Land Development Agency Bill.Section 58 serves one purpose and one purpose only-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: -----and that is to disempower local councillors. Why do we have local government? It is vital to the functioning of this country. Why do we have people elect local councillors? Local councillors understand local wants and needs. Why should the people bother to elect councillors to their local government if the national Government then passes laws which undermine their councillors' place...
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I spoke this morning about grassroots politics and how important it is to listen to local Government and here we are getting rid of the one thing the councillors locally have the power to do.
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: Briefly, I listened to Senator Cummins's remarks and I took these down-----
- Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I reserve the right to listen to the recording and if I have wronged Senator Cummins, I will certainly apologise to him but I believe I heard what he said correctly.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I thank Senator Carrigy for sharing his personal experience with us today.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Senator for sharing his story.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Senator for sharing his story and for showing everybody the humanity and the human side to the politicians here.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Senator. As always, she was upbeat. I invite the Minister of State to respond.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for her work on the Bill. It is a testament to her.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister is very welcome to the House, as always, although, to be honest, I wish he was not here. I wish none of us were here because I am shocked and deeply disappointed that this legislation has been drafted and is before us today. In a mere couple of months, medical apartheid has gone from being discounted by the media as a scaremongering conspiracy theory-----
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: -----to Government policy. Scientists and policymakers alike have warned about this since vaccines were still in development. Articles in The New York Timesand The Washington Postas far back as October 2020 discussed, in dire tones, the social consequences of creating a vaccinated overclass. It has been an odd feeling seeing people-----
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I did not interrupt the Senator. I ask her not to interrupt me.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: It has been an odd feeling seeing-----
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I will continue with my speech. It has been an odd feeling seeing people celebrate receiving their Covid passes online. It is dystopic to see people so glad to be granted this piecemeal freedom by the Government as if these fundamental rights were its to give and take as it sees fit. However, I do not blame people for grasping at any sliver of hope that might allow them finally escape the...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)
Sharon Keogan: I reserve the right to have my speech on the record of the House.