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Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Are other Senators indicating, because it will affect how long I will speak for?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will try not to take too much time. I would like to speak on one or two of the specific concerns raised by Senator McDowell and by my colleague, Senator Ruane, and then I will come to why I have reached the position of supporting the criminalisation of the purchase of sex. I want first to address the question raised about aiding and abetting. Currently, no prosecution has taken place of...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was speaking in terms of solicitation. I will keep going as I am very limited in my time. I have much less time than Senator McDowell.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I also wanted to speak on the question, which the Senator raised, of the fetish. It is not something that someone suffers with. People have fetishes and that is all very well and fine, but it is very important in areas such as sadomasochism that there is mutual desire and very clear lines in terms of consent. It is more important in those areas because of the potential damage that may come...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have many other points that I would like to make but I will put them aside.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I look forward to our debate with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and I shall not talk about the subject now. I echo the comments of concern expressed by Senator Boyhan about the return of funding that was provided to assist with migration projects. I call for a debate on how Ireland intersects with European migration policy, particularly the EU migration compacts that are being...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We must know where action needs to be taken in respect of things like fracking legislation and other legislation. Please ensure that legislation is fasttracked-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----that could be affected by the full ratification. We must get the regulations in place before further constraints are imposed in terms of a compensatory price tag.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is due to be voted on. The European Parliament may have passed it by now.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I would like to clarify that I made a request for the House to debate the matter.

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister. I wish to raise three issues, the first of which is cycling.While I would like to talk at length, given the time constraints I will move quickly to questions on the area. We know that cycling is an efficient, cheap, healthy and environmentally-friendly mode of transport. It moves across all areas of the Minister's brief covering sport, transport and tourism....

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will be able to make this in just under one minute. In his principles of public transport, the Minister talks about encouraging the use of buses. How do we also protect public delivery of and public accountability regarding public services, particularly given that, for example, in recent trade agreements we have protected intercity routes but we have not explicitly protected other areas...

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister said that there are areas of our bus service that lose money. I am saying that we should frame it as costing money because it is not a question of subsidy, but investment. We talk about sustainability and the Minister talks about a sustainable future. I am concerned that he may be speaking about being sustainable as a viable business. When we talk about public transport,...

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Those he can.

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have until 2.45 p.m., so I appreciate the extra five minutes. If we only have 0.5% of our funding for cycling I would appreciate if the Minister could give us 0.5% of his time to give us some indication of his policy direction, even if detailed replies have to follow.

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As a point of information-----

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----the Minister indicated he was answering a question of mine about public transport.

Seanad: Transport and Tourism: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I would like to clarify that my question was not about the industrial dispute. My question was not answered. In fact, none of my questions on cycling, Shannon and pre-clearance or public sustainable transport has been answered.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, to the House. We already have heard that Ireland is off track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% across non-industrial sectors by 2020. At present, we are heading for cuts of only between 6% and 11%. I am more concerned about a report from Brussels-based non-governmental organisation, Carbon Market...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for coming in to the House and for the clarity, sincerity and consistency of her remarks. I also thank her for her willingness to take the McCabe family seriously and to engage appropriately with them at a very early point, which is commendable. I will not, in the limited time available, dwell on the indefensible and appalling treatment of the McCabe family but I...