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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: As we prepare for Christmas, I must once again voice my serious concerns about the division we have created in our country in the past year. Perhaps one of the scariest things is that it almost seems normal now. We have already become used to being told we can do this and we cannot do that. Seeing the online discussions in the UK, which is planning its own Covid pass, and the legitimate...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 31 to 33, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is Senator Higgins pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is the Senator withdrawing the amendment?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendment No. 43 in the name of Senator Higgins has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: As it is now 5 p.m. I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendment No. 45 is hereby negatived in Committee, that section 48 is hereby agreed to in Committee, in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section is hereby agreed to in Committee, Schedules 1 to 12, inclusive, are hereby agreed to in Committee, and the...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 37 and 39 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 45, 46 and 52 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I was not due to speak this morning but I was in my office and I listened intently to Senator Warfield’s contribution. I have never come into this House without doing research on subjects I have spoken about. When I speak about something I speak with knowledge of the subject I am talking about. With subjects like this, I always come from a place of love, compassion and a wish to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Sorry, through the Chair. My door and heart are always open to talk about issues. When it comes to the education of our children, it is important that we have these conversations and that the correct policy is there to educate our children, from primary through to secondary level. I certainly want children to grow up in a happy environment and to be the people who they are.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 3: "In page 5, lines 5 to 18, to delete all words from and including “amended—” in line 5 down to and including line 18 and substitute the following: “amended in subsection (3) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): “(b) Part 3, continues in operation only until the 9th day of February...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I do not believe we are living with Covid. Half this country does not believe we are living with it either. People say that this is new norm. It is not and should not be the new norm. People have had their civil liberties taken away from them over the past two years and were told that they could not go outside a 5 km radius of their homes. Those over 70 were told that they could not...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It is still in the newspapers. It is still being mooted. Journalists are still reporting it. Why are the Minister and the Taoiseach not coming out to discuss the matter? It is being reported that more restrictive measures may be imposed on the hospitality sector, namely, that closing times will be brought back such that they may open until 10 p.m. instead of midnight. We need to give the...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I acknowledged that.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: No.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, to delete lines 21 to 32 and substitute the following: "amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) This Act continues in operation only until the 9th day of February 2022.".".

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, lines 34 to 36, to delete all words from and including “amended—” in line 34 down to and including line 36 and in page 6, to delete lines 1 to 8 and substitute the following: “amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): “(3) This Act continues in operation only until the 9th day of...