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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 49: In page 19, to delete lines 6 and 7 and substitute the following: “(4) The Minister shall publish— (a) any direction issued under section 11, and (b) any guidelines issued under subsection (1), in such manner as he or she considers appropriate.”.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: The Cathaoirleach might consider giving me the same latitude he gave Senator Boylan.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: Yahoo.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Green Party. I commend my colleagues on bringing this issue to the Chamber during their Private Members' time. I feel very strongly about and wish to speak to a number of issues raised in the motion, as I have done in my past two years in the Chamber, including the treatment of animals in the racing sector, the need to better fund our animal welfare organisations and the care...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. It always strikes me when we talk about hospitality workers that there is a public perception they are all young, mostly students and working part-time. There is an idea they are only working in the industry to supplement some other lifestyle, such as a student who needs to make extra money. It is obvious, however, that this is not the case. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank Dr. Lambert for his presentation. The additional information has been very useful. People regularly contact us about long Covid. People explain their symptoms and sometimes feel that they are not being believed and that it is in their head. It is great to have this session today. I am interested in how long Covid relates to workplace issues and how we might manage that. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: Dr. Lambert mentioned that people had contacted him with requests for it to be defined as a disability. Should that be considered? People contract long Covid either because they were on the front line or otherwise. Does Dr. Lambert believe it could be defined as a disability or will it be kept in a separate categorisation?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: That is alright. It is marvellous to be back in here again. I hope everyone, Members and staff alike, had a pleasant summer. I rise to continue with the topic I raised in the House just before we finished for the summer, that is, animal welfare in Dublin Zoo. Dublin Zoo responded via the media to the statement I made then to call for "an independent investigation into these allegations"...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for being here. As a member of the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health, I and my committee colleagues, Senator Black and Deputy Wall, have been pushing this particular agenda in respect of advance healthcare directives and voluntary detainment under the Mental Health Act and criminal insanity legislation. The call of everyone on the committee has always been for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I want to raise two issues today. We are all talking about the upcoming budget. I was in with Mental Health Reform earlier, as I am sure others were, on its pre-budget submission and on what it wants to see in the budget. I spoke to two mental health advocates, Blessing and Justyna, about their personal experiences of mental health while navigating the supports in the system in Ireland....

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 68: "In page 37, to delete lines 32 to 34 and substitute the following: “(6) Nothing in this section shall be taken to mean that a designated institution of higher education, any other higher education provider or any other education provider, body or person— (a) shall be allocated funding by An tÚdarás in any financial year, (b) is...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 71: "In page 38, line 16, after “143” to insert “or to adequately explain non-compliance under subsection (7)of that section”."

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I echo Senator Black's words of gratitude to some of the people we have been working, particularly members of Mental Health Reform and some others who have been good and have done as much work as the Department has done on this legislation. They have been casting an eye over it, advising and putting forward different ways in which it could be tied in with human rights. A question has come...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: It is very welcome that the Minister seeks to reform and expand AHDs and to ensure that preferences of people with psychosocial disabilities are protected but I am concerned that amendment No. 42 creates further confusion because it creates a piecemeal provision. It feels as though the amendment pays lip service to the protection of rights while allowing them to be undermined on the basis of...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The cost-of-living crisis has been hard on the country and based on what we know it looks like it will be with us for years to come. I feel this personally because me and my peers came of age during the last recession. A lot of us left and some of us came back and now it feels like it has all gone to pot again. That is a sentiment I toss...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I wish to take a moment to reflect on last week, when I spent two immersive days in Iceland. I was on a study trip with the all-party group on workplace equality, supported by WorkEqual and Alice PR. We were travelling around, visiting people and talking to them about how Iceland became the world's most gender-equal country. We met with trade unions, advocacy groups, MPs and councillors....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I want to raise two arguably differing topics, if the House will indulge me. First, I welcome the announcement by the Minister, Deputy Harris, to review postgraduate supports. This is incredibly important and something I have been campaigning on for a very long time. Only in the past few weeks, I met with the postgraduate workers union, which is doing very important work on representation...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill: Report and Final Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: Before we commence, I remind everyone that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Each non-Government amendment must be seconded. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.