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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 20: In page 13, to delete line 18 and substitute the following: “(a) commerce, finance, administration, public service, civil society or trade unions,”. I am speaking on behalf of Senators Higgins and Ruane, neither of whom can be here today. I have been tasked with their job. I understand the argument that things need to be kept broad and that...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 21: In page 13, line 18, to delete “business, finance or”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 22: In page 13, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(b) relevant areas of academic research including the law or social policy,”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 23: In page 13, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) the environment, sustainable development and environmental law,”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 24. In page 13, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(c) international law and international agreements or conventions to which the State is a party to,”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 25: In page 13, line 23, after “protection” to insert “and promotion”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 31: In page 18, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(6) In considering whether to remove a lay member from office, the Government shall lay a copy of the proposal to remove the lay member before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and shall seek and have regard to the views of that Committee in such considerations.”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 32: In page 21, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(4) In this section, references to the improvement of diversity shall be construed to include improvement of representation of persons or classes of persons who are disadvantaged by reference to the following factors: (a) gender; (b) civil status; (c) family status; (d) sexual orientation;...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: Amendment No. 32 seeks to insert a definition clarifying the groups to whom the improvement of diversity referred to in commission's diversity statements will apply. They have been taken from the commission's own diversity statements. I am quite surprised that Senator McDowell does not know what "civil status" is, considering the groups in question are all listed in the Equal Status Act....

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the Bill. I echo Senator Wall's thanks and welcome for the people in the Gallery. Maria, Johnny and Damien gave us an excellent briefing earlier and everyone has given so much of their personal time and experience to this issue. This is an issue that we cannot talk about in the abstract, up here in the legislative sky. These are real people, real families and real children who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: I ask Senators to please forgive me because I must leave this session a little early. I apologise to the Leas-Cathaoirleach and the Deputy Leader. I am sure that we all saw the chaos generated by the Twitter layoffs at the weekend. Twitter laid off people, potentially unlawfully. The situation is still somewhat unclear, with employees in the Dublin office being let know of their...

Seanad: Review of Allegations of Sexual Abuse at St. John Ambulance: Motion (17 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Like everyone else, I acknowledge Mick Finnegan, who is in the Chamber today. I know there are others who are watching and that, for many others, this is not something they will be able to watch, want to watch or participate in for a variety of their own reasons. I am struck by the figures Senator Doherty called out. One hundred people have now come forward. Seven people came forward, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: She can whisper it in my ear. I thank the witnesses very much for coming in and giving their perspectives on this. It would not be fair to say they think this legislation is unworkable because they obviously put in suggestions as to how it could be made workable. There is not an enormous amount of safe access legislation globally. Can the witnesses think of an example of where has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Perhaps our system will become the gold standard and other countries will look to us to see how to make this work. Head 4(3) refers to the recording and photographing of a person using these services. The witnesses have suggested that the eventual Bill should include people who engaging in such activities outside the safe zones. How would that be enforced and managed? I want to tease...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Will Ms McMahon confirm she wants the Garda to have seizure powers to be able to enforce the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Ms Mulkerrins is absolutely right that the chilling effect of such material appearing online is huge. As I said, we do not necessarily see the same swath of stuff online that may be uploaded in the US, for example, but that does not mean it cannot happen here. We have all seen the footage online of escorts and all sorts of things happening, with people having to help women into facilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Following on from that, there obviously will be a bedding-in period during which the Garda gets the hang of this and the public gets an understanding of what it all means. I presume there will be some latitude arising from the fact this is a new law being introduced. I am speculating here because I am not sure that is how it works. People might claim they are not aware of the law. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Yes. I am not assuming that gardaí will just let people off with committing an offence under this proposed legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: Ms McMahon has outlined the four E's. We have talked about polling stations. I do not know at what point I became aware that certain behaviour is restricted. Like many others, I would like to be relatively close to a polling station on certain days. We just know how to behave and someone says it. This is a particularly heightened topic and there is a lot of media coverage on it. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: I also want to be associated with the comments made by Senator Buttimer on what is happening. People knew that this was going to happen as the World Cup taking place in Qatar, even though there have been human rights abuse in that place, has been spoken about for a long time. Unfortunately, we are not surprised by the situation there. It is a great shame that the captains of the soccer...