Results 541-560 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I would welcome that.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 36:In page 73, after line 35, to insert the following:“Review of operation of Act 99. (1) (a) The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade shall, not later than 12 months after the commencement of any part of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.(b) The Minister for Health shall, not later than 12 months after the coming into operation of any...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. I am assured and satisfied that the spirit of the amendment, as he stated, has been understood and respected. I appreciate that we are in unusual circumstances and that the omnibus nature of the Bill is unusual also.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I wish to begin by thanking the Cathaoirleach, the Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, the Oireachtas HR section and others for taking up a key recommendation of the Oireachtas Women's Parliamentary Caucus and commissioning a confidential dignity and respect in the parliamentary workplace survey of all staff and Members in these Houses. This very important survey went live yesterday. It will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Chairman and the committee for giving time to this pressing issue. Every time I look at the statistics and consider them they continue to shock me. I do not think we can in any way as a society, committee or Oireachtas be satisfied with what is happening. The presentations have been excellent and very constructive, and it is nice that the Traveller culture, history and...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Yes.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I stand here as a Taoiseach's nominee and shall raise two issues with him. He is very welcome here today. First, I wish to refer to the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill that was mentioned by my colleague, Senator Higgins. The Bill was passed here this time last year and it passed Second Stage in the Dáil last December with a...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for being here to bring forward this important Bill. As many of us have learned in school, it is interesting that we are still debating fair rent and fixity of tenure for people which is at the heart of this Bill, even more so as we still do not appear to have resolved some of the ideals of Michael Davitt from many decades ago. I am disappointed that rent deposit...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: The proportion of complaints has reduced but not the actual number-----

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for coming to the House today. Today I am raising the tragic situation faced by Lilav Mohamed and her family. Lilav fled Syria eight years ago having spent some years in Greece and, before that, in Turkey. Eventually, the family settled in Clones in Ireland. However, Lilav and her family remain separated from her sister, Jihan, Jihan's husband and their two baby...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. I have listened to his response and I commend the Irish refugee protection policy and programme. It is really good. I am part of a community sponsorship programme in St. Luke's myself. I am not sure, however, that the avenues the Minister has outlined will address the desperate situation faced by Lilav's family or that they will satisfy the 1,000 people in Clones who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 14 be taken before No. 1. I refer to putting the Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 on the Order Paper. The Bill was developed by my colleague, Senator Dolan, and it is about the full participation of people with disabilities in their communities. One of the effects of this Bill would be to make...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to promote better provision in respect of the use by persons with disabilities of certain buildings and other places and transport services and for that purpose, to amend the Local Government Act 2001, the Planning and Development Act 2001, the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 and the Building Regulations 1997; to provide...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am a guest today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I hope this visit will be less controversial than my previous one. I promise to behave. I commend the committee on highlighting and examining this issue. It has been hidden in plain sight. This is a really important examination, as are the testimonies of those experiencing disadvantage, including Travellers, and those with autism. I refer to the impact of the reduced timetables. There...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I wish to share my time with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Yes