Results 581-600 of 801 for speaker:Annie Hoey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: Hopefully people will then see that there is a proactive approach and the space for them to do that and that will be an important thing to come out of this. I am a member of the Joint Sub-committee on Mental Health so I might jump to that and have two more questions if that is okay. The sub-committee undertook pre-legislative scrutiny, PLS, of the quite long-awaited Bill to reform the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: One of the areas that might be useful to consider is the discussion around widening the criteria for recruiting authorised officers. I think they are the only group of professionals who are legally entitled to undertake involuntary admissions so it would be removing this obligation from the Garda. There has been very slow progress on recruitment in that area so just to flag that could be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: I have a final question. A huge piece of work was done around the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. There was the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. There is a cultural shift around consent and a person's will and preference, and how that will be prioritised within the HSE. I think that will be a big cultural shift. Has Mr. Gloster thought about how he...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: It is obvious that the Labour Party welcomes this Bill, which will remove the public inpatient charge of €80 per day up to a maximum of €800 per year. We know that this change is significant and it is important people do not feel like they will be unable to pay their bill when they go to hospital. The notion of people avoiding going to hospital because of inpatient charges is...

Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Fine Gael Group for bringing this motion to the House. It is incredibly important and incredibly timely. As the House will be aware, there had been quite a long delay in the publishing of Dr. Geoffrey Shannon's report into the mishandling. I use the word "mishandling" somewhat lightly. It was an egregious series of deliberate, conscious decisions made to block access to...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: As where I currently live, Ballymun, was mentioned, I might take a moment to talk about Ballymun and some of the experience of living there. The plaza redevelopment was supposed to be done outside the Axis centre but a council spokesperson said the redevelopment of the plaza will not commence until the completion of the Kildonan Park project. I do not understand why the two projects cannot...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: We will suspend for the duration of the vote in the Dail.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: Senator Dolan will have five minutes. I will then invite the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, who will have ten minutes, to respond. Statements on housing will then wrap up, as the next Minister is waiting to come in.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: The Minister of State has ten minutes to respond.

Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: Dáil Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 on this day, 29 March 2023, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann has agreed on this day, 29 March 2023, to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021. Dáil Éireann has agreed on this day, 29 March 2023,...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: Much of what needs to be said has been said. This is one of the few times when a topic has come up here that I have wished my dad was around so I could talk to him about it because he would have known every last inside piece of gossip about who was who, what was what and what was happening, and would have been able to tell me all the backstory that never makes it to the media. I was...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: He would have known everything that maybe even the Minister himself would not have known, that could have happened in the background. He did a lot of work and, as a fisherman, often talked about Inland Fisheries Ireland and the various spats between anglers and other hijinks that fisherpeople would have got up to. It is fair to say that IFI has been hit by a string of controversies. When...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: Before I launch into my piece, I want to acknowledge Noel Murphy, who is in the Gallery. I believe he will be going on his merry way to retirement and I want to wish him the very best of luck. I thank him for everything on behalf of the Labour Party. I wish him the best of luck and I thank him for everything he has done in here. I hope he has a wonderful time and that he has lots of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Annie Hoey: I will read into the record a survey on sexual violence carried out by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, which came out today. There is coverage of it this morning which states that four in ten adults have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. The results of the survey showed a clear difference by sex and age. This is evident in that half or 52% of women experienced sexual...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Annie Hoey: While recognising the significance of where we are with getting a Bill together on this particular issue, because it has be rumbling on for so long, as other speakers have said, this Bill, as it has gone through the Dáil, lets down some survivors. Unfortunately, there is no question about that. We have the opportunity in this Chamber to ensure that this Bill properly offers redress to...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I echo Senator Wall's comments thanking our colleague, Senator Sherlock, for the work she has done on this legislation and overall for apprentices and workers. It is an indictment of how we treat apprentices that they are not included in minimum wage legislation. For the first couple of years of some apprenticeships, the pay can be as low as €6.84 or €8.45, which is far off...