Results 621-640 of 801 for speaker:Annie Hoey

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I was not looking at the Arts Council delegation specifically.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I wish to speak in support of this amendment. I know a number of amendments have been ruled out of order, which is obviously extremely disappointing, particularly when they refer to a cost on the State. I do not know that we could ever really calculate the full cost of the impact that mother and baby homes had on people's lives. If we are not even going to be able to discuss the amendments...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, or IDAHOBIT, which rolls nicely off the tongue. I am very lucky that I can stand up as a bisexual queer Member of our national Parliament and know there will only be a few knuckle-draggers going on about it online. However, I have a really great filter and will probably not see most of it, so they are really screaming...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion. Tá fáilte roimh mo chara agus mo chomrádaí, Deputy Nash. Tá fáilte mhór roimh na daoine san Áiléar Poiblí, the activists, advocates and agitators from the LGBTQ community, spanning many decades. It is great to have them all in the House for this. I welcome and applaud Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I do not see any other Senators looking to come in, so I invite the Minister of State to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank those who are tuning in online. I also thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am interested in one particular area. Often, these things come from personal knowledge. I have several friends who have MS. Falling has been an issue. They are very well looked after, very comfortably in remission, really well managed and a testimony to the incredible work our medicines can do....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I want to raise two issues. Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of marriage equality. All of us will recall the campaign and celebration very fondly. There was literally dancing in the streets. It brings to mind the number of disabled members of Irish society for whom marriage equality does not fully exist. This is an issue across the world. Many disabled people, if they get married,...

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome this timely motion and I applaud the National University of Ireland Senators for introducing it, particularly Senator Higgins, McDowell and Mullen. I also thank the Senators for this morning's briefing in the audiovisual room. I welcome everyone in the Gallery. The motion addresses several issues, the biggest of which is the precarious employment that academic staff experience....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses. This is all fresh in our minds because we had the neurological session last week, so I will not go back into that. Deputy Gino Kenny was asking about the winter plan being shelved. Now it is an all-round, three-year plan. Are there any plans to do that in other areas or sectors? I am thinking of the likes of section 39 agencies. Those are a subset or an outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: That is very helpful for me to understand that the HSE is running annual funding and therefore the way the system rolls down. I had not made the link. I want to ask about two other areas. Mr. Gloster has touched on the GP distribution. I was also down in Clare last week where there were people very upset about accessing GPs, the ten-day wait and so on. I am aware of the rural incentive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I have a particular interest around lung cancer screening. I know a pilot programme with RCSI should be rolled out very soon. Mr. Gloster mentioned consultants. This matter has been raised when the Irish Medical Organisation and other groups have been in here. Certain doctors from certain countries cannot progress to consultant level in Ireland. If they are good enough to work up to a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: If they want to use my time to answer that question that is okay. It is the representatives' opportunity to speak.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I just have one question. Many of my questions have already been answered in the opening statements by the representatives. I was concerned when the basic income was brought in that there would be these side consequences where people would potentially lose other supports. Ms Conway is right to highlight that we have perhaps missed the boat. While it is better to pre-empt these things or...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank everyone for coming in today. The session today and the previous session have been very interesting in terms of how we ought to diversify our arts community in our communities. There is a lot of discussion around the universal basic income for artists, who that has been working for and who it has not been working for. I would be interested in delving into that in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I do not wish to echo what previous speakers have said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I will not go over what everyone has said about the importance of the work we are doing on this committee. I know Marie Fleming and her work have been mentioned a number of times. We would also be remiss not to acknowledge Vicky Phelan, who wished to see this introduced, and who unfortunately is not here today. She entrusted it to others to follow her will on what she would like to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: We can work a way that does not preclude someone like Marie Fleming in her situation. We could include a clause such as the exclusion on disabilities grounds. There is a way forward. It struck me that I would hate for us to do work here, which would effectively undo something like Marie Fleming's case.