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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: On a point of order, I, too, was here on the Order of Business-----

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I was present for the Order of Business this morning and I listened to the Deputy Leader, who spoke about the legislation before the House today. She indicated that she had looked to see whether there would be an opportunity. She did not indicate that she had spoken directly to the Minister. She indicated that she had asked for time on this legislation. I believe the Minister is right to...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: An apology is required.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I will address some of the comments on this amendment. The purpose of the Bill is to fund a greater number of students to access third level through traditional universities but also our brand new technological universities. As a democratic state, we need to ensure funding is equally dispersed and managed throughout all of our institutions. The chief executive of the HEA will be...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I appreciate Senator Mullen’s concerns about academic freedom. It is crucial and a cornerstone of our democracy. The Senator is an advocate for the freedoms we need to protect and guarantee in many countries around the world. Ireland is, I hope, a great advocate for that through its participation in international organisations. We acknowledge that academic freedom, which is...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Amendment No. 1 arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, 12 and 16 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Amendment No. 11 has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We have spoken about a number of matters today and yesterday. It is very important that we argue on policy points, rather than make personal attacks on whoever is in the Chamber, be it the Ministers who come to the House or our colleagues. It is also important that we base our arguments on facts. That is crucial. We have a crucial role to always look to an evidence base when we are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: That makes me smile - left and right - considering what this Government has brought forward for workers' rights and in light of what we will achieve.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: We are the ones fighting for a cost-of-living wage. In addition, we have the most people in employment - 2.5 million. I am proud of the Government's achievements. There is much more to be done by this Government in its remaining two and a half years in office.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I pay tribute to Sir Mo Farah in the UK, an Olympic star on the track. I pay tribute to his bravery and resilience. This morning, he came out with his story of how he was trafficked as a child from Somalia to the UK. As a vulnerable child he was brought to another country and forced to work for a family. He was not able to go to school. He eventually went to school at about 12 years of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Gaillimh abú.

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

Aisling Dolan: The last time the Minister was here, he spoke about students' unions and it was highlighted that there was a definition in a prior Act which indicated the meaning of a student union. It is very clear that students want to make sure their organisations are representative, that people are elected onto them and that it is those bodies that represent the students at governing authorities across...

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

Aisling Dolan: I was a contract researcher working on the Horizon 2020 programme. An incredible thing about Ireland and our third level system is the amount of funding we have been able to draw down due to the excellence of our principal investigators, PIs, and researchers. They draw awards from the Exchequer, through Science Foundation Ireland, the Irish Research Council, the Sustainable Energy Authority...

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

Aisling Dolan: I will speak on the amendments that have been tabled, and follow on from what Senator Malcolm Byrne said about the advocacy role of an t-údarás. It is an agency of the Government. There is also a role for the board of an t-údarás, which is outlined in sections 15 and 16, and concerns the membership of an t-údarás. It has 11 ordinary members plus a chair, with...

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

Aisling Dolan: I acknowledge the credentials of people in this Chamber, especially the spokespeople, and the people bringing forward all of the amendments. I am aware that Senators on both sides of the House were looking to bring forward amendments and the Department and its officials were engaging over the many Stages on this over the past number of years. On the amendments to hand, I will highlight a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I want to bring up the HSE service plan and Westdoc. Westdoc provides GP cover and many people around the country would know that this service comes in under different names in different regions. It provides out-of-hours and red-eye cover. That is, out-of-hours between 5 o’clock and 6 o’clock in the evening until 12 o’clock at night...