Results 1,061-1,080 of 1,888 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. This is a conversation I have been requesting for some time. I have worked very hard since March last year in my local community where I have been personally involved in the cases of perhaps 900 people who have come to east Meath. I know at first hand the difficulties the Minister is dealing with. I am glad we are having this debate....
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: No problem.
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: No problem. The Acting Chair might give me a few extra minutes as a result.
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: There are no wars or other human rights emergencies to justify the fact that more than one third of asylum seekers are from states such as Nigeria, Georgia, Algeria and South Africa. Why is this relevant? It is relevant because, in a shocking revelation, the State has limited resources. Each bed, apartment and house occupied by an economic migrant is one that cannot be given to a genuine...
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: No problem.
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: You cannot get out of Iran without permission of your husband or permission of your father. You cannot leave that country unless you have that document. That is what the legislation in Iran provides.
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I did not say it was a good thing.
- Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: It does strengthen the case but that is what I am saying. You cannot leave that country unless you have some sort of documentation from a husband or from a father.
- Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I thank Deputy Niamh Smyth for the great work she did on the report and my colleague, Senator Carrigy. I welcome the Minister to the House. The hospitality sector employs 240,000 people worth a combined €12.5 billion to the economy each year. The report tells us it accounted for 67% of pre-Covid employment across rural and regional areas. Outside of Dublin, tourism and hospitality...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I wish to speak about the group that the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will be establishing to fight misinformation and disinformation. This group will aim to create measures to support innovation and fact-checking. While the aims of the groups sound noble, this is not something I support. The State has a vested interest in suppressing information about...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I will be if-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I am calling, if the Cathaoirleach will allow me to proceed-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Any attempt to target misinformation and disinformation is likely to favour establishment voices at the expense of alternative ones, whether they be on the right or the left. In the Anglosphere, the terms "misinformation" and "disinformation" are used inconsistently across a variety of contexts but they are generally not applied to establishment media. Let us look at an example. RTÉ...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Of course not. That is part of the problem.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I am well aware. I will be-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I am asking for a debate.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: In all fairness-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Actually, I do not believe you are.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I do not think the Cathaoirleach is treating me equally to other Members.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Okay. I certainly hope the time the Cathaoirleach has taken away from me will be given back to finish my speech.