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Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I propose, with the agreement of the House, that we suspend the sitting until 8 p.m.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (23 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Health (Amendment) Bill 2020 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (23 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the order of the House of 22 October or in Standing Orders, No. 6a on the third Supplementary Order Paper be taken now.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (23 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1)On its rising today, the Seanad shall adjourn until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 5thNovember, 2020, and the following arrangements shall apply: (a)Commencement matters shall be taken in accordance with Standing Order 29; (b)Standing Order 30 shall stand suspended; (c)There shall be no Order of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Response to Covid-19: Discussion (28 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. I do not wish to repeat any of the questions asked by my colleagues. It is very welcome to see the EU, in all its force, kicking in and supporting its member states in response to the pandemic. There is an adage about never letting a crisis go to waste and using it as an opportunity. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced some weeks ago...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives from the European Parliament (4 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chair and everybody in attendance this morning. On the point made by Ms Daly, MEP, the relationship Irish people have with the EU is probably as good as it has ever been. That is because we have seen the relevance of a positive impact of the EU. Unfortunately, that is just on Brexit, because before that all we ever heard was negative stuff, in that the bowsies over there were...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: Wide-ranging and varied debates have been requested by Senators and one can see that although Covid seems to be all-consuming, normal life and normal challenges still exist for all our towns, villages and communities. I take my hat off to Ballinasloe Says No because it won on this issue once previously. I wish Senators Murphy and Dolan and all the community groups down there every success...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I agree with the Order of Business. I raise today the ongoing and deeply distressing situation of hundreds of Aer Lingus employees. As we are all aware, over the last five months I along with many colleagues in this House and the Dáil have raised issues regarding Aer Lingus workers accessing the short-term income supports backdated to March 2020. Due to the management of the temporary...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I speak on behalf of the female contingent in saying that we are very much looking forward to receiving the first lady Vice President to address both Houses of the Oireachtas. I pay tribute to RTÉ for the coverage it gave us over the weekend, in particular the montage at the very end that was so poignantly put to the Seamus Heaney poem. I thought it was beautiful and, apparently, it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2020 – referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion re the reappointment of four members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and the appointment of one new member, to be taken on the conclusion of No....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I have no skin in the game between Cork or Kerry but it gave great joy in our house and it was something to shout out at on the telly at the weekend. Sport is definitely something to be welcomed. A number of colleagues asked for debates and I will put in requests immediately. A number of them are tied together and that might be significant with regard to maybe having a day-long debate on...

Seanad: Technological Universities Act 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36)(Appointed Day) Order 2020, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 28 October 2020, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in accordance...

Seanad: Appointments to Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That Seanad Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 28th October 2020 to propose, for the approval of Seanad Éireann, the appointment or re-appointment, as the case may be, of the persons concerned to be members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, and pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of the Legal Services Regulation Act, 2015, approves the appointment of Simon...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (10 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: Notwithstanding anything in the order for the Seanad of this day, I propose that No. 3 shall adjourn at 4.15 p.m and resume and conclude next week, and No. 4 shall be taken at 5.30 p.m. and adjourn after 100 minutes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Tuesday, 24 November, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion re the sixth report of the Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Order No. 45, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, motion re the appointment of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I will go from back to front, if that is okay. There is a motion on the Order of Business regarding the sixth report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP. One would be forgiven for thinking, from the various and fairly passionate statements that have been made here, that this was not agreed yesterday at the CPP. I was not at the CPP-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I did not interrupt the Senator. I can see that she is passionate about this but I will not listen to charges made against me and my colleagues for, in Senator Higgins' opinion, trying to dispel an opportunity for debate. For the record of this House and to dispute what was said here this morning, a proposal was brought by me, on behalf of the Government, to the CPP-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: If the Senator does not mind, I will say what I have to say and then he can decide how to respond.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: A proposal was brought yesterday by me, on behalf of my colleagues, to the CPP. It was discussed at the CPP and I acknowledge that I was not present. A message was sent from the CPP, by the administrative people, that the proposal had been agreed yesterday and, as a result, it was placed on the Order of Business this morning. If the proposal was not agreed, the motion should never have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2020)

Regina Doherty: I will certainly ask. I am not sure whether we will be offered the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of that issue, but I will certainly ask; that it is no problem.