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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: I refer to the very first contribution around the Defence Forces. We have a wonderful new Secretary General in the Department of Defence. I know her well because I had the privilege of working with her for four years. She should have an obligation and an entitlement to make submissions to the new strategy going forward so I will write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defence today...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1) The Seanad shall meet in the Dáil Chamber at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday, 17th December, 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) The Order of Business...

Seanad: Report on Supreme Court Judgments: Motion (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That Seanad Éireann takes note of the Joint Report on the Response of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Judgments of the Supreme Court in the KerinsCase (laid before Seanad Éireann on 15th December, 2020), and hereby agrees and adopts, with immediate effect, the amendments and additions to the Standing Orders of Seanad Éireann relative to Public Business recommended...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (16 Dec 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 Finance 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: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Seanad to discuss this issue. I compliment her on the work she has done in recent months. It is truly refreshing to see the proactivity and the new approach that is being taken in the Department with regard to specials needs. I wish her every success. I know the Seanad will continue to support her. I wish to raise the issue of the urgent...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: It is heartwarming to hear how much attention and personal commitment the Minister of State will give this matter. One can see from the level of detail and ambition that has been put into the design in stage 1 of the process how ambitious the staff, the families and the community are for the students in this school. Of course we want the absolute best for our children. We want to be able...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. a1, motion regarding arrangements for a sitting of the House on Friday, 18 December 2020, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. b1 Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Bill 2020, changed from Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] – Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 3...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: The only thing I can say to Senator Gallagher is that I concur with his request. It is a terrible shame that there are so many families in the same situation as the Sheehan and Kelly families. I will convey the Senator's request to the Taoiseach. I am in the happy position of being able to tell Senator Conway that on our first week back in the new year a debate is scheduled with the...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad on its rising on Thursday, 17thDecember, 2020, shall adjourn until 10 a.m. on Friday, 18thDecember, 2020, in the Dáil Chamber; Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; and the Order of Business shall be proposed at 10 a.m.”

Seanad: Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (17 Dec 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 Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, 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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, Appropriation Bill 2020 - all Stages, to be taken at 11.30 a.m. or 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Order of Business, whichever is the later, and to conclude after 60 minutes by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in respect of amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government, contributions by Senators to the...

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

Regina Doherty: I will speak on the few specific issues which were raised. In response to Senator Ruane, Senator Higgins contacted me over the weekend with regard to the gentleman about whom Senator Ruane spoke. I did not contact the Minister for Justice, but the Taoiseach. They are well aware of the circumstances. We are all well aware of the commitments made by the Minister of Justice in this House and...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: We are really talking about the ugly reality of human behaviour when we start sharing stories of individual harassment. I know there is probably not a person in the Chamber who has not experienced it. I am really sorry to hear of the length of harassment that Senator Ruane is going through and I really wish her success, if not with the current legislation which is abysmal, but with this new...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: When I looked around the Chamber earlier, I thought that I was outnumbered by legal experts and barristers and I probably still am so I bow to some of the eloquent language used by my learned colleagues. Using normal language, I fully support amendment No. 1 and I do not believe that means I am saying the Bill is flawed. I do not think the Bill is flawed at all but Bills can be enhanced....

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Regina Doherty: The claim of Russian hackers has been used a few times.