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Seanad: Opt-in to Add Violation of EU Restrictive Measures (Sanctions) to List of EU Crimes: Motion (28 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for taking this Commencement debate. I want to highlight the ongoing lack of swimming pools, or even of a swimming pool, in my constituency of Dublin Fingal and the long-standing frustration of the communities and towns in the constituency at that lack. I know the Minister of State is in charge of the Central Statistics Office. It can be seen...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Swimming Pools (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I genuinely thank the Minister of State. It is bizarre that we have the Government commitments. The strategy is there and the money is there. There is the figure of €100 million up to 2027. The Minister of State corrected me. I said it was the third most popular sport, but it is the second most popular sport. I have the largest constituency and yet we do not even have an...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the House today, No. 2, Sick Leave Bill 2022 - Committee Stage, will be resumed at 6.30 p.m. and No. 7, Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 - Committee Stage, will be taken on the conclusion of No. 2 and will adjourn at 9 p.m. if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of amendment No. 3 is to provide peer support. I will go through the section line by line to discuss why it is imperative the peer support programme be put on a legislative footing. In a statement by the Minister a number of weeks ago on why it the Department's view that we should not put it in legislation the reason given was there was no need to do so because we subscribe to...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am very glad the Minister of State had the opportunity to make that comprehensive statement because I fear, from looking at the transcripts of the last engagement that we had, we interrupted her so many times that she did not get to finish a sentence. Therefore, I am glad she had that opportunity. However, I have to be honest with the Minister of State with regard to her statement and the...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am sorry, I do not think the Minister of State has answered the questions I have just put to her.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: No, sorry. The Acting Chairperson must excuse me for a moment. The question is very clear. Who with technical and legal expertise and with aviation expertise assisted the Minister of State and the Department with drafting the legislation? That is a very clear question. If the Minister of State is relying on the experts in the IAA we have a serious issue with regard to legislation that...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: They are drafting their own legislation.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: One of the recommendations of the AAIU, arising from a really serious accident which resulted in lost lives of loved people in this country, highlighted the fact that the Department does not have sufficient specialist aviation expertise to enable it to discharge effective oversight of the full range of IAA activities. The Department on two occasions accepted every single recommendation that...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I do not want to put the question because we have not even got to talking about peer support crews in any meaningful shape or form. The Minister of State is right insofar as the bulk of this Bill does not relate to regulatory provisions. The bit we are stuck on does. The bit we have been talking about for months now in this House and externally at private meetings is all about regulation....

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: That is not true. On the website the other day, the Minister of State's spokesperson indicated on the Minister's behalf that the recommendation was accepted. This is boasting in respect of recommendations 29 and 31. The relevant statement goes on to say that the Department will buy expertise as and when it needs it and does not see the relevance of having somebody contracted 40 hours a...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: That is not in the legislation.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am conscious that the Minister of State has been at pains to say that this legislation is not about regulation. The amendments that have caused the delay to this legislation progressing in the past number of months are all about giving powers of regulation to the IAA. I am mindful as to why the Minister of State indicated that she took on board contracted special aviation expertise in her...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I propose to suspend the House until 5.05 p.m. in order that I can take advice on what she said.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: I propose, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in the Order of the House today, that Committee Stage of the Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020 now adjourn to allow the House to receive legal advice on the impasse of the past hour and a half of debate and to allow for the Minister of State to come back to the House with her legal advice on the drafting of the Bill.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the House today, Committee and Remaining Stages of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 shall be taken on the conclusion of Committee Stage of the Sick Leave Bill 2022 and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 9 p.m. by the putting of one question from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 2, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of House on Tuesday, 5 July, Wednesday, 6 July and Thursday, 7 July, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 3, Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 - message from Dáil Éireann, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and the proceedings...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Regina Doherty: That is fine.