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Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Nóiméad Ciúnais i gCuimhne Bhanríon Eilís II - Minute's Silence for Queen Elizabeth II (14 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: Before proceeding with the Order of Business and in the presence of ambassador Paul Johnston, I propose that Senators now rise in their places for a minute's silence to mark the sad passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of Seanad Éireann, I wish to convey our deepest sympathy to His Majesty, King Charles III, the royal family, the UK Government and the British people on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the House of Tuesday, 12 July 2022, the address to the Seanad by Mr. Marty Walsh, US Secretary of Labor, shall not be taken today, and the Order of Business shall be No. 111(3) on the Order Paper, Private Members' business, motion on energy, to be taken at 5.30 p.m., with the time allocated not to exceed two hours.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for raising the various topics today. Senator Lombard requested a debate on the taxation and welfare report. I suggest we would have to allocate a hell of a lot more than the normal 90 minutes to that particular report. I note the large amount of sensationalist reporting and scaremongering in recent weeks, maybe to fill the pages of our newspapers because there was not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the arrangements for the address to the Seanad on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 by MEPs representing the European Parliament Dublin constituency, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 - Second Stage, to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and to adjourn at 4.30 p.m....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for their contributions. Senator Warfield is right that the value of Monday's symposium should not be lost on anybody. While the Seanad does reflect a little bit more of what we would like to see, it probably does not go far enough. The Senator was not present yesterday when Senator Conway made a request to have three separate debates on the three topics addressed on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: -----that did not require legislative change. As the Senator will be aware, any of the substantive change we would like to see requires legislation. That said, we will keep plugging away and I urge him to also keep plugging away and raising the matter. The Senator also referred to Tavistock and gave a far more honest account of the report on that clinic but if Senator Keoghan has concerns,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament: Motion (15 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, in accordance with Standing Order 57(1) and the approval of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, Seanad Éireann agrees that, in respect of the European Parliament Dublin Constituency, Mr. Barry Andrews MEP, Mr. Ciarán Cuffe MEP, Ms. Clare Daly MEP, and Ms. Frances Fitzgerald MEP, may attend and be heard in Seanad Éireann on Tuesday, 20th...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, address to Seanad Éireann by MEPs representing the European Parliament Dublin constituency, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to conclude at 6.30 p.m. in accordance with the arrangements set out in the order of the House on Thursday, 15 September 2022; and No. 2, the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 - Report Stage (resumed), to be taken at 7 p.m. and to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for raising a variety of topics today. Senator Carrigy made a request for the continuation of funding for the N4 project until the review is complete. I will drop an email to the Minister but I suggest he also writes to him on behalf of his constituents. Regarding the issue of disability team staffing within the HSE, I suggest the Senator asks the Minister for Health for...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for being cognisant of the request of Senators with regard to the reporting period of three years and, more particularly, the transparency that is required, especially when we are talking about aviation safety, in publishing the Bill. It is not prescriptive, but I wonder has the Minister of State any musings on it. The examination will be encountered every...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: It is probably my fault completely, but what happened to amendment No. 3h? I might be wrong, but I think we went from amendment No. 3gto amendment No. 3iwithout looking at the two deleted lines requested in amendment No. 3h.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I support Senator Craughwell on this particular issue regarding the relevant period not exceeding five years. More importantly, given the resignation of the CEO designate, I ask the Minister of State to put on the record the plan of the Department regarding that position, which will become vacant before the Bill has been passed. The position will become vacant at the end of October. What...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I was sitting here with a smile on my face while listening to my colleague for the last few minutes because we finally have a Cork person on the board of the DAA. Not everybody in the country knows that the DAA also manages Cork Airport, which has been the left-out-of-the-room cousin for a very long time. I very much welcome the appointment of Ms Cogan to the board and thank the Minister of...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: On a point of clarification, as I might have not have heard properly, the Minister of State said it is the board that is going to appoint the interim CEO. Is that correct?

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: The amendment has been ruled out of order so I shall speak to the section. To be honest, when I read the Bill I did not see the anomaly that the retired members have shared with us. I cannot understand for the life of me why we would take people's benefits that they have accrued over a lifetime of service. In addition, just because we are organising or re-organising to make this Bill more...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: In the absence of accepting the amendment which, I assume, the Minister of State, will not, what is the principle of ensuring that the new authority will be compliant not just with the ICAO regulations but also EASA regulations? What open and transparent method will the Minister of State or the IAA employ other than an annual review which we have been told we will get every three years? I...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: In an attempt to help my colleague, because he referenced the recommendations of a report into an accident that happened in March 2017, the two recommendations that I think he is speaking about are Nos. 2021029 and 2021031. The accident happened in 2017 and here we are in September 2022. Both of those recommendations, which were incredibly serious and related specifically to the Department...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: I disagree with the Minister of State’s statement regarding the recommendations of the AAIU having all been taken on board by the Department and the relevant agencies. The two recommendations that highlighted the serious impact of the lack of expertise in the Department of Transport, recommendations Nos. 2021029 and 2021031 have not been complied with by the Department of Transport....

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: This is my final point. The statement the Minister of State just made does not give me any confidence that any of the commitments given on transparency and reporting with regard to the other amendments we have just disposed with will give us any real reporting transparency when this Bill is passed. It is an absolute untruth to say that the two recommendations have been taken on board...