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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, to delete lines 23 to 28.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: Now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the witness for the body work he has done. He did not have to do it and I know that he genuinely cares about this issue and our rural future. In a way I feel like I am going to shoot the messenger so I ask that the witness not take this personally. We received the report a number of weeks ago. Unfortunately, on that day, the Minister relied very heavily on the questionnaire that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: The ambassador is very welcome. I wish a happy national day to him and all the Finnish citizens living in Ireland. The ambassador knows this already but we continually look with envy on the social agenda and how well it has progressed in Finland. We continue to keep learning from its example. I thank him for being with us today. We have a long Order of Business today. The Order of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: It would be remiss of me not to give Councillor Sweeny the same good welcome everybody else has given him. I thank him for being here. Senator Carrigy spoke about the SMA test and sought a review to include it in the process relating to the heel prick test. He has raised it on a number of occasions and, given the relatively small charge and the significant impact it can have in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: It is what it is. The Senator welcomed the announcements of joint ventures made yesterday. He mentioned the €2 million funding for the Irish language, which is nice. I probably do not pay enough attention but I was not aware of Sinn Féin's Explore More policy and it is a lovely name for a policy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: Senator Clonan captured everybody's attention because he spoke so poignantly about a community that both he and I come from. It is not just Finglas, Ballymun, Clondalkin or Cherry Orchard but any other community. We have a growing and deeply disturbing rise in the use of guns in this country. What is equally as worrying is the growing acceptance by people when they hear about shootings, as...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Referral to Joint Committee (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 18 November, 2022, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage,...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: The Seanad shall meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, 8th December, 2022, and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (b) there shall be no Order of Business; (c) the business to be taken shall be confined to the items set out in the Schedule to this...

Seanad: Ceremonial Sitting to mark Seanad 100: Motion (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: (1) That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad on its rising on Thursday, 8th December, 2022, shall adjourn until 12.15 p.m. on Monday, 12th December, 2022, in the Dáil Chamber, to commemorate the centenary of the first sitting of Seanad Éireann, and An Taoiseach, Mr. Micheál Martin, TD, shall be invited to address...

Seanad: Sustainable Energy Act, 2002: Motion (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sustainable Energy Act 2002 (section 8(2)) (Conferral of Additional Functions - Energy Efficiency) Order 2022, a copy of which was laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 27th September, 2022.

Seanad: Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU Statutory Instrument: Motion (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders: (1) a Select Committee consisting of 11 members of Seanad Éireann be appointed, to form the Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (‘the Committee’); (2) the quorum of the Committee shall be 3; (3) the Committee may examine proposals for any Statutory Instrument being...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: On behalf of my colleagues in the Fine Gael group, I welcome the family of Aileen and Terry Brennan to the Seanad. It is fair to say that Terry was one of those Fine Gael people who ate, slept and drank politics. It was his whole life and he really loved it. Other colleagues have spoken about his long dedicated and illustrious career at local government level, at the European Council of...

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

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 4, motion regarding the earlier signature of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 5, motion regarding the report of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business), to be taken on the conclusion of No. 4, without debate; No. 124(5), motion regarding...

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

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for all their expressions of sympathy. We join together this morning to remember Private Seán Rooney. I acknowledge Senator Fitzpatrick's involvement in the campaign to have our hospital named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, who certainly was an incredibly impressive person. I thank the Senator for that. To Senator Carrigy I say bualadh bos to Longford Slashers Ladies...

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

Regina Doherty: I thank our Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Joe O'Reilly. He is a wonderful personality and really has added to the engagement in the past number of years. I wish him well. Like others, I wish Martin , Bridget, all of the other clerks and all the staff in the Seanad Office. This House is run in a meticulous manner and that is down to the wisdom and commitment of the team. I thank them....

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Motion for Earlier Signature (15 Dec 2022)

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 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Joint Committee on Standing Orders Relative to Private Business: Motion (15 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That: - in respect of the Report of the Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business), dated 8th December, 2022, the annexed Draft Standing Orders to the Report be adopted as the Standing Orders relative to Private Business, and the 1939 Standing Orders relative to Private Business, as amended, be repealed; - any pending application for a Private Bill shall be deemed to...

Seanad: Membership of CERN: Motion (15 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I second the motion.