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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cash-for-Gold Outlets (3 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State. We do not appear to have specific licensing. I do not quite know how to respectfully refer to it but while provisions have been cited, none of them reflect what was committed to by the Minister for Justice in 2019, which was a licensing of these specific outlets. With due respect to whoever wrote the Minster of State's notes, the idea the Department of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cash-for-Gold Outlets (3 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Exactly. We clearly need a very bespoke response to this because it is an open goal for criminality that we need to close down. It is a gap in our law that needs to be rectified.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I congratulate the Leader on her wedding. I am also delighted by Senator Higgins's news, on which I congratulate her. On several occasions, I have asked for a special debate on apartment defects. Such a debate must happen as a matter of urgency. The remediation scheme, and the money allocated for it, was a positive decision by the Government. I do not understand the delay in the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: There is no need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Those were very interesting and pertinent questions. I thank the witnesses for the frankness shown in their responses. It is much appreciated. The acknowledgment of the fact there is a reputational issue with behaviour analysis needs to be front and centre. Each of us has heard of very abusive situations where individuals' right to dignity has been fundamentally undermined. While that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: That almost points towards a need for a systemic change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: There needs to be a change in the language used from one of "challenging behaviour" to "distress response". The term "challenging behaviour" sends me into a red zone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yes, exactly. It is so disrespectful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: On operant conditioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I have seen it with South Dublin County Council, which creates its playgrounds to ensure they are completely inclusive. The design considers not just the physical challenges for child, such as ensuring swings are appropriate and inclusive for everyone, but also the environment of the child so that he or she is able to slowly enter that play space without being overwhelmed. The level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Should there be training in colleges? Should it be a module in teacher training and human resources training? There are issues that we should be mainstreaming in training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Who does Mr. Tennyson think should be providing the regulation? I have worked as a counsellor and psychologist as a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and professional entities within that. They subscribe to a code of conduct, a code of practice and adherence to ethics. All witnesses have cited the lack of regulation. I appreciate that CORU needs a role. In the interim,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is important to say that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Behaviour Analysis and Support: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: -----because otherwise it sounds like the wild west, particularly when we are having a meeting about the fact that there have been abuses. It is important to address those and say that bona fide practitioners put themselves in an environment where they go to great lengths to ensure that they have ethical standards, supervision, etc. It is important to emphasise that.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: First, with regard to the extent of the waiver, we would all like to hear that rather than a letter to Senator Higgins. That would be very important in a context where this House has condemned non-disclosure agreements, NDAs, and other arrangements that seek to limit and prohibit people. It is really important we all know the extent of the waiver. To be honest, I am a bit surprised an...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I was clear on Second Stage that I very much support the views of psychologists like Dr. Gabor Maté on trauma that can be experienced in the womb. I have been very clear on that and I maintain that position. However, I will not be called out for lack of compassion for survivors from a party member of an organisation that is very selective in the survivors around this country for whom...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: It was intended for Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I reject the very pointed version of that when actually I have been consistent. Had the Senator been here present earlier on, she would have actually heard me be very supportive of survivors on this. I have been consistent on that throughout recent years. I reject the very pointed nature of that comment.