Results 1,461-1,480 of 1,888 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. In December 2023, the health committee published its report on the recommendations proposed by the chairperson of the three-year review into Ireland's abortion laws. I attended the meeting of the health committee on 18 October that was also attended by the chairperson of the review and two researchers who helped in the drafting of the report...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I want to raise an issue that has been brought to my attention by the Farmers' Alliance on behalf of the deaf community. The deaf community is at risk of losing the sign language interpreting service and the social inclusion scheme of the deaf community. This loss will have significant and far-reaching effects on that community. First and foremost, deaf individuals will be left without...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The meeting is today, I believe. I thank the Cathaoirleach.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister is very welcome to the Seanad. This is an important Bill and I very much welcome it. I will deal with a couple of issues before I address the Minister’s speech. By amending the Social Welfare Acts to exclude the assessment of child maintenance payments from the social welfare means test, the Bill can potentially alleviate financial burdens on custodial parents and...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am well aware, but-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----this is a matter of social welfare.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Maybe the Minister will kindly answer my question. It is such an important service-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----for our deaf community. Maybe the Minister could update me. It is an awful pity that the scheme will be taken away from these vulnerable people in our society on 20 February.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: On a point of order. Will the Minister confirm that the people who are currently-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: It is based on what the Minister has just stated. I just wanted clarification on something. Is that okay? Can I get clarification?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Okay, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Chair. Mr. O'Leary is very welcome. I congratulate him on his position. I have a number of questions for Mr. O'Leary - seven in total. First, with local and European elections being held on the same day, can Mr. O'Leary outline how it is ensured that an individual votes only in the elections he or she is entitled to vote in? Second, has the Electoral Commission had difficulty...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Electoral Commission is essential to what information is out there in the public domain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: How do we know it is going to be regulated if we are not allowed to ask those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Can I rephrase the question? I need to know what the Electoral Commission's role is in all of this. If there is misinformation being given by a particular party, what is the Electoral Commission's role in correcting that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: How does the Electoral Commission endeavour to call out disinformation in all cases, but, specifically, in relation to disinformation being disseminated by, let us say, the Government of the day? How can individuals have confidence in the integrity of any election when Ministers have been flagged for disinformation in relation to what the particular amendments might say, in particular this-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Okay. In future elections, would the claim, for instance, that Fine Gael claims to be the party of homeownership-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Can that be considered disinformation as this claim is false?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am looking to see what the-----