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- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The same goes for the Cork hospital-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am speaking to the amendment. I, too, would like to hear from the Minister.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I thank Senator Mullen for putting it so eloquently.As far as I can see, this section is a bit like the tail wagging the dog because the Minister has provided no evidence. There is no evidence whatsoever from the Garda Commissioner regarding allegations that have been made by a certain lobby group. The Minister has produced no evidence in respect of any hospital to indicate that...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister got up-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Earlier, the Minister gave the impression that the Government is the guardian of women's healthcare in this country. He spoke of the failings of previous Governments. Fianna Fáil has been in government for most of the past 100 years. Fianna Fáil was there during the issues relating to cervical cancer. Fianna Fáil was there last week, when we almost lost-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The, Minister-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----has been-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: In all honesty, he has been a very good Minister for women’s health-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----but this is a step too far in the context of civil rights and protesting, particularly if people decide they want to protest peacefully and calmly outside health centres.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Amendment No. 2 provides for the opt-out for general practitioners who do not wish their GP surgeries to automatically become a safe access zone by notifying the Minister for Health. We know that most GPs do not want to provide abortion and the majority are not offering abortions at the moment by exercising their right to conscientious objection. Therefore, I find the automatic inclusion in...
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am pleased to support the motion put down by the Labour Party and the amendment tabled by my colleague, Senator Craughwell. Community safety and investment is of paramount importance to ensure a thriving, safe and healthy society. The Trojan work done by An Garda Síochána has never been of more vital importance than in recent years....
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I wish to correct the record of the House in regard to the Acting Leader’s comment yesterday. The Electoral Commission claimed a poster I sponsored is factual-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I can ask the Acting Leader to clarify.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Electoral Commission claimed a poster I sponsored is factual misrepresentation of the existing text of the Constitution with regard to the two proposals being voted on on Friday. There is no error in this. I was never contacted by the commission before it released a statement about me. The Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, writing in the Irish Independent yesterday, said that a...
- Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister. Friday, 8 March is International Women's Day worldwide but sadly, Ireland has much progress to make in truly supporting women in 2024. It is important on this occasion to salute and support the courageous sportswomen who face the existential threat to their pursuits. I commend Irish pool champion Kim O'Brien who refused to play a biological male competitor and...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The witnesses are all very welcome. I truly value the work that each and every one of them does within the community. When I was elected to office here in 2020, the first thing I set about doing, on which I worked very hard with my Independent colleagues, was getting councillors the pay rise. The pay they got in 2019 was deplorable. Why anyone did the job for just €17,500 per...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I commend Senators Clonan and McGreehan for sharing their personal stories this afternoon. I also want to share mine because I have lost two children through miscarriage. I have two but I also lost two. It is difficult. I recognise that, but people are calling the people who stand outside centres and hospitals protestors. I would not call them that. To me, they are not protestors. They...
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)
Sharon Keogan: It is disinformation.