Results 1,681-1,700 of 1,888 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I raise an issue that requires immediate attention and action. I call on the Minister for children to come to this House and address the content of the recent report from the Ombudsman for Children. It paints a stark picture of the challenges facing the youth of Ireland. It is disheartening to learn many children experience uncertainty and instability, with complex complaints on the rise....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I would like the Minister for Finance to confirm whether he plans to amend the inheritance and capital gains tax in budget 2025.In September 2023, the then Minister for Finance was asked in the Dáil if he would consider the concept of a notional spouse with respect to capital acquisitions tax and inheritance tax. The concept would reconsider tax thresholds for family members such as...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I want to raise issues in relation to Thornton Hall in County Dublin and the proposal to use that for emergency tents for international protection applicants. Yesterday I was briefed along with Oireachtas Members by the community engagement team from the Department of integration and neither the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, nor the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, thought it wise to sit...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: In principle, assisted human reproduction just refers to ways of addressing infertility problems. Up to 10% of couples experience infertility and they deserve our understanding and support. I understand many Members of the House support this legislation. However, it is important that all facets of the Bill are carefully considered. It is planned to take all Stages. This is simply not...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----as an acceptable given fact without any substantial reflection on this practice. A commercial contract, the object of which is a child, with a great power imbalance between the commissioning parent and the surrogate mother is very upsetting. It begins with the rights-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----interests and obligations of intending parents, who are the strong party, the purchaser. Then comes the child and finally the surrogate mother. This shows that surrogacy is in the interests of the commissioning parents above all else.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Commercial surrogacy is a practice-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----which violates the rights of women and children. I am nearly finished. Please.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: A much more thorough examination of the legislation is imminent.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister's speech today favours only the intending parent.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: There has been no mention today of the child or surrogate mother. From a historical perspective-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----Ireland has at times not shown respect to the process of pregnancy and birth. I fear legalising international surrogacy will be another misstep-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----in Ireland's dismissal of the birth mother via commercial contract and the removal of a child to-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----a jurisdiction outside their place of birth.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I too wish to be associated with the congratulations to Senators Regina Doherty and Lynn Boylan on their elevation to the membership of the European Parliament, and also to Senators Blaney, Chambers and Gavan. It is a massive thing to put oneself forward in any election and I commend them all on their performance. I cannot have been the only Member of the House observing some of the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I would like to raise the issue of independent councillors who have been elected to local government and the co-options of their positions. Sometimes in local governments and local county councils there is a gentleman's agreement that that councillor will be allowed to co-opt another independent councillor into that position but some councils do not have this. It is grossly unfair when...
- Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister is welcome to join us here this afternoon. The recent elections were stolen by false promises from Fine Gael to fix the migrant crisis in this country.
- Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The most egregious part of this theft above all is the destruction of tents and the removal of the few possessions of people who come to our shores, which is a daft PR exercise to pretend this Government is serious about migration. Nothing could be further from the truth.
- Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: We have-----
- Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am not saying-----