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Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I accept the rationale for the removal of the issues relating to procurement but nonetheless those issues stand. I look forward to engaging with the Minister of State on this matter because I will be bringing forward legislation in respect of procurement in the future. These issues can be tackled within the wider scope of procurement law. In that context, I am happy to leave the matter to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The data portal is a core element and it is a positive. The GDPR gets thrown in as if it is an obstacle, something complicated or a reason we cannot do things. In fact, the regulation is - and should be at its a core - an empowering element. One matter the European Union has got right is ensuring that people have the right to access their information and data. I appreciate the position in...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Is there one slot? What time does the debate conclude?

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: How long is this slot?

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will share time with Senator Ruane.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for coming to the House.While the extension of the investigation can, in some senses, be understood, the Minister will appreciate that it has caused deep disappointment and upset for many. Survivors have been waiting, planning and living their lives in the expectation that a resolution would be arrived at this spring. They were very shocked and disappointed coming into...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I suggest that a vacuum is not-----

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Survivors are dying in the interim.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I know.

Seanad: Community and Rural Support Schemes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the House. I hope that we can have him here again because these areas are of great interest to all of us. I will speak to a couple of the schemes in a moment but I would like first to pick up on some of what was said by my colleague, Senator Ruane, and Senator Conway-Walsh. This is not necessarily an indictment of or reflection on the Minister of...

Seanad: Community and Rural Support Schemes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Today, our MEPs will vote on an EU-Singapore trade agreement and the associated EU-Singapore investment protection agreement. I raise this issue because the House voted to express concern about the prospect of an investor court system that would allow corporations to sue states for lost future profits when new regulations are introduced by elected representatives in response to the needs of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to join the committee today. I thank the Minister for speaking so eloquently on the issue of history. He displayed a very deep understanding. He may be aware that I and my colleague, Senator Kelleher, and others have put forward proposals on Traveller history in education, and I believe that the National Council for Curriculum Assessment, NCCA, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have had one on the issue of disability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The initiative pointed to the obstacles that exist when people move between seeking employment and education.

Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I commend Senator Swanick on the report. I found it incredibly interesting reading. In his introduction to the report, Senator Swanick paid tribute to Jo Cox, the MP who was notable for speaking about the fact that we have more in common than what divides us. She was one of the first to consider the idea of a commission on loneliness and I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I commend my colleague, Senator Ruane, those who have worked with her in civil society, and her assistant, Seb McAteer. I know this Bill comes very deeply from many years of experience working with and supporting people to chart pathways forward for themselves. That is really reflected in the way the Bill looks at the different aspects of the experiences and addresses some of the many...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am delighted to see the Minister back in the House. It was a good decision by the Leader and others to ensure that we get a good conversation with each Department. We all felt that the sitting in December was not very satisfactory in terms of looking at climate action in each area. It is good, therefore, that we will have separate discussions with the various Ministers. I will pick up...