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- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It was around the language in the Bill specifically.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect because I was so interrupted-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to have the opportunity to answer Dr. Burke on the purposes, not who gives the mandate. The purposes in this Bill are very different to previous purposes, in that "strengthening international security" is used rather than "the performance of duties of a police character".
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I would just really like to have that answered.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I know.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Or the General Assembly, for accuracy.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Which is sufficient for us to-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Just for accuracy, that allows us-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies but-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It can allow action.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies, I will stand back but I just wanted-----
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I support Senator Boyhan in terms of a review. The Minister said that she has to put a figure in the Bill but there is absolutely nothing to stop her including a review mechanism in the Bill. I believe it would be appropriate that there would be a clear mechanism to review the sum of €3,000, which is clearly and, potentially, going to be very inadequate. My amendment No. 26 touches...
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am a little disappointed by the Minister's response about the use of waivers. We need to be clear. When we hear about redress schemes, they are usually accompanied by apologies and sincere expressions of how sorry we are as a State. The Minister then says these are there to replace legal action. Are these redress schemes about recognising we have done wrong as a State, and that we owe...
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to add a single sentence. Briefly on the rights issue, I want to signal that I may include on Report Stage a version of the right to information. This relates to sections 18 and 19 of the Bill. We may not reach them if this debate is guillotined, but I want to signal the importance of ensuring subject access requests for data. There are very narrow purposes for which the...
- Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 26: In page 9, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Report on adequacy on best practice in supports to survivors of residential institutional abuse 7. The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on best practice in supports to survivors of residential institutional abuse...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: My question was around it being very interpretable, and concerning with regard to how partners Dr. Burke has highlighted are interpreting the UN Charter. Second, I would go to the question of how. I am not going to focus on the mandate of how it is given, and I do believe it can be given by a General Assembly but I want to know what the mandate is for and what the purposes of it are. I...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On that, I have different information. What we have heard is that many of the companies that were on that sustainability journey and had put the work in, perhaps because they were looking to become sustainable suppliers, and those who have done the courses in the colleges are now having the rug pulled out from underneath them. For example, from talking to somebody who works directly...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is deregulation. A number of regulations are being removed.