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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There are several issues and I reserve the right to table further amendments in this respect on Report Stage. Even the wording of section 13(4)(d) is weak. It refers to matters concerned with the importance of the protection of human rights and equality. There needs to be expertise and persons who can properly represent these issues. Simply stating somebody can say it is important is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have tabled a number of amendments to section 13 which are in this grouping. I think the point in amendment No. 19 about the ranking is interesting. If it is construed as a ranking, then that becomes an issue, because having business and finance placed above the operation of the justice system seems strange if that is the case. I am concerned about the tension in subsection (4) with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The witnesses' testimonies and debate have been really powerful. On loss and damage, it is important that we do not have a situation in which we are choosing between supporting a loss and damage facility and leading the way. Will the witnesses confirm that by taking the lead, as Denmark has done in taking an individual position and recognising that historic responsibility and committing, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will finish really quickly. I have just three really quick questions. On quantity, what does the timeline for doing our fair share on quantity need to look like? What of a fair share on mitigation? What do the next two to three years need to look like for Ireland to be credible about doing our fair share? I completely agree on fossil fuel non-proliferation. The Treaty on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will address two or three issues, one of which relates to loss and damage. Perhaps Mr. McLoughlin could confirm that loss and damage is not in any sense aid. One of the issues of concern in terms of other aspects of our climate financing is that it is meant to be new and additional. However, Ireland has described doubling the share of official development assistance, ODA, that could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am concerned about the expansion of the treaty, but that is by the by and I am sure other members will pick up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Briefly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----because this is a tricky question, does Ireland support a loss and damage facility and the acknowledgement of historical responsibility for the reflection of that through financing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked about "responsibility", in line with common and differentiated responsibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: But it is not aid-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Will Mr. McLoughlin confirm it is not aid? I would like to have that one sentence confirmed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Loss and damage is not aid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is a deeply unsatisfactory position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank our guests for coming in. There are a million areas of interest coming out of their contributions. I will perhaps finish the sentence that Deputy Cronin was in the middle of, which is that we cannot afford an extractive model on a finite planet with competing needs. That comes through in many different points. It requires very challenging thinking about how we live together on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry I went over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On the corporate Bill, I should be clear it is Senator Ruane’s Bill. Like me, the Senator is a member of the Civil Engagement Group. It was not an alternative to the labelling idea but rather related to what is called corporate accountability every year. The idea is that, as a whole, corporations would have to publish their emissions, much like we are doing now with requiring much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Given the limited time, I will speak to two issues. First, I really welcome the idea, especially at local level, of looking to how we can design either the quotas and any other incentives in a way that look to represent the diversity of women and the diversity of those who are affected by issues at local level. I am noting those points on local political participation. The National...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I forgot to ask a question to the Women on Air group. I am one of those who benefitted from the really good training and work that Women on Air has done in the past. I remember from research the women's council did many years ago that it is not just around getting access but it is also around the question of what women are asked to do when they are given space in media and broadcasting. I...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not think I am the ultimate word. I am following some very powerful and true speeches about what poverty is and they are pointing to one of the key asks. I have heard the Minister of State speak about poverty, but the nub of what we are asking for here is the idea of the independent voice on poverty: the Combat Poverty Agency. I want to bring us back a little bit and talk about why we...