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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 32: In page 21, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(4) In this section, references to the improvement of diversity shall be construed to include improvement of representation of persons or classes of persons who are disadvantaged by reference to the following factors: (a) gender; (b) civil status; (c) family status; (d) sexual orientation;...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: Amendment No. 32 seeks to insert a definition clarifying the groups to whom the improvement of diversity referred to in commission's diversity statements will apply. They have been taken from the commission's own diversity statements. I am quite surprised that Senator McDowell does not know what "civil status" is, considering the groups in question are all listed in the Equal Status Act....

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the Bill. I echo Senator Wall's thanks and welcome for the people in the Gallery. Maria, Johnny and Damien gave us an excellent briefing earlier and everyone has given so much of their personal time and experience to this issue. This is an issue that we cannot talk about in the abstract, up here in the legislative sky. These are real people, real families and real children who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: I wish to take a moment to reflect on last week, when I spent two immersive days in Iceland. I was on a study trip with the all-party group on workplace equality, supported by WorkEqual and Alice PR. We were travelling around, visiting people and talking to them about how Iceland became the world's most gender-equal country. We met with trade unions, advocacy groups, MPs and councillors....

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I echo Senator Black's words of gratitude to some of the people we have been working, particularly members of Mental Health Reform and some others who have been good and have done as much work as the Department has done on this legislation. They have been casting an eye over it, advising and putting forward different ways in which it could be tied in with human rights. A question has come...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: It is very welcome that the Minister seeks to reform and expand AHDs and to ensure that preferences of people with psychosocial disabilities are protected but I am concerned that amendment No. 42 creates further confusion because it creates a piecemeal provision. It feels as though the amendment pays lip service to the protection of rights while allowing them to be undermined on the basis of...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The cost-of-living crisis has been hard on the country and based on what we know it looks like it will be with us for years to come. I feel this personally because me and my peers came of age during the last recession. A lot of us left and some of us came back and now it feels like it has all gone to pot again. That is a sentiment I toss...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I want to raise two issues today. We are all talking about the upcoming budget. I was in with Mental Health Reform earlier, as I am sure others were, on its pre-budget submission and on what it wants to see in the budget. I spoke to two mental health advocates, Blessing and Justyna, about their personal experiences of mental health while navigating the supports in the system in Ireland....

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 68: "In page 37, to delete lines 32 to 34 and substitute the following: “(6) Nothing in this section shall be taken to mean that a designated institution of higher education, any other higher education provider or any other education provider, body or person— (a) shall be allocated funding by An tÚdarás in any financial year, (b) is...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 71: "In page 38, line 16, after “143” to insert “or to adequately explain non-compliance under subsection (7)of that section”."

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for being here. As a member of the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health, I and my committee colleagues, Senator Black and Deputy Wall, have been pushing this particular agenda in respect of advance healthcare directives and voluntary detainment under the Mental Health Act and criminal insanity legislation. The call of everyone on the committee has always been for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: That is alright. It is marvellous to be back in here again. I hope everyone, Members and staff alike, had a pleasant summer. I rise to continue with the topic I raised in the House just before we finished for the summer, that is, animal welfare in Dublin Zoo. Dublin Zoo responded via the media to the statement I made then to call for "an independent investigation into these allegations"...

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: The Cathaoirleach might consider giving me the same latitude he gave Senator Boylan.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: Yahoo.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Green Party. I commend my colleagues on bringing this issue to the Chamber during their Private Members' time. I feel very strongly about and wish to speak to a number of issues raised in the motion, as I have done in my past two years in the Chamber, including the treatment of animals in the racing sector, the need to better fund our animal welfare organisations and the care...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: This is Traveller Pride week. It started today with the first ever Traveller Pride awards. I encourage people to check that out online. I want to note Rosemary Maughan who won the intersectionality award. It is very well deserved. Every day I learn from her online. I encourage everyone to follow and learn from her too. I congratulate all the awards winners and nominees for the...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Annie Hoey: I second the amendment.