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Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the guests of Senator Garret Ahearn, the group of 14 from India, from the Federation of Rajasthan, Trade and Industry who are in Ireland for a couple of days, visiting and sightseeing but also seeing some of our parliamentary systems. I wish them a marvellous visit. They are most welcome to the Chamber and to the Upper House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I join everyone in referencing Natasha O'Brien's bravery in coming forward. We had a conversation in this Chamber where Senators Doherty, Chambers and Pauline O'Reilly moved a Bill specifically about character references. We went through the Second Stage of that. Is this a time we need to have that conversation again? Where is that legislation and will it be moved forward? At the time,...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: Could the Senator stick to the amendments?

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I do not wish to interrupt the Senator but I want to acknowledge visitors in the Gallery who are about to leave. Could the Senator indulge me and allow me to welcome them? After that, the Senator will be more than welcome to resume. I welcome the young people who are here from Roscommon Comhairle na nÓg, who are witnessing democracy fully in action here today. I hope they are...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I ask Senator Mullen to speak through the Chair and for all Senators to speak to the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: Senator Mullen must speak to the amendment, please.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: Please speak to the amendment Senator Mullen. The Senator must speak through the Chair rather than speaking directly to Senator Seery Kearney.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I ask the Senator and the Minister to speak through the Chair.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: That has nothing to do with the amendments.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: That is not to do with the amendments.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: That is not to do with the amendments.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: We will keep to the amendments. I thank the Senator for her intervention.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: Is the Senator's contribution going to be on the amendments?

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: That is marvellous. We are going to keep to the amendments and hear a little less about our parents and who is or is not giving us advice.

Seanad: National Cancer Services: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Fine Gael Senators for introducing this motion into the Seanad Chamber. In particular, I welcome Ms Power and others from the Irish Cancer Society who are here in recognition of the enormous work they do and the contribution they make. I could say there is nothing else to say other than these are the things we need to see. Many of us in this House and this building have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Chair for facilitating my participation online and I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We have gone back and forth on the PA versus home care issue, but will the witnesses clarify something, please? They stated that there was not a clear definition of what PA services were, which is why they were not being included in the legislation. The witnesses also stated that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: The UNCRPD has been mentioned in this committee before. It lays out various things that need to be done and should be done. It is an aspirational document, but it also contains some clear things. Would Ms Larthwell say that without the statutory right to home care included in this, and the plan is that will come at some point, the legislation as it stands would be UNCRPD compliant? Is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024 (19 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: That was rattling in my mind as we were talking as to whether excluding the statutory right is making something UNCRPD complaint, or if the commitment to make it a statutory right at some point is enough to get us over the line to make something UNCRPD compliant. Those are the questions I have been chewing on.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Today I will talk about two different strands of the housing crisis. All of us have been out knocking doors over the past while, and after every canvass in Dublin North-West we remarked among ourselves on how many empty houses there were. We do not mean houses that are clearly abandoned with wood across them and so on, or houses with recently sold or for sale signs on them. However, you...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: It is great to have the Minister of State in the House on this good news day and to see the extension. I hope people will take note of it and avail of the leave. Does he have any information on the uptake of parent’s leave and benefit and is there any data on that? I was in Iceland a couple of years ago on a study trip to learn how Iceland had built one of the most gender-equal...