Results 21-40 of 116 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...As I said, we saw a 14-year-old visibly queer student in Navan being attacked because of who they are. Following this assault BeLonG To made a statement that according to 2022 research 76% of LGBTQ+ students feel unsafe in our post-primary schools. This is not good enough. We have to prioritise the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth who are seriously at risk. The rise in anti-LGBTQ+...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...think in particular of women who went through a long period of masking. I do not know what it is about women in their 30s where the mask suddenly comes off in every which way in their lives. It feels to me, from anyone I spoke to, that once that realisation has happened, there is no going back. Obviously we tell people to research who they are giving their money to and all of those...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: There is a real sense of loss. Women I have spoken to feel they have lost their whole lives to this. They were told they were good girls and were diligent, when they were losing their minds trying to be good girls and doing all these things. They feel very betrayed. It is not anybody's fault; it is just how the system was. They feel they have lost their lives. A mourning piece is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...scheme and so on. I am not saying whether that is or is not working - it is being rolled out and we are talking about 2023 so I am asking Mr. Gloster to cast further into 2024-2026. There is a feeling on the ground that there is a crisis in access to GPs both in urban and rural areas but with the crisis particularly acute in some rural areas. How do we ensure service provision and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...because, for example, it is costing them other supports, and I could hazard a guess as to the people able to access it or be included in it. I was struck by what has been said in terms of people feeling that they even belong to that artistic community, and whether it is working or how it could work for the communities they represent. The whole idea is to create that floor below which...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...laws that criminalised gay and bisexual men. Without going on too much of a 32-county and anti-imperialist rant, we inherited those laws from Britain. They were draconian laws that applied to sexual acts between consenting men and we are still feeling the repercussions of those colonial laws. We need only look at some of the African states which are tightening up and making even more...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...for a money message. At least if one of the amendments seeking a report were accepted, it would provide an opportunity to assess whether those people should have been included in it even though I feel like we have been talking about this endlessly. Many people have put forward ideas and suggestions as to how this Bill could be improved. At a minimum, however, we should include a report...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...a lot of work with the people there trying to find a space for it. Sample-Studios in Cork was in an old building but the building was razed to the ground and there is nothing on the site yet. I always feel that art spaces are put into unused spaces until a better value comes along, which is always a developer and sometimes the space ends up being turned into a carpark. That is not the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great job. I will follow up on that. It is something that comes up when we talk about skills shortages. I am thinking of people I know who feel they are languishing for six months. They are itching to be able to participate and have skill sets, not just in this sector but across multiple sectors that are crying out for experienced people. There is all this bad rep that goes flying around...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...skilled workers, not just in the tourism sector but in many areas, who are currently languishing, which is the word that they have said to me. I am not applying that terminology to them, but they feel like they are languishing. Would reducing that to three months be beneficial to any of the witnesses' sectors? Has it come up in the witnesses' sectors that they are looking for workers...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...tackle the perception piece to show it is not just about seasonal workers and there is a long-term opportunity there, or indeed what work is being done to create those career paths so people do not feel there is no opportunity to move or grow in the sector? The other question is around greening Ireland. This big move to green, whatever it looks like or whatever it is, is going to be...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...who were resident for that period of time from birth until six months to be included in this scheme on the basis on fairness, justice and equity, in order that the scheme can encompass more people, who we all feel – certainly on the Opposition benches and I think on Government benches also – have a right to be included. Deputies and Senators have all received hundreds upon...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...to blow smoke, but if that was a step that had to be taken, it speaks to the serious nature of what happened within it. It is disappointing that that had to happen. I keep saying it because I feel it is a huge disappointment. It brings us to a stage where it is reasonable to say that there needs to be a full review of the functions of IFI. That full review is fully warranted. For the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...welcomes this Bill, which will remove the public inpatient charge of €80 per day up to a maximum of €800 per year. We know that this change is significant and it is important people do not feel like they will be unable to pay their bill when they go to hospital. The notion of people avoiding going to hospital because of inpatient charges is in and of itself enough to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...policy. It is something that comes up not very regularly but it does come up. What would Mr. Gloster's approach be to protected disclosures and whistleblowers? When we hear from them they feel very aggrieved and it can be a very difficult process. What is the cultural approach to those people who feel they want to come forward for something that could potentially be long before Mr....

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...was important for me to speak given that these women took the time to speak to me about the impact of this legislation and how they felt we should pass legislation that is not fit for purpose.They feel that 70% provision, as it currently stands in the Bill, is not fit for purpose. I am jumping between two amendments because ours was ruled out of order. They spoke to me beforehand and I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...who speaks about the Traveller community. We have seen groups call out racism towards other minority groups in the past while, but I have seen members of the Traveller community say they do not feel that same level of call-out has been happening for them. We know Traveller men are seven times more likely and Traveller women six times more likely to die by suicide than people in the...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: .... Our view and response to substance use disorders and drug use reveal a lot more about our culture to date, which is slightly changing, than it does about people using these substances. I can feel that shift and I hope we see that shift in how we treat people using drugs. That goes from people using drugs recreationally all the way to people in the depths of addiction, possibly the...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...thought of as smiling, happy people who were there to help us in our time of need. Now, we associate the public health service, unfortunately, with chronic understaffing, an overworked staff and a feeling, certainly based on what we heard at the health committee, of an unsafe environment for workers. With this shift in perception, there has also been an ongoing increase in assaults, be...