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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: I have a couple of issues I am going to try to fly through. First, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health to appear before the Seanad to discuss workforce planning within the health service. I know it sounds a little bit niche but I believe it is an issue that goes to the heart of many of the issues facing healthcare staff, most especially nurses. As the Leader may have seen,...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Acting Chairperson for sharing his own experience and stories so eloquently. I also thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss the Bill with us. I pay tribute to him, and I know it is not something he hears often coming from Opposition politicians, even in the friendlier of the two Houses, namely, the Seanad. It bears saying that the Minister has done important and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: My question is not a particularly taxing one. I appreciate that Dr. Holohan withdrew from the process to, as he said, take away from the distraction from all of the public health work and other work the Department is doing. Is there a reputation crisis now facing the Department of Health? Is there an erosion of trust with the public? If so, what actions need to be taken either by Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: That is fair enough. It was interesting to see whether Mr. Watt thought this was outside of what would be the norm - he listed a number of things that consistently come up, such as waiting lists and satisfaction and stuff like that - and whether he thought this, while it was extraneous, was enough to do reputational damage to the system, but if he feels it is just par for the course, that is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I am here to talk about Bank of Ireland's announcement that it is withdrawing the graduate entry medicine, GEM, loan, the only loan available that is specific to graduate entry medicine students. It came with conditions such as a moratorium on paying back the loan before four years. I am not asking any Minister of State or Government to interfere in the commercial or operational decisions...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I know the Minister of State read from notes on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, but what she read out were all of the problems with GEM. The solution seems to be that the Department is looking into the matter, which is not much for me to go back to the students with. While it is welcome that the Department is looking into the matter, students need to know what they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I was lucky enough last week to attend an incredible production of Who’s There? by Droichead Youth Theatre, my alma mater and most important stomping ground in growing me into the person I am today. This ensemble production was directed by one of my longest and oldest friends, Christina Matthews, the creative director of Droichead Youth Theatre. I was struck by the content of the...

Seanad: Funding for Ukrainian Students in Irish Universities: Statements (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: When I read the subject of this debate, I wondered whether it was statements on third level funding and the costs of going to college for Ukrainian students. I wondered where the commas were. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this wide range of topics, each of which could have taken up an entire debate on its own. The situation around Ukraine is complex and...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank and acknowledge the work of Senators Doherty, Chambers and Pauline O'Reilly for moving this Bill. As already referred to here, I doubt that I am the only Member to believe that if we did not have female leadership, and women leading on the Government side of the Chamber, we would not see legislation like this make its way through the House. The Senators are to be commended on that....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: It is hard and the Senators have dealt with the issue with great compassion, sensitivity and kindness. This is not often seen in politics and it is great to see it for such a difficult topic. I was talking with a former Seanad colleague, now Deputy Bacik, and she told me how in 1998 she was doing research for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre around this, which resulted in previous legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank all the representatives for their hard work on this issue in the run-up to the referendum, in the subsequent monitoring of abortion provision in Ireland, in ensuring that we have such provision, and providing the critical advocacy we needed in this area over the past three years. I have to agree that we have had three years of understanding how it can operate. Many of the flaws the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I stand here as a member of the LGBTQIA community to express my condolences and sadness at the murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee that happened during the Easter recess. I am thinking of all of us in our own community and the community of Sligo as we process these senseless acts of violence. These increased acts of violence against LGBTQIA people have not happened in a vacuum....

Seanad: Automated Data Exchange for Police Co-operation: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: As no other Senators are indicating, I now invite the Minister to reply.

Seanad: Automated Data Exchange for Police Co-operation: Motion (26 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I would like to address the frightening rise in transphobia, trans hate and trans abuse that has swept over from the UK. This week, which had Trans Day of Visibility, the Tory Government moved to ban conversion therapy for so-called members of the LGB community but not for the T or trans family. Conversion therapy is a discredited, dangerous and unethical practice that has long-lasting...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (7 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I offer my solidarity to Senator Boylan. Those comments are awful and as Senator Clifford-Lee said, many of us have experienced something similar.The vitriol in those emails was horrific, and I am very sorry the Senator received them. It is not acceptable. I want to quickly address three points. There has been a lot of talk about decent, free speech and this, that, and the other. One...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Apr 2022)

Annie Hoey: I also compliment the Cathaoirleach and the Ceann Comhairle on this morning's joint sitting and on their statements in particular. April is sexual assault awareness month. As we know, rape and sexual assault are considered war crimes and breaches of international humanitarian law. Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: It is no surprise on Trans Day of Visibility that I am offering my support and that of the Labour Party to the trans community in Ireland and worldwide.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: One of the biggest things we need to think about today, on Trans Day of Visibility, is that it is really sad that there are no trans Members of the Upper or Lower Houses. I hope that someday that will be rectified and there will be visibility across society. I was thinking about this in the context of the census and the binary question in respect of sex. The census is used for many things,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: I put on record once again that I and many people here and in the Labour Party celebrate and stand in solidarity with the trans community worldwide and want to see them thrive as their true authentic selves.