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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I would like to have a debate in this House after the Christmas recess on the two forthcoming referendums that the Government announced on the proposed constitutional change to the definition of a "family" and on the manner in which women and the role of women in society are represented in Bunreacht na hÉireann. Personally, I cannot believe we are wasting time and money on this. I have...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Good.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I second that.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister for her patience. It is great to get a Minister into a House at any time to discuss legislation, and she has been very patient listening to what she has had to listen to here for almost three and a half hours. I thank her for her patience. On the capital plan, will that include the building of prisons, as well as building or improving Garda stations? Does it include a...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: The Cathaoirleach has given some time to Senator McGahon. I ask for just one minute. I see the AILG chair down there. What has happened here this evening is absolutely terrible. We will have an opportunity to amend the Order of Business tomorrow morning. We will come back next week. We can come back next week. Let us get this done.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: We will do that tomorrow morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I raise the issue of Ireland's future and what the Government’s plans for it are. Two areas of importance relate to the brain drain and birthrates. It is no secret that many Irish people and foreign nationals are educated in Ireland at the taxpayers' expense only to move abroad and take their education, experience and social capital elsewhere. While, of course, the free legal...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I hope it goes great.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Sorry -----

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Senator Chambers for poking us all on this particular issue. The Garda Reserve is a very valuable resource in this country that is absolutely not tapped into. I thank Senator Boyhan for his contribution. This is an issue that Senator McDowell has been raising for the last number of years and nothing has been done - absolutely nothing has been done on this. The Garda Commissioner...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I appreciate the difficulty the Minister has had in getting trainees on board. It is hard. When it comes to trainees, we must make being a garda a job worth applying for. In this regard, the remuneration is very important, but so is having a proper pension. These new gardaí are on the post-2013 pension provision. Those joining the Garda now, compared with those who joined the force...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am looking for an update on what assessment of need has been carried out by the Department of Education with regard to a new secondary school for the Duleek area. More than a year and a half ago I laid out a case for a new secondary school, in a Commencement matter which was answered by Deputy English. Figures from the Central Statistics Office, CSO,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: This is totally disappointing for the people of Duleek and the surrounding area, unless we consider putting a Gaelscoil there. According to what the Minister of State said, the figures we have and the downward population trend will not allow for the provision of a post-primary school in the area. The schools being provided in the Drogheda area include the Educate Together school over in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I raise the issue of ESB electricity outages. This is not just happening in my town but throughout the country. It is happening on Saturdays, when businesses cannot operate, and during lunch times. There is no compensation for these businesses. If this were an Irish Water outage, that company would compensate its business customers. The ESB, however, does not. This is wrong. How can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Would the Minister like to make a statement regarding Twitter and what it has said? I do not know if anyone asked that question already. Will the Minister give me a definition of what she considers the far right? Regarding the attestations taking place, on 29 November on the Fine Gael website, there was a post saying that the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, had fast tracked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Is the Minister telling me that the statement that Twitter put out yesterday or the day before was an incorrect statement and that Twitter is misleading and putting misinformation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: It is a little bit like hate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I think we need to define what it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister means in January.