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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is a bit rich. This is the Parliament; it is not a street corner.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: This is a mature Parliament.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the witnesses very much. I am going to extend beyond that question. Last week I arrived at a point where I was saying that this is constitutionally permissible for us, subject to proportionality and safeguards. We come into that space of asking how we as legislators ensure we are sensitised and educated enough from a safeguard perspective, and I believe we are getting there this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am sorry to interrupt for a second. Euthanasia and assisted dying, as I understand it, are very distinct things. I just want to make sure that we are staying on the same page.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is not what we are talking about here according to my understanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: A person-initiated process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Dr. Campbell for that. I will come back to a couple of issues, the first of which is that in our current regime, we have the possibility that I can refuse intervention and nutrition. Last week, I explored the possibility that I could put in an advanced healthcare directive. However, Dr. Mulligan told me that, yes, in theoretical law, it could be done by getting medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Specifically, yes-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: -----given that we have established that all things can be set aside, really.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the witnesses for that. It is easy to be horrified. In my mind and heart, I am still with the 15-year-old girl mentioned by Dr. O'Dalaigh, to be honest, and am thinking about that plight. We recognise, from everything the witnesses are sharing, that there is a huge amount of training and a huge amount of work. In anything I have seen in respect of the commitment from the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Ms Mpofu is again pointing to an everyday nuts-and-bolts issue. I fully agree with her on the work permit issue. Fantastically qualified people living in our communities could be working and alleviating a lot of the challenges. As for the experience of a new mother, I have come across similar situations. The question of what to do, without being able to make decisions, use your discretion...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: They clearly have far too much power. It is not transparent.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: As Ms Duggan shared, perhaps the new workers will be able to have a role and we can have some creativity about them having one. My only thing about that though, when it comes to what Ms Mpofu shared and other stories that I know of, is that workers go home. It is a bit like your child in the crèche. There is only so much you can complain about because you are afraid that your child is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I wish the Minister of State a good morning and thank him for being here. I appreciate that nobody from the Department of Health is available and I appreciate the Minister of State taking this matter. As long as he will have a meaningful reply, I will have no problem. There is in place legislation, the Public Service Pay and Pension Act 2017, under which the Minister for Health is obliged...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State. To be fair, that was a meaningful reply and I appreciate it. There are a couple of things to say in response. I welcome the acknowledgement of how vital pharmacies are. The language used by the Minister of State was better than mine. He referred to the value of pharmacists in the accessible and vital link they provide in our communities and in the whole...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is very fitting that I follow Senator Fitzpatrick, as I will raise exactly the same issue. When walking through the Liberties in Dublin city, let us imagine the sheer volume of tourists who walk through that area, which includes Thomas Street and the Guinness Storehouse, when the pavements are literally sticky. It is that bad. I have looked into the resourcing and the increase in...

Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Dáil Éireann passed the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023 on 21 June 2023, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Seanad. I also welcome Deputy Naughten and his guest to the Gallery. I will hand over to the Minister of State. Senator Davitt and I are in the Chamber and we are listening.

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State for a comprehensive assessment of where we are and of what has been done. Much of the time, we do not realise how much the State is doing in this area. Obviously, the Minister of State is not in a position to declare and share everything but, from conversations with people in the area of defence and so on, I know that we actually have an extraordinary wealth of...

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: As no other Senators are offering I will go back to the Minister of State.