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Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: These are European facts.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I have said it before. These are European facts.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: That is wrong, Minister. That is wrong, what you are doing.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I did not speak any untruths.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I welcome the Commissioner. I listened intently to the contributors who are members of the committee and the Commissioner's response and statement. Nobody can condone the violence, rioting and looting that took place on the streets last week. While some people might be afraid of the labels "thugs" and "scum", I certainly am not. Some of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am aware of the pressure the Commissioner is under with regard to recruitment. The numbers just were not there to meet the need on the streets last week. Officers were called in from all over the place. Many of them simply got into their cars to help their colleagues in need at the time. How will this issue be addressed in the long term? Recruitment and retention are issues within An...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: That is fine. Will Mr. Harris be given an opportunity to answer my questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am aware of that. I thank Mr. Harris.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: They should be jailed but the Government gave them bail.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I will try to stick to my script in case I actually say something that might really offend somebody. Many political leaders reacted to the horrific attack on the children last Thursday by saying it was a shock attack that no-one could have seen coming. Of course, this is untrue. Most of us with our heads not buried in the sand knew this was coming. Many Irish people have been unhappy with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: The Government will let slip the mask and resort to the State's monopoly on force to enforce ideological orthodoxy through its hate speech legislation. Now, the eyes of the world are on Ireland. I do not believe the Government truly knows how much of a turning point this is.I fear for what will happen but let it be known that there were many chances for things to go differently but that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving us a greater insight into the roles that doctors, physicians and nurses have within this debate. I was touched by something Professor Chochinov said earlier. He stated: A wish to die is an expression of human suffering. Clinicians must learn to sit down and lean into discussions exploring the nature of patients’ anguish, discerning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I will speak to the ICGP and the INMO. I remember having a conversation with my uncle, who happens to be a priest. We discussed the best way to die. He said it does not matter what road people take; death is never easy. The ICGP has laid out a roadmap and outlined the engagement it has had with its members. Its representatives have laid out the various forums it has held and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I know that.

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

Sharon Keogan: I am calling for a debate on the latest report from the cryptic sounding Institute for Strategic Dialogue, entitled Uisce Faoi Thalamh: An Investigation into the Online Mis- and Disinformation Ecosystem in Ireland. While the parent institute was wholly unknown prior to the publishing of this report, the report enjoyed widespread media coverage over recent days in The Irish Times,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Earlier this year, I called for a debate on Ireland opting out of the amendments to five articles in the international health regulations that were adopted on 27 May 2022 by the World Health Assembly. On that day, 194 unelected, unaccountable and largely unknown delegates to the assembly from WHO member states agreed on amendments to five separate articles of the international health...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I appreciate the attempt at reassurance on where our health service is going to be going forward. However, it does not give me any comfort. The media has been entirely silent on this. If it were not for a few good people with their ears to the ground, all of Ireland would be ignorant of what is happening over on the Continent, where laws are being made which will drastically impact the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I raise an issue that came to my attention this afternoon when it was published on the Government website. It is the modular development plan announced by the Department of the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman. It is accommodation for the beneficiaries of temporary accommodation from Ukraine. There are 74,744 Ukrainians currently in State accommodation. Another 30,000 have sought...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.