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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: That is no problem at all.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I wish to bring up the issue of housing and its impact on young people as well as our ongoing emigration crisis. Many people are already aware that the housing crisis is making life impossible for young Irish people, especially those just leaving college, yet, as always, we need to be reminded of this issue. For example, a recent article in District Magazine found that many young people are...

Seanad: Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I am sharing time with Senator Joe Conway. The Minister of State is welcome. Across the country, we had close to 1 million buildings without electricity. There is estimated damage of over €200 million to homes, roads and infrastructure as well as over €500 million in damage to the timber and horticultural industries. In my home constituency of Meath East, there are still...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I formally request the presence of the Minister for arts, media and communication, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, before this Chamber to address a number of profoundly concerning developments that have transpired within his Department. I am not referring in this instance to the inherited €7 million IT controversy or the oversized scanner. The first matter pertains to the recent...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I thank him for joining us today to talk about community safety. We are here to talk about one of the most underacknowledged crises in the nation: the crisis of law and order. Many Irish people across the country feel that policing is virtually non-existent, criminality is allowed to run free and justice for victims is a distant ideal for regular...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I am delighted to see the Leader back in the Chair this term. With the increase in the Dáil numbers from 160 to 174, in recognition of our growing population, it would be wise to revisit our numbers within local government. In the 2014 local government reforms we reduced our local representation from 1,627 to 949. Our population in 2014 was 4.6 million and today we have a population...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Sharon Keogan: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his election. My commiserations to Senators Wilson and Fitzpatrick, who also contested the position. It is not easy to put one's name forward for any election. Senator Wilson would have made a very fine Chair. I am one of the five Cavan people in this Chamber. I am proud to be from there. Where one is from is really important in life. It forms us...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Well done.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Well done, Senator.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: It is great to see Senator Ahearn in the Chair today. I hope he will be in that chair in the next Seanad as well. I will start by thanking Martin Groves and all the staff in the Seanad office and all the staff in the Oireachtas, in the Bills Office and research office, the ushers and all those who look after us daily in the restaurant and in these Houses in general. I also thank my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: It would be fantastic.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Yes we can.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (6 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: This Commencement matter is on the non-commencement of section 6 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014. This Act was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas on 27 November 2014, and was signed into law on 4 December 2014. As per section 1(3) of the Act, the Minister must commence certain sections. This last happened in 2020 with SI 550 of that year, which commenced sections 5, 7,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (6 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State. I realise much of this response is what I received the last time. While I welcome that the technical error has been corrected with the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Act 2024, it still has not moved forward during that year. We knew there would be an issue regarding the HSE in getting this matter dealt with in regards to training. One year...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I will start off my congratulating President Donald Trump on his win. The people have spoken and President Trump is their choice. This should be a wake-up call for Ireland's politicians with regard to pushing agendas that are not in the best interests of the Irish people. Rising inflation, the cost of living, homelessness, crime-ridden cities, dereliction, drug-infested areas and no-go...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I congratulate Paul Brady, who happens to be my first cousin and is a brother of Councillor Philip Brady, on winning his sixth world handball singles championship in Croke Park last weekend. It is a remarkable achievement because this world championship happens only every three years and he has been unbeatable for that length of time. It is remarkable also because he is 45 years of age. He...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2024)

Sharon Keogan: There is a Bill before the Dáil to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015. This Bill seeks to ensure that there will be single-sex accommodation in our prisons. The Bill is a vital measure to protect the rights and safety of women in our society. I commend Aontú on tabling such an important Bill. I acknowledge the reality of gender dysphoria and the importance of treating all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Citizens' Attitude to Democracy and the Rule of Law: TASC (23 Oct 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It is always good to get information back from people engaging with communities with regard to democracy and attitudes towards democracy in the country. Things are changing globally. Things are changing massively on an EU level. If we were to look at the changes that have taken place from 2024 right back to 2019 and the data we have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Citizens' Attitude to Democracy and the Rule of Law: TASC (23 Oct 2024)

Sharon Keogan: Is Dr. Cohen saying that strong leadership does not exist within local government?