Results 601-620 of 1,879 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me in. The Commissioner is very welcome. In regard to the Garda station in Meath east, around the Laytown and Bettystown area, is a vital piece of infrastructure that we need there on the coast. The current one is in the middle of a housing estate and is totally unsuitable for the needs of the growing population on the east coast. In regard to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Do they not? It is a shame they do not because they should. The Ministry should be in here-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Alright well I apologise for that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Can I just finish with automatic number plate recognition, ANPR? ANPR is probably one of the most vital tools that An Garda Síochána can use. We had it on a system in Duleek as part of a community CCTV programme but had to take it off because of the regulations. The Commissioner asked us to take it off. It was a shame because it is a quick way to solve crime. It is easy to get...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I apologise but I have been in and out to another committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Thank you. I have been an advocate for the local authorities having a strategic policy committee on European affairs since I came into the Houses. Some local authorities are very good at drawing down money and there are those that are not at the races at all. Putting in place a European affairs team in each local authority is very important, not just the project officers, but the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: It represents 3,300 organisations throughout the country and it does fantastic work. In regard to the Access Europe fund, €12 million has been drawn down. Is The Wheel the only organisation working on that fund or does it have a team around it? That is what I would like to know. I know The Wheel does its thing once a year in Croke Park. Is there any way - this applies to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I have spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, on this. He is quite keen on putting in European officers at regional levels, which I think is still a little bit distant from the local authorities. How would The Wheel feel about European officers or project managers within the organisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Would it be one person or a team?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Unlocking EU Funding: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: We are missing out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I might take less and it can be shared among the others. I thank the witnesses for coming in. In March 2022 the HSE acknowledged that remote consultations in respect of home abortions increased the chances of women being coerced into having an abortion. It recognised that meeting the woman in person increases the likelihood of the provider identifying any coercion or domestic abuse. In...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Can Ms O'Shea see that level of care being open to abuse, as in not being able to actually assess the gestational stage of the pregnancy if there is somebody in domestic abuse, not having face-to-face consultation with the doctor in order to know that the person is suffering domestic abuse, and not being able to see that person's bruises to realise that the person may be coerced into having...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Is Dr. Conlon aware of the case, about which I read in the Irish Examinerlast year, of a young underage girl who was locked in a room and forced to take abortion tablets? Was it put into the report and was it considered by the review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Was that case considered by the review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: It can work for and against them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I thank our guests. I appreciate that others may wish to make contributions also.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: I call for a debate with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, on the appropriateness of withholding funding from Irish higher education institutes, HEIs, which have not been rubber-stamped by a British NGO. The NGO in question is Advance HE, which supervises Athena SWAN. It was founded in 2018 as a merger of the UK's Equality...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)
Sharon Keogan: Funding is a big issue.