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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. I call for a debate with the Minister for Justice on the need to increase efforts to detect, prosecute and eliminate the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, FGM, in Ireland. FGM is a transnational public health, human rights and gender injustice issue that more than 125 million girls and women in 29 countries in Africa and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: It was dead.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I second the motion.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Let him finish. I can speak later.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I have a short few minutes. Can I come in later on?

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I second the motion.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I will not need six minutes. To be quite honest, I am glad that Senator Craughwell was here to take the second slot this afternoon. I thank Senator Clonan for tabling this motion. How we treat our children, our elderly and our disabled people is a reflection on our country. We have failed in how we look after those three cohorts of people, especially those with disabilities. The Indecon...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2023)

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. As per section 1(3) of the Act, the Minister must commence certain sections. This last happened in 2020 with SI 550, which commenced sections 5, 7, 8 and 9. This was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: That is fine.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (10 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate today is a busy day for the Minister. I appreciate the Minister of State coming to the House to take this important matter. It is important for the fathers out there. This is important legislation to ensure their names go on birth certificates. They have been waiting for this legislation for nine years.I understand that it is being drafted at...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I will share time.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Three minutes each.

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister of State is welcome. I was trying to get excited about coming to the House this afternoon but there was nothing exciting in the budget. It fell short in many areas this year. The expenditure reported for 2024 is €96.6 billion. In 2024, the Government will gift €6 billion of taxpayers' money to the NGO sector in order that activists can use it to ask the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am calling for a debate with the Minister for Transport on an issue about which I have been in touch with him over the past few months. That is the extension of the cycle to work scheme to those with disabilities that affect their movement. Obviously, the scheme does not discriminate explicitly against such people, but rather it is a sin of omission. I was contacted over the summer by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am calling for a debate to be scheduled on the setting of minimum standards for the Government's response to problems and situations regarding the care of people in this country. Last week we heard that when it comes to providing accommodation for migrants and refugees, villages of tents are all we have at the moment. The attitude is one of saying "That is just how it is". That is just...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Trafficking (3 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I want to ask about the current state of play regarding the fight against human trafficking here in Ireland. There are many issues dealt with in these Houses and in Government Buildings which are pressing, obvious and apparent and which demand attention be given to them, as well as that attention being seen to be given to them. There are other issues...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Trafficking (3 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State. It was reported in the UK press last year that migrants across the UK are being preyed upon by immigration advisers and solicitors who are taking advantage of the lack of protections for advice seekers. These rogue practitioners are charging extortionate fees for free application forms and are putting in spurious applications and appeals that have no chance of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I would like to raise the issue of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, which Senator Joe O'Reilly brought up last week. The Inspector of Mental Health Services has said that she cannot currently provide an assurance to all parents in Ireland that their children can have access to a safe, effective and evidence-based mental health service. I agree with this assessment. Young...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Taoiseach to the Chamber. One of the most powerful speeches I heard this morning was by Senator Ruane. I had tears rolling down my cheeks because I know first-hand about the children who suffer from poverty and I have dealt with them for the past 12 to 13 years of my life. How we treat the children of this nation is really important to me. How we are treating the refugees...