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Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jan 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Minister and I know people with intellectual disabilities will also appreciate it. I acknowledge the complexity, as the Minister has outlined, and therefore am happy to wait a bit longer for what she will bring forward. I absolutely agree, of course, that section 5, as it stands, is a blunt instrument. I am grateful to hear what the Minister has said and I know from my...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Today I am publishing and presenting my fourth and probably final Bill during this term. It is the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2015 and it aims to reform the terms of private renting in Ireland by addressing both the high insecurity when renting long-term homes and the financial challenges faced by landlords. It also provides an immediate community-based and people-led solution...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: It is published today.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I have it in my hand here.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I apologise. I thought it was on the Order Paper. Will the Cathaoirleach allow me still to welcome it and mention it?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I will conclude by asking the Leader for time to debate this in the new year or to bring it to the attention of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, and I ask also that my colleagues consider it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: On my way to work this morning I passed Firhouse, an area of Tallaght, and I thought that is where Ibrahim Halawa should be still celebrating his 20th birthday with his family. Instead Ibrahim Halawa spent his 20th birthday in the notorious Wadi Al-Natrun prison in Egypt in a squalid, overcrowded cell where he is locked up in inhuman conditions. He lacks medical treatment. Letters from him...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to comment on a point made by Senator Norris and to correct the public record. Having listened to his opinions on these issues, I believe they are also grounded in an ideology. I wish to correct his comment on the justice committee, of which I am a member, and the evidence provided to its members by sex workers. I have checked with the secretariat and it has advised me that the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I am telling Senator Norris what is stated by the secretariat of the committee, which I believe will probably be recognised as evidence more than that to which the Senator is referring.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Whether it is what the Senator believes or not, that is actually what happened. He has asked us to accept what he has indicated as evidence-----

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: -----but this is actually genuine evidence.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (10 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Mr. Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen, will celebrate his 20th birthday in three days and has spent more than 800 days in pre-trial detention in an Egyptian prison for allegedly taking part in an anti-Government protest in Cairo. Not unlike many others concerned for his life, health and well-being, I sent him a birthday card through our Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and I hope the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (10 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Minister and deeply respect the views he expressed. I appreciate and acknowledge the high priority the Minister and his staff have provided for Ibrahim and his family regarding his case. I acknowledge the objectives the Minister has identified and he has pursued those objectives. In the Minister's response he outlined that he has pursued these various courses. I am not sure if...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (10 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I hope the Minister is right.

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. As they may be aware, the Seanad has a public consultation committee and our first report, a few years ago, was on the rights of older people. We recommended movement towards the development of a treaty for older people at UN level. I am on record as being in favour of that, and our colleagues in the centres of disability and human rights at...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: What, if anything, could our committee do to support the process, especially through Ireland's contribution to the EU group?

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: Is Age Action Ireland working with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission?

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: This has been a brilliant discussion. I wish to comment on the issue of how a UN convention would ultimately help. The witnesses spoke about the provision of services and providing support to older people in their community. The discussion we are having clearly indicates we have a long way to go to protect the rights of older people, whether with regard to mandatory retirement age,...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Katherine Zappone: That is why it is so brilliant that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Rural Crime: Irish Farmers Association (18 Nov 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I thank-----