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Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a question. Are we completing Final Stage directly after this?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Can Senators speak on Final Stage?

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Senator can make comments on Final Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Search and Rescue Missions in Mediterranean and Migration Crisis: Médecins Sans Frontières (5 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the witnesses both for their powerful testimony and their ongoing work. The information they have provided is stark. What is also stark is that we were warned about these things and they have been signalled for a long time. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh said, they were signalled when Ireland decided to change its approach. We ask whether ships with these goals make a difference. We...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There is much that is useful in amendment No. 7 and it offers some constructive proposals to ensure that there is clarity regarding the independence of the process. However, I do not think it is worded as well as it might be. I have concerns about the phrase "and if asked shall not answer", which is quite different from not being obliged to answer. I do not want people to be penalised for...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: When is the debate concluding?

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will be brief so as to ensure that there is adequate time for Senator Devine to come back in. I support this Bill. It was unfortunate that when the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 passed through these Houses more recently that the change was made at that time to go from "shall" to "may". I appreciate the Minister's sincerity and I believe he is serious about engaging with and...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I appreciate that we are putting the question again and that is fine, but it will be interesting to look back on the transcript because there was some lack of clarity. I have had amendments that I did not get to vote on because I was not quick enough. That is fine.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will speak briefly to amendments Nos. 82 and 83. There may a drafting error in one of the amendments. I do not know if it came from my office or if it happened along the way. My key concern was the issue of health, as it is inappropriate that there be health tests for those being considered for the Judiciary. It is something not done in many other areas and the danger is this could...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: To be clear, it is not only inappropriate, it may be illegal. Whenever the grounds of health may have been used or introduced in the past has changed. Recently the general data protection regulation came into effect. Under those regulations, the legislation for which we passed in this House, there are much stricter tests that need to be established in any situation in which persons are...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We heard the word "reasonable" many times. I am not saying that it is automatically illegal. My point is that it has to meet a test of being necessary and proportionate. All of the circumstances which were described as a concern were questions of capacity, but the key question is a person's capacity to do the job. One needs to pass a physical examination if one is to become a garda...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: May I clarify which amendments we are discussing?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will let Senator Bacik go ahead because I just wanted clarification.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcomed the amendments made in the Dáil because it was appropriate that the President of each of the courts should be included. A person from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was a positive and constructive addition to the mix. I do not have a problem with the board being larger if it accommodates all suitable legal persons and a suitable number of laypersons. From my...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22:In page 34, line 25, to delete “Regulation.” and substitute the following: “Regulation, and(c) view information about any data breaches where their personal data may have been affected and information on how to request further information.”. I thank the Minister of State for addressing those issues and for indicating that he is willing to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I refer to amendments Nos. 22 and 22a. On necessity and proportionality, I think that these have been addressed. I will return to them and I hope that the Minister of State will return to them as well on Report Stage. I take necessary and proportionate on board but it may need to be reworded. In that context, I will not press the amendments.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will withdraw the amendments but I reserve the right to return to the issue on Report Stage.