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Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: They will be on jobseeker's transitional so they will still be encouraged into work. When the changes came in, many people landed directly into that space of jobseeker's allowance or into the-----

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The full-time availability waiver element could perhaps be taken forward or made an option. I believe it would help a large cohort of persons, including qualified adults, and encourage them onto the live register. That is something we can debate.

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the Bill which I will be supporting through the various stages. It has been shown clearly that huge dividends come from investment in film and the wider audiovisual sector and not only in terms of the employment created and the money generated. The sector has grown substantially and even when other sectors were shrinking, Irish film...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister. He is advancing a very important and long-awaited Bill that will allow for individuals committing particular offences abroad to be liable to prosecution under Irish law. This legislation is important in itself in the spirit of international co-operation, but it is also very important as it is the final step Ireland needs to take to allow us to ratify the Council of...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister. I look forward to engaging with him on that matter.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Senator Kelleher has thanked everybody so perfectly that I will not attempt to match her, but I want to thank my colleagues in the House, the Minister and all of those in the other House and all the people who have championed this issue, but particularly those who have done so in very difficult times and in the streets. I thank those who campaigned in 1983 and those who campaigned, not only...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 40:In page 15, line 36, to delete ", counsel".

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 41:In page 15, line 36, to delete "counsel" and substitute "coerce".

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 42:In page 15, after line 38, to insert the following:“(4) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally coerce or deceive a pregnant woman into terminating her pregnancy against her will or without her knowledge.”.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 37:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 38:In page 15, to delete lines 36 to 38 and substitute the following:"(4) It shall be an offence for a person to intentionally coerce or deceive a pregnant woman into terminating her pregnancy against her will or without her knowledge.".

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I feel very strongly about this section. My colleague has spoken about the wider issue of the inclusion of criminal sanctions in this Bill. We would all prefer if it was a health Bill and if issues such as criminal sanctions were dealt with in other areas, for example, in amendments to the Offences Against the Person Act or in other locations. This is why there is such strong opposition....

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, that is important.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not want to come back in; I just want to raise a point of order. I understand there are people who have strong feelings and that they may wish to express them in their general speeches.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On Fifth Stage it will be possible for Members to make more general speeches about their feelings.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Can we, therefore, proceed with Report Stage?

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Most of the comments we have heard were made in response to a very strong misrepresentation of certain individuals. Their statements were misrepresented, as was their relationship with their own constituency, their profession and those they represent. When people are misrepresented and words are put into their mouths or paraphrased, it is appropriate for the record of the House to be...