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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I have another question. The issue which others have raised with us in terms of guardianship being extended to unmarried fathers and taking account of that in the context of the Bill is the possibility of issues of violence in the domestic context. Ms Saoirse Brady spoke about balancing the rights of unmarried fathers who are not living with the mother and where children have been born and...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Minister of State for the sentiment behind the Bill. I respect the fact that Senator Bacik has been working hard in the background and Senator Power has been working on it for a couple of years. I have lived with the fear as well in the context of my own life. We need to get it right and it needs to be robust. I have a question. I feel a little frustrated, as I am sure Senator...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I did not comment fully on my second amendment. I wish to add to my comments. I tabled the amendment because I am concerned that the Bill does not apply the new subsection (b) where additional protections are offered to people. In light of the religious ethos issue we are discussing, it does not apply to all prospective employees or employees' bodies with a religious purpose. The proposed...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: “2.—Section 6 of the Employment Equality Act 1998 is amended by substituting the following for subsection (2)(e):“(e) that one has a different religion or belief from the other, or that one has a religion or belief and the other has not (in this Act referred to as the...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish to make some introductory remarks before I get to my first amendment. I am heartened to see that the Government has agreed to bring the Bill sponsored by Senator Bacik et alto Committee Stage. Time continues to pass and yet there is still a part of our employment equality legislation, namely, section 37 of the Act, which can be used in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the witnesses for their excellent and very helpful presentations. I agree with Deputy McGrath with respect to the presentation and the recommendation from One Family. My first question is for Dr. Wingfield. She put to us the need to clarify medical terms and her point that the legislation should refer to the embryo only prior to implantation. I ask if she could expand on that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: Dr. Wingfield stated that she supports a non-commercial approach to treatment with regard to the surrogacy issue. Will she explain her view? She also stated that the proposed penalties for offences with regard to payment for surrogacy may be unworkable. I ask her to explain why this is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I have one more question for Dr. Shannon. His submission and presentation to the committee recommend that the terms of the guardianship and custody Acts should be reviewed to include more up-to-date terms. I agree that those are excellent recommendations. Would there be any resistance to the change in terms, or do we have an open door to implement those recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Dr. Shannon for his helpful explanation. Whereas we may know what the terms mean, it becomes more difficult outside this room, and therefore Dr. Shannon's suggestions are very useful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I echo my colleagues' congratulations. The presentation represents extraordinary learning as well as creativity on the part of those involved. Just the way they spoke, the power of their voices and the way they began and ended - all of that adds to the impact of what they do. I congratulate them. I have one or two questions. When they ended their presentation, I was thinking about where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: What about the junior certificate course?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: That is good. I suggest the witnesses get in touch with those who design the curriculum, such as the NCCA. A good next step might be to send the NCCA the report and information on what the group wants to do. The NCCA have the staff who can write the courses up, but the group has the content. I thank them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the witnesses for their excellent presentation. Professor Stockwell presented very dense material in a very succinct manner. According to one of the slides, which related to the potential effectiveness of the different types of minimum pricing, setting a price per unit of alcohol is a more effective approach than setting a price per litre of alcohol. I ask Professor Stockwell to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: That is helpful. I live adjacent to a severely economically disadvantaged community and have worked for years in such communities. Have the data been disaggregated to identify how minimum pricing impacts on gender and people in different socioeconomic circumstances? Would people living in disadvantaged circumstances spend more of their income on alcohol if prices were to increase? If so,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: What is the position in respect of gender?

Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has been here on a number of occasions on this issue and it is great to have him engage with us again. I also wish to say "Aye, aye" to the captain of the women's team. I view this Bill as the start of the opening up of the Seanad to make it more democratic and inclusive. However, I must ask the question which has been touched on by many other...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: It is always a pleasure to follow Senator Coghlan. I was interested to read this week our Taoiseach's opinion piece where he said in The Irish Times that "while we are moving in the right direction, too many of our people have yet to feel the recovery in their own lives". He then went to discuss the issue of jobs as that is a critical theme for the Government at this stage. While we have...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I echo the sentiments expressed by Senator Whelan in respect of the actions of and negotiations entered into by our Government, the EU and the US with regard to the terrible events that are happening in Russia and Ukraine. I take this opportunity to wish the couple of women who are present, and also the men, happy International Women's Week. Senators may have thought it was just a single day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the witnesses for their very helpful presentations. As Senator Bacik said, several themes came up in our earlier presentations and I will focus on a couple in particular. Ms Mulcahy identified as a potential solution employer-union policies to treat domestic abuse seriously and identify different aspects of that. Are there any models of good practice available and has any of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Katherine Zappone: That would be helpful.