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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is agreed subject to correspondence, and subject to the condition that we may also send correspondence to the Department.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I commend Senator Bacik on tabling the cross-party motion on the appalling and tragic bombing we have seen in Ghouta. I anticipate that we would be happy to support the motion. It is an opportunity for us to send a very strong signal. There will be opportunities to send a further strong signal of recognition for those who have suffered in terms of our motion later today on family...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister and salute all of my colleagues. I am very proud to be part of the Vótáil 100 committee with Senator McFadden and the chair, Senator Bacik. In the couple of minutes available to me I want to reflect on those women, and some men, who were involved in the suffrage movement and highlight some of their qualities, of which I will highlight four. They were...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have two final sentences. I want to mention the two other qualities. They fought hard. This right was not granted; it was won. There was breaking of windows as well as the metaphorical breaking of glass windows. They would not allow a veneer of normality over a situation of inequality, and we are seeing that same battle today. Lastly, and I will not talk about the contemporary...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will finish by quoting two lines from a poem by Eva Gore-Booth.

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister might permit me to quote from a poem by Eva Gore-Booth because she was part of the suffrage movement in the UK at the same time as her sister played such a key role in Ireland. In a poem called Reincarnation, and she was a very good poet, she states:I seek with humble care and toil The dreams I left undreamed, the deeds undone, To sow the seed and break the stubborn soil, It...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Jointly procured. That is the key question.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked if his response had addressed the question. The key question was with respect to joint procurement.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked if he had addressed the questions.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, on a point of order the Minister inquired as to whether he had addressed all questions. In terms of detail, there were two specific questions on the implementation plan for PESCO and whether it would be published and laid before the Houses. There was a question on the European Court of Justice ruling in regard to-----

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked-----

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will do so, if the Minister in his response to Senator Mullen also addresses the pending questions.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I ask the Minister to provide a recap of the European Court of Justice rulings.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked about the European Court of Justice ruling on investor state dispute mechanisms and the implications for the role of investor courts or arbitration systems in Brexit and CETA.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Would the Minister be willing to come to the House to discuss the issue with me?

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister is not able to provide answers to those questions. They were asked multiple times.

Seanad: International Protection (Family Unification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will be brief, as the final comment will be from my colleague, Senator Kelleher. I commend her on her extraordinary work in bringing this important Bill through the House, and I thank everyone in the House who has supported it. Mine is a simple and small point. There is no limitation on being good and delivering our targets. The Minister of State referred to the European target of...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9b:In page 23, to delete lines 28 to 33 and substitute the following:"must be necessary and proportionate, shall include limitations on the access to the personal data undergoing processing within a workplace in order to prevent unauthorised consultation, alteration, disclosure or erasure of personal data, and may include— (a) explicit consent of the data subject...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have not discussed the fourth group of amendments at all. We adjourned after the vote on the previous section.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It was.