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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Annie Hoey: I appreciate and recognise that Dr. Glynn cannot give us the panacea we all want.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I will go through two serious issues before we get to the niceties. It came up in my memory that this day two years ago, the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 passed through the Seanad. It has been two years since that legislation went through, which means it is up for review in the next 12 months. I know we have had a pandemic and things have been knocked off keel a...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I am pleased to be able to talk today on the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 and that it will be known as "Coco's law". As many Senators here have, I commend Ms Jackie Fox for her relentless campaign, not only on getting this law passed but also to tackle the scourge of online bullying. I also think of, and commend, the other parents who have lost their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I am sure many Members saw items on the news about Hungary in the last 48 hours. I am sure many Senators will join me in expressing my dismay. For those who do not know, Hungary has amended its constitution to change the definition of family, preventing LGBT couples from adopting. Many people here will agree that this is an egregious backward step for LGBT people in Hungary and in Europe....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses. I have been scanning through the questions to see which ones have been asked so as to not to waste time asking the same questions. I welcome the local PR campaign that will be launched this Friday. That will be very important in getting the public on board with the concept of getting a Covid vaccine. Hopefully, the public in general are on board with that. From a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: Yes, although there may be a political matter to be addressed. What about people defining how they live in such situations? It was mentioned that there were at least 15 locations under consideration as sites for vaccination centres outside Dublin. When will that information be available? We know that there will be vaccination centres outside Dublin, but a person reading this document...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I am raising the need to address the issue around higher education funding being potentially lost to students who withdraw from their courses and the knock-on consequences that this will have not only for free fees - a term I use lightly - but also for their access to Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants. There is a certain point, usually at the end of October, by which students...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for that. He indicated that an exception may be allowed. He also stated that a student who leaves a course mid-year may be eligible for a partial refund of contribution from the relevant higher education institution. Would that effectively set students who would not be eligible for a SUSI grant back to point zero? I note that SUSI has discretion to award a...

Seanad: Commencement of Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: Can I share my time with Senator Wall?

Seanad: Commencement of Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: Yes, three and three is fine.

Seanad: Commencement of Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for coming here. It is great to come into the Seanad after all the work has been done in the years beforehand and be able to say "Well done" on getting this legislation through. This is a delight. I was watching on the screen closely and the Minister of State was doing the exact same as the person signing on the screen and it was very clear. We talked about...

Seanad: Access to Contraception: Motion (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: It is unusual to be here today and not talk about student nurses with the Minister of State, as we have done every week for goodness knows how long at this point. It is a different topic today. I welcome the spirit of this motion. I thank the Green Party for putting this forward. We need access to contraception and it is high time we sorted this out. I know we have talked about it and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I will be jumping around a couple of topics if that is all right. I draw attention to the Labour Party request sent to all Deputies and Senators that they pledge their support to getting the Covid-19 vaccine if and when it is ready and to encourage constituents and people they know to get that vaccine. I mention it for the people who have not yet signed up or tweeted their support. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: Some of my questions have been answered. Young people have been bombarded with public health messages about Covid, for example, they are told not to go near people. I am worried that not many women availed of the offer to engage with cervical screening services when they resumed recently. A former Minister for Health expressed a hope that human papillomavirus or HPV would be eliminated in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I commend my doctor and the public health services as there was encouragement to get screening done. I commend the doctors on that.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Film and Television Industry: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: Following the point on streaming platforms, we spoke at a previous meeting about how to compete or engage with them. Our national channels are trying to complete with streaming platforms. Do the witnesses have any comments on a strategic way of doing this? There has been great success with Irish productions on Netflix and elsewhere. It is a great opportunity to get it out. "Friends of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I want to take a moment to reflect on an interview I heard on radio yesterday. I do not know if anyone else heard it. It was with three young carers under the age of 18. They were brilliant, kind young people who had taken on a role far beyond their years. The interview came about on foot of new research from Family Carers Ireland. The report suggests that almost 67,000 young people in...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I have never spoken from this part of the Chamber before. It is a different layout or space for me. The referendum in 2004 is one of my earliest memories of politics. I was 16 at the time so I was aware of the concept of politics but it the first time I was really aware of a political discussion happening. I remember being quite uncomfortable about the way some girls in my school were...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss the technological universities agenda. My notes are scattered across various pieces of paper so I apologise to the people typing this up. First, I congratulate the Minister, CIT and IT Tralee for signing today for the legal establishment of the Munster Technological University, which will be effective from 1 January. As I always do when I...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Annie Hoey: The issues I will raise are not those I thought I would be talking about.This morning we had the first meeting of the Sub-Committee on Mental Health of the Joint Committee on Health. Senator Black is not here at present, but I commend her on getting that committee set up. We had a fruitful discussion about mental health during Covid and the knock-on effects that we will see for society and...