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Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The issue of the Libyan coast guard-----

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----and any aspects of operations that will be beyond the UN mandate.

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked direct questions related to the topic-----

Seanad: Naval Service Deployment: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----and they were not answered.

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I congratulate the Minister of State on her appointment and look forward to working with her. I welcome all the visitors to the House. I strongly support this motion, but not the amendments. We have heard many nice words and many words about education across the House. Some practical proposals have been made, including on grants, but the nub of the debate today is where we, as public...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am happy to move that on behalf of my colleague.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: But I am-----

Seanad: Srebrenica Massacre: Motion (11 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On behalf of all my colleagues in the Civil Engagement group, I welcome the motion and congratulate Senators Feighan and Richmond for introducing it to the House. It is in the best spirit of the internationalism of this House that we use this space to acknowledge these issues in this way. I welcome the visitors in the Visitors Gallery, as others have done. The genocide at Srebrenica is...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I extend my warmest congratulations to Senator Buttimer who is a lovely person and wish him every happiness on this great occasion. Today, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, met the Taoiseach. While much attention has been paid to what the two men were wearing on their feet, what is more important are the steps they are taking to face the challenges facing our shared world....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: However, the European Court of Justice ruled that it must be ratified by parliaments and stated the European Commission was wrong to ignore citizens' initiatives involving millions of citizens across Europe.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Even those who support the deal should ensure it is not ratified until it has been tested by the European Court of Justice to ensure we comply with the standards and provide the checks and balances we need.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is an issue that goes deeper than handshakes.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I commend the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, on putting forward what is overall very progressive legislation and legislation which moves us forward. The amendment we were debating when we adjourned was one which is essential if we are to ensure the Bill goes far enough to make a significant difference. I...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: First, on a point of information to the House, it is important to note that paragraph (c) of amendment No. 1, which is being discussed, is not a prescriptive list. Let us be very clear about that. It explicitly refers, for example, to psychological behaviour and states "but is not limited to" and gives examples. Where we have those examples it is very explicit that it includes what is set...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I join others in expressing my disappointment. Due to the Minister for Justice and Equality's, and indeed the outgoing Minister's, work and background in this area, I had expected that we would be hearing variations from the Government in terms of the proposals on how this should be dealt with. I am very surprised to hear a message which seems to say that things are working fine, we should...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of information, that was not suggested.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is a point of information. I will come in on it.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: For the purposes of clarification, I have never spoken and I do not think people here are speaking about limiting discretion. It is important to be very clear. We are saying that wide discretion alone does not necessarily always capture some of these issues. When we speak about there being discretion, we can assume that all issues will be captured. The Minister of State referred to...

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, to the House and congratulate her on her appointment. I commend Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell on her report. This is an incredibly important conversation. She is correct to say that the arts have been able to have this conversation in the past, going right back to the ancient Greek writers and to Irish writers such as Michael Longley and...

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will finish. I wish to refer to public funding support for public research. Very often it is not a case of a product that is going to be on sale but it is a social process we can invest in, and public research can often identify that in a way that perhaps commodity-based research might not. This can transform experiences.