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Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Senator Buttimer might want to look back on my speech. He will find what I discussed.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Like many other people, I was shocked on Saturday to discover that the US Vice President, Mike Pence, had taken part in a military photo opportunity with American troops at Shannon Airport. This incident raises a number of concerns. Ongoing concerns about the use of Shannon Airport for military transfer, which have been well aired in this and the Lower House, have not yet been addressed....

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister. I welcome and support the report and commend the committee on its work. I particularly join in commending its chair, Senator Noone, on her calm, reasoned and fair approach throughout and I express the pride of the Civil Engagement group in our own representative, Senator Ruane, who made an always insightful and strong contribution to the work of the committee. The...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry, I thought that was the one minute notice.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I shall conclude. We must ensure all women have that care-----

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----including women who have a disability. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is clear that it is very important for all women, including those with a disability, to have the right to determine the number and spacing of their children. I sincerely encourage colleagues who have expressed their personal desire to reduce the levels of abortion, and those who spoke of...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Hard decisions are already being made every day in Ireland. I do not believe they need to be made in secrecy.I urge that we move forward in a positive way, having a more open public debate, while bringing back privacy with respect to personal decisions. Trust is the key word we have heard; we need to trust women and the State needs to earn the trust of women.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 1:In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 16. Section 242 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (4)—(i) by the substitution of following paragraph for paragraph (a):“(a) his or her public services card,”, and(ii) by the substitution of following...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I hate to interrupt-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will speak later.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will respond.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I need to. I will be brief.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, I will exercise my right to respond.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Sure.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not regard it as a waste of time. It is an important discussion. I have a number of key concerns. I appreciate the Minister's full response. I look forward to debating the issue with her, albeit not just when the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill is before the House. I hope that we will have the opportunity to engage on it in advance of that Bill. A number of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I just wanted clarification. If that is not the case then it would be great to know it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: So not the PPS number but the new number entered in this new database.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I understand the Minister's response but my concern stands. I thank the Minister. I will engage further with her and we look forward to looking into this issue again. I wish we had as a State adopted a more cautious approach. The Leas-Chathaoirleach will be delighted to hear I am moving to whether I will press the amendments. I would like to press amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 2:In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 16.Section 242 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new subsections after subsection (9):“(10) No information or documentation furnished by a person under subsection (4) or (6) may be shared by the Minister, an...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 3:In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 16.Section 263 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (1C):“(1D)Within 8 months of the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2017, the Minister shall publish and lay before both houses...