Results 7,681-7,700 of 8,196 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister needs to correct the record.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister needs to withdraw the comments.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister is quoting our book.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I was going to speak strictly to amendment No. 2. I will not go extensively into amendment No. 3, which I believe we will be debating together. I need to correct two key points for the record. We have had this debate and I do not think it is constructive. As a Minister for all of Ireland, the Minister needs to be very clear that it is not constructive to suggest or ascribe comments to the...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is amendment No. 2. We are speaking only on amendment No. 2. Those were simply clarifications of the Minister's speech. On amendment No. 2, unfortunately, the Minister did not comment on her views on baseline data. We have been hearing at length that this is a pilot. We have been hearing ideas as to what might be done. We need to be very clear on the messages the Minister has given...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Nobody said that.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: When it comes to the point of withdrawing we will.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is the group.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is amendments Nos. 3 to 3c.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will endeavour to be a little shorter as I am conscious that Senator Fintan Warfield and the Minister need to come in.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will proceed. I am very proud as leader of the Civil Engagement group to support the legislation which Senator Lynn Ruane is co-sponsoring with Senator Fintan Warfield, for which I commend them. It is both excellent and necessary. In the limited time we have available I will address some of the points made. We heard a great deal of talk about education. The Government has, rightly,...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a practical note, we need engagement at this level. The centenary of suffrage for women will be in 2018. The same bad arguments as to why women should not vote were thrown about. The way to make this case is to introduce the legislation for the EU and the local elections. It is a legislative change contained in a one-page Bill. People will see it in practice and then we will have the...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We have actually debated it.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps the Minister's points can be made when she speaks on the next section. It is important she is able to make her points, so perhaps she can do that later.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 4a:In page 12, to delete lines 11 to 13. I am concerned about the fact that the pilot project could be extended for the foreseeable future, even though it would need a resolution of the House. We should have a pilot project and should then come back and consider new legislation to reflect what we learn from the project. I still do not believe we will have a pilot...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 4 was put forward on the basis of the baseline amendment being accommodated.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps on Committee Stage we can discuss other more appropriate provisions than an Oireachtas resolution. I will withdraw the amendments for now but I will seek engagement across the House on what more appropriate renewal processes might be put in place.I know that others have mentioned that it would be appropriate for an Oireachtas committee to examine the results of what happens after the...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Is amendment No. 4c in section 8 or 9?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: All of the other amendments are in section 9.