Results 61-80 of 128 for justice speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Frances Black: ...disease will have on and in our hospitals. I advised in that last debate that we needed to continue to progress with caution and I maintain that view today as it relates to the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2021. I would love to be able to stand here and confidently say that early 2022 will herald the end of this awful disease and spell the end for the powers...

Seanad: British Government Legacy Proposals: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Frances Black: ...for the victims. Bereaved parents who were in their 40s and 50s when they voted so selflessly for a peace agreement that did not recognise them were made a promise that their rights to truth and justice would at last be fulfilled. Now, however, in 2021, a year and a half after New Decade, New Approach recommitted the British Government to implementing the Stormont House Agreement within...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Frances Black: ...absolutely needs to be more debate and engagement around the issue, we are veering off the topic for today. We need to bring the issue he raised to the committees on health, mental health and justice. I totally hear what he is saying and I understand his frustration, but we have to move off that topic because today is about the impact of Covid on addiction services. I hope that is okay....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: ...set by EU laws, which this Bill is looking to implement, but merely meet them. Making smuggled persons' rights and protections explicit within the Bill would bring it in line with the Court of Justice of the European Union. In 2014 the court confirmed that personal rights afforded to European citizens and laid out in the European Convention on Human Rights Act, as well as the Charter of...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: ...that the legislation would not be compatible with EU law is unfounded, given that in respect of Russia, sanctions relating to occupied Crimea and goods from there were found last year by the Court of Justice of the European Union to be legal within our trade law under the Rosneft ruling. It was found it was a matter of public policy when human rights are being violated. I urge colleagues...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Frances Black: ...or bullying and then provides a glowing reference so the person is free to move on. They are desperately failing in their duty of care. We can never have a society where we strive to bring about justice for victims only in return for silence. That is not justice. I am delighted the Minister is supporting this Bill to value the importance of protecting victims at all stages of abuse,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Frances Black: ...the extension of the timeline without debate is acceptable by any means. In fact, this week I co-signed an amendment, tabled by my colleague, Senator Higgins, in respect of the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill which calls on the Minister to lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a detailed and specific report on the operation and impact of each of the four...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Frances Black: ...issue he raised. I have a family member in his position, so I understand the devastating impact of the condition. On Wednesday last, I attended a powerful Oireachtas briefing with Relatives for Justice on the tragic killing of two schoolboys, Gavin McShane and Shane McArdle, in 1994. They were murdered by an unmasked gunman while they played a video game in an arcade. The young boys...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Middle East (17 May 2021)

Frances Black: ...can call for de-escalation, but when the fighting stops, what happens next? Everything goes back to normal, but normal just means institutionalised discrimination and apartheid, with widespread injustice across the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Those same Western leaders will accept this return to normal and move on to the next issue, refusing to take any real action or ensure...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Frances Black: ...The DPC found that the way in which CCTV is being used did not meet the standards of clarity, precision and foreseeability in respect of such processing as required by the case law of the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. While this Bill might be a response to those very real and pressing concerns, it does not really make its intersection with GDPR...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Frances Black: ...to see Senator Norris in the Chamber and back to full health. I also welcome the White Paper on ending direct provision. I visited some direct provision centres in my role as member of the justice and equality committee in the last Oireachtas. What I saw was horrendous and shocking. I have no doubt the residents are celebrating today. Hopefully, it will happen for them soon. I draw...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Frances Black: ...that we acknowledge and understand how difficult it must have been for each of the individual survivors to speak out about their experiences in mother and baby homes. I shudder to think of the injustice of it, as I am sure the Minister also does. Only 75 of the 550 women had requested anonymity. Dr. Maeve O'Rourke rightly stated this week that anonymity "doesn’t mean we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2021)

Frances Black: ...in the form of the legacy mechanisms that were agreed in Stormont House and signed by both Governments and all parties. I have been contacted by the cross-community organisation Relatives for Justice, which provides support to the bereaved and injured relatives of all the actors in the conflict on an inclusive and non-judgmental basis. They have asked me to highlight their disappointment...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Frances Black: I commend Senator Clifford-Lee on tabling this Bill which tackles the everyday injustices felt by people during their menstruation cycles. It is essential that in 2021 we see legislation to end the prominent problem of period poverty in support of women's rights. Periods are not a luxury. They are an everyday life reality and there should be absolutely no barriers to accessing the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Frances Black: ...protection, redress and access to relevant data and adoptive files among other supports. The recommendations proposed by the Clann Project in collaboration with the Adoption Rights Alliance, Justice for Magadelenes Research and Hogan Lovells International must be our main point of reference. They have been gathering witness statements from those affected by unlawful and forced family...

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

Frances Black: ...to examine Pat Finucane's killing, but nothing has provided his family with the full disclosure it is believed only a public inquiry can deliver. We must have a full inquiry in order to achieve justice, restore confidence and promote reconciliation. Yesterday, the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, chaired by Deputy O’Dowd, called for: ... the...

Seanad: Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Frances Black: ...of all the collusion between paramilitaries and the security forces in killings. Only when this is done will there be any hope of restoring confidence in the rule of law and the administration of justice. As the author Anne Cadwallader said: "Collusion does not resolve conflict - it fuels it." She outlines in her book, Lethal Allies, how over 120 people were killed in counties Armagh...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Frances Black: ...I am put one of thousands of Children survivors who was mistreated in an institution. We are told there is 57,000 survivors that are still alive, 57,000 Irish people looking for answers, Truth and Justice, both Children and their Mothers of a cruel Ireland that separated unmarried Mothers and their children. Many of us where ignored and dismissed as children when no one listened, and no...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Frances Black: ...of the International Criminal Court and there is overwhelming international legal consensus on this point. It has been reaffirmed time and again by the UN, the EU, the International Court of Justice and the Government. In Europe, we need to recognise that we are at a crossroads. If we maintain the policy of the past decades, which is essentially to criticise the Israeli occupation but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Frances Black: ...are on this issue. On the legal aspect, in 2014 the European Commission Vice-President, Viviane Reding, was strongly critical on this matter, suggesting a potential legal challenge in the Court of Justice of the European Union. She said: The right to vote is one of the fundamental political rights of citizenship. Depriving citizens of their right to vote once they move to another EU...