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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister is misleading the House, I am afraid.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is very radical.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister has said she is trying to regulate. There is no element of regulation whatsoever in this amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry. We will leave it. I will not speak again. It is fine.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Through the Chair.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I also have a point of order that I have to make. The Minister stated she was speaking about one month. However, as I understand it - the Minister can correct me if I am wrong - this amendment would relate to 12 months of the year.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I join Members in supporting the suggestion that we have a debate with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the statement that came out yesterday. It is shocking and appalling. I add a request to the Leader that the Minister for Justice and Equality attend to speak to us on the issue. It has been pigeonholed as something for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs when, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: A last point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is related. It will take one second.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is the same point. I will conclude.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is the same issue and I will finish.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Ireland hopes to chair the UN Commission on the Status of Women and to stand before the world as a leader on the rights of women. How can we do that credibly next March if we have this failure to redress the abuse of older women hanging over us? I ask the Leader how we can credibly take that role on.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I support Senator Nash's amendment. We have spoken and heard about unforeseen consequences, but it behoves the House to consider foreseen consequences also. As the legislation currently stands, we are leaving ourselves exposed and open. We need to ensure that we do not speak of the situation that happened in respect of Clerys and others as an anomaly because it was a response to and a...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am concerned to hear the Minister talk about testing in the courts. If we are not only waiting for reports but waiting for testing in the courts, it would seem to me that we are looking at the long-fingering of this issue. I genuinely do not understand why it cannot be seen to be clearly in the interests of good business practice that we would introduce these changes and amendments. Will...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, I know. I was just wondering if there is an opportunity to delay Report Stage.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Cathaoirleach did not ask if the amendment was being pressed.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is likely that many of the amendments will not be moved.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will speak briefly to the group. In principle, when a notice is published in respect of a proposed by-law it should have already been screen. We do not want to see by-laws published where there is a 90 period and there is information missing. We would expect that if Waterways Ireland is publishing by-laws, it would have already ensured that all of the necessary screenings and checks are...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies. I did not realise. I have spoken on it and will not need to speak to it again. These are pragmatic proposals. I look forward to the Minister's response. As I say, in our group we do not intend to press the other amendments at this time but in respect of these amendments, in deciding to press we need to hear the Minister's response in respect of these issues.