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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I second the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. I rise this morning to raise three specific issues, the first of which is the reporting that the British Government is bringing through new legislation around immigration laws that will require non-Irish EU citizens resident in Ireland to provide an electronic travel authorisation to cross from Ireland into Northern Ireland. It is...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will not speak at length because many of the issues have been covered. I welcome the legislation but join others across the House in saying it is difficult. They are uncomfortable regulations and legislative measures to have in place. Nobody wants to be working in a pandemic with restrictions on civil liberties but there is a recognition that what is...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Next Tuesday.

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

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m. and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, to be brought to a conclusion at 3.30 p.m. by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government; No. 2, Houses of the...

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

Lisa Chambers: I thank all Members for the contributions on the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin kicked off today's Order of Business and raised once again the issue of Garda numbers in Kildare compared with areas of similar population size in the State. I note that the Senator has expressed frustration that she has no forum in which to raise this matter. I understand that the Cathaoirleach has...

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

Lisa Chambers: The Senator also said that a third of people voted for abortion. Actually, more than 66% of our citizens voted to remove the eighth amendment. That is the factual position. That amounts to two thirds of the country. However, I agree with the Senator that the views of people with a pro-life position need to be facilitated, should be given a space to be articulated and should be respected....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I will start by updating Members on how we got on in our football match yesterday. I am sure Senator Ruane will speak about it, but it was brilliant. It is fair to say the Breakthrough organisation wiped the floor with us. If it were not for our star player, who was our goalkeeper, it would have been a lot worse. We managed to claw back a couple of goals at the end and I managed to get my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: We are not totally wounded today; we are managing to walk around. It was great craic. I thank Senator Ruane for organising it. It was a nice thing to do yesterday. I raise an issue I read about this morning, which was one of the most distressing articles I have read in a very long time. It was a report by RTÉ on the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. It was shocking to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m., and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 2.15 p.m. by the putting of one question from the Chair; No. 91, motion 2, Private Members' business, motion regarding human rights in China, to be taken at 2.30 p.m., with the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Members who contributed on the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin kicked off the Order of Business by informing the House that today is aunties' day, which I was not aware of. I send a shout out to all the great aunties. I have a couple of really good aunties myself. They are all good ones, obviously. It is nice to start on a positive note. The Senator raised a specific...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Very good. I am sure he passed on the congratulations and well wishes of the House on behalf of all Senators. Senator Ó Donnghaile also spoke about the commitment of the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, to holding a referendum on independence in 2023. He requested a debate on the shared island initiative by the Department of An Taoiseach. I will certainly request that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Senator Dolan mentioned that Friday is the day to recognise people with a disability and asked people to wear purple. I thank her for raising the matter. Senator Maria Byrne raised the issue of cancellations in the hospitality sector. She also spoke about the pyrite remediation scheme in Limerick and noted that homeowners who had been accepted for the scheme had not yet received word....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Lepassaar for his presentation. My first set of questions are on the annual budget for ENISA. What is the annual budget for this year and next year? Does he envisage the budget increasing over the next five years? Are discussions taking place on that? Where does Mr. Lepassaar see his organisation going in the next five to ten years? What are the long-term plans? Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Lepassaar for his very comprehensive reply. I appreciate his straightforwardness. On the final point with regard to the producers of software, that is, the big corporates, what type of interaction does the agency have with them? Does it deal directly with big producers such as Intel, Microsoft and so on? What type of interaction does the agency have with them? If the agency...

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

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, Private Members' business, Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021 - Second Stage, to be taken at 1 p.m. with the time allocated to this debate not to exceed 90 minutes; No. 2, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a...

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

Lisa Chambers: I thank Members for their contributions on the Order of Business. Senator Malcolm Byrne started the debate by raising the funding of higher education into the future and, in particular, the Cassells report. I have made a request for that debate to the Minister, Deputy Harris, at the earliest opportunity. I concur with the Senator's remarks about third level examinations and the clarity...

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

Lisa Chambers: They are not just doing secretarial work. They are doing research, drafting policy, helping with legislation and doing everything a parliamentary assistant does. They are doing even more because they are also doing the secretarial work. Their work is much larger, and that issue must be resolved. I look forward to the briefing being held by Ms Samantha Long and all those working on the...

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

Lisa Chambers: That is their job. It is a part of the responsibility and burden of being in Cabinet, although it is a privilege to be there. These are the kinds of issues that if Ministers can get around the table, and it sounds like they are doing that, hopefully they can bring this to a resolution that is long overdue. It brought the issue home when the Senator said this all kicked off in the year...