Results 841-860 of 2,078 for speaker:Mary Seery Kearney
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Well said.
- Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the legislation. It is based on an EU directive and we need to remember a directive is not regulation. A directive has to be experienced at the same base level in every EU member state. This provides us with an opportunity to provide more rights than the base level intention of the directive. I echo much of what Senator Currie and others said. I concur that we should look at...
- Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: I have one final point to make. I thank the Acting Chairperson for her indulgence. It should be incumbent on every employer to set out the entitlement to flexible working or remote working, although I would stress that the latter is completely distinct and very different. When employers are creating a role, they should be obliged to set out the entitlement, and the ability, to perform that...
- Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Labour Party motion. Naturally, I do not agree with everything the proposers said. That is the nature of our different positions. However, the motion gives us an opportunity to highlight important areas that need change and intervention. We have been on a trajectory for a number of years in the childcare and early years sector. It was the Cinderella sector for a very long...
- Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Exactly, there must be one to watch the sleeping room. Thus the economics of the baby room are not good in themselves, but at the same time, in tandem with that, we have seen increased parental leave and other supports. We have paternity leave and other elements that have come in that are positive and important.I would rather that we advocated for women or parents to have longer time and...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome our guests in the Public Gallery. They are sitting down just as the House is about to suspend.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Does anyone wish to speak on this grouping of amendments?
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: We will now move on to the amendments in group 2, which are technical and typographical amendments. This group includes amendments Nos. 2, 8 to 11, inclusive, 17 to 37, inclusive, 39, 40, 51, 68, 74, 77 to 79, inclusive, 80, 262, 291 to 293, inclusive, and 296.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister. Would anyone like to speak on this group?
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Does the Minister wish to respond?
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: We will move on to group 3 which relates to the individual complaints mechanism. This group includes amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, 38, 67, 81, 89 to 91, inclusive, 95 to 106, inclusive, 115 to 117, inclusive, 120 to 233, inclusive, 235 to 238, inclusive, 241 to 261, inclusive, 294 and 295.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 4 relates to the definition of the e-commerce directive. It is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 6, 7, 12, 13, 107 and 234.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 5 relates to the meaning of "under the jurisdiction of the State" for non-video-sharing platform services, VSPS, online services. It is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 6 deals with amendments regarding party political programmes. That is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 41 to 48, inclusive, 50 and 53.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 7 relates to the use of the term "undue offence" in the Bill's provisions, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 49 to 52, inclusive.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 8 relates to the promotion of gender equality in media service codes. That is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 54 to 63, inclusive.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: It is noticeable. The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 9 relates to complaints regarding media service providers, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 64 to 66, inclusive.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: Group 10 relates to a technical amendment in respect of a section 70 contractor, the subject matter of amendment No. 69.
- Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2022)
Mary Seery Kearney: We move to group 11, removal of the obligations on RTÉ and TG4 to maintain teletext services, which is the subject matter of amendments Nos. 70 and 71.