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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I had the honour on Monday of opening and welcoming participants to a workshop conference held in Bru Youth Services in Crumlin. The forum was organised by Paula Leonard of the Irish Community Action on Alcohol Network, ICANN, which is the alcohol forum. It was attended by members of the local drug and alcohol task force in my area of Dublin 12 and by people from the WHO. Several striking...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I respectfully disagree with Senator Warfield regarding the rushed nature of this debate. Every week since we began Committee Stage, we have received emails asking when this Bill will be back on the agenda and reminding us of the urgency involved. The most important sections of the 2015 Act were, regrettably, never commenced. There is nothing rushed about the legislation. However, it does...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I would not presume to assert myself on more than one occasion in accordance with this, so I do not need correction on it.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Trusting me would have been a nice instinct in the first instance.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I can understand the concerns on this point. I went over and back on this. Maybe it comes from decisions of the High Court. They tend to go on and make statements that sometimes seem irrelevant or unnecessary or involve an additional underscoring of a situation. This feels like it is underscoring the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. It removes the necessity of interpretation when...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I agree with the Minister’s reply, but I take this opportunity to advocate for the ratification of the optional protocol as soon as possible, given it was contingent on this Act coming into being and the decision support service being in place.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I come back to the excellent example given of Dr. Carol Coulter. The observations from the family courts have been instrumental. Having an application or process with the Minister as a gatekeeper in respect of who would have access, and through which appropriate people with appropriate credentials could be granted access for research and such purposes, is necessary. The way this aspect is...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: On Committee Stage, I heard Senator Mullen's argument, which came out of the blue for me as it was not something I had thought about before. I had sympathy for his view. He and I engaged extensively the following day about it. I thank the Minister for facilitating a meeting with all of us, including the officials who are present and two others from the Department of Health, subsequent to...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Now.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: May I speak?

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I appreciate we have the Finance Bill this evening but I will begin by thanking the Minister. There has been extensive engagement and him and his officials have been exceptional throughout. It is very important we move as quickly as possible, that everyone is resourced to do so and the day of wards of court be over as quickly as possible. It is incumbent on me to mention there is a small...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Chair. I appreciate her taking me a little earlier. I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They have painted the picture very well for us of the challenges and lived experiences. That is really important. Due to the sensitivities, we cannot hear directly from people but I would have liked to facilitate that somehow. What I have heard breaks down into two areas, the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I appreciate that. It was just an example.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: How frequent is that engagement? My understanding is that, often, it can be quite infrequent. How experienced are the people assessing the situation? What is their own life experience? Can Ms Swann give us any insight into that? These are issues that concern me when I wake up at night and think about them.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I have a question that is more of a comment and to which I do not expect an answer. Once people have professionals like this in their life, do mothers in that situation - because in the main they would be mothers - assume that the presumption is against them and that they have to go into proving themselves in circumstances where they are already very vulnerable? I wonder about that and how...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: What causes that turnover?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Ms Greene's use of language is very sensitive, and very pro the support of that parent. I really appreciate that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I rise today to welcome the ambassador, to voice my absolute support for the motion of commemoration and to note that what is going on at present in Ukraine is an attempted genocide. That the sanctions placed on Russia are not even more dramatic, given the intended annihilation of an entire nation, is really shocking. We cannot understate how appalling it is and we cannot convey enough our...