Results 1,001-1,020 of 1,879 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: It is really hard to get a builder at the moment. Anyone who has tried to get someone to do any work will know how difficult it is. I am getting work done on my home and I am waiting more than a year for the builder to visit. I support the amendment. I am concerned by some of the comments we have heard in regard to the shortfall in funding. I ask the Minister for his attention on this...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I am delighted to see the Minister of State, Deputy English, here his morning to answer this really important question. I hope I will get a very favourable answer due to the fact he is from County Meath and knows the area. Figures from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, clearly show that our population has increased by almost 13% over recent years. The development of new houses, along with...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I look forward to that review. There is a great deal of development taking place in the south of the county towards Grangerath and Mornington. There is a 1,000-pupil school being built there currently, but that will be filled with what is coming down the line due to population increases in that area. I am specifically seeking a secondary school for my area. The need and demand are there....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I welcome the family of the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy English, who are in the Gallery, all the way from Bohermeen and Courtown. They are very welcome. It was early May when I asked the Leader for a debate with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, on his plans to lessen the impact of rising inflation on the people of Ireland and his...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Is the Senator on the left?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I am sorry. I am a bit lost here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Is Sinn Féin on the left?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I object to that language.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I object to that language being used in this Chamber.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: No, it is the other language you used. It is not that language and you know. Sorry.
- Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I wish to share time with Senator Mullen.
- Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I love to see legislation like this come before the House, legislation that is before us as a direct response to a problem we see in our country and how things are being done. The area of special education in our schools is a sensitive one. It is an area where we might be slow to act for fear of getting it wrong, but it is also an area that is so essential and so deeply personal to the...
- Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I am here in the Chair.
- Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)
Sharon Keogan: I remind the Senator that she cannot refer to people outside the House.