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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: To clarify, in no way am I disparaging gardaí. I do not think that any of us is. We are advocating for greater supports for them. They are in a position where they have to make decisions unsupported. I take the point. External training would be of assistance, along with a panoply of other options.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I would be anxious to follow up that our committee has a significant voice and input into the rights of people with disabilities in the Prison Service and on how we can advance and support the review that is going on. We have a valuable contribution to make as a committee on that. I wish to propose that. I appreciate that perhaps we may want to speak about it in private. However, I know...

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I commend the Independent Senators on putting this motion forward. There is no question that there is an incredible shortage of neurology nurses throughout the State. However, I wish to mention something that I am sure Members have mentioned, although I apologise that I have not been able to follow the debate. It is essential that in places such as St. James's Hospital we have an...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister of State and all our beekeepers and scientists. I apologise because I was in committee and could not come to the presentation this morning. It is my great honour to have been invited by Senator Martin to be a co-signatory of this Bill. On the day I received his email, it brought me back to being a child. I have beekeepers in my family. I do not claim to know...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I applaud the Minister of State's extremely hard and diligent work and how accessible her office is. Noel Byrne is a saint. He is just fantastic. Last week, the Joint Committee on Disability Matters heard from Helen Holmes from the Campaign for Autism Inclusion Dublin 12. Among the many issues she raised, she discussed the issues in CHO 7 where there are two CDNTS - one in Dublin 8 and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: How many of the 35,000 people recruited in the past two years were recruited to do Covid-related work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I applaud the Minister of State's extremely hard and diligent work and how accessible her office is. Noel Byrne is a saint. He is just fantastic. Last week, the Joint Committee on Disability Matters heard from Helen Holmes from the Campaign for Autism Inclusion Dublin 12. Among the many issues she raised, she discussed the issues in CHO 7 where there are two CDNTS - one in Dublin 8 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: How many of the 35,000 people recruited in the past two years were recruited to do Covid-related work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: What powerful contributions all the witnesses have made. I will start with the less emotional one and look to the counsellors. They made valid points. It is important for couples on this journey and is the first thing they have to do. We need to distinguish that we have same-sex couples who are not at the end of a big IVF journey or do not, perhaps, include a woman who has encountered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: There is a safeguard built into that of boundaries and there is something beautiful and honouring about that. Perhaps Ms O'Shea would like to comment on that. To Ms Cohen, I note that Canadians travel for surrogacy. We have come across Canadians travelling for surrogacy. We have heard witnesses before the committee speak about how thorough and exemplary the Canadian model is, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am familiar with Canadians travelling to Ukraine, for instance. I thank Ms Cohen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am just thinking of the resilience of the guidelines in regard to complete objectivity and protection of all the parties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Prevention of the Exploitation or Coercion of Surrogates and Intending Parents: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Deputy Funchion and I thank the Chair for allowing us to comment. I was in the Seanad yesterday for statements on women's health and the women's health action plan. A number of Senators referenced our committee, the AHR Bill and the need for that Bill to include international surrogacy and a retrospective provision for children already born via surrogacy. The Minister began his...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Senators for the amendment. In principle, I support the idea. I can think of nothing worse than to be told there is no information or birth information available. The sentiments of the amendment are too strong, in that the wording presupposes that there might be something to seize, which raises an expectation that cannot be met. That is why I am cautious about the amendment....

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Perhaps we need to look at guidelines or a statutory instrument under the Bill. Perhaps the functioning of the specialist tracing team needs to be spelled out more clearly in terms of how it is going to function. If there is no information and there has clearly been a wrongful registration, be it that whatever happened was done illegally or mistakenly, a specialist tracing team was...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I should probably begin by taking responsibility. In the course of pre-legislative scrutiny, I first floated the idea of the registered letter because I looked to the courts and the mechanism there. A registered letter is sufficient in any legal proceedings as a demonstration of service of documents, proceedings and summonses. If a registered letter is sufficient to go before a court and a...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I get what the Minister is saying about proving the information has been conveyed. I understand this is the motivation and that we need to prove information has actually been conveyed. I depart slightly from Senator Ruane on that, but it could have been done by addressee-signatory only. Making the person the letter is addressed to the only person who can sign for it would discharge the...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Minister's answer is very comprehensive. I agree with Senator's Moynihan that he has an unenviable task and that, no matter what way things go, there will be hard choices involved in this. Section 70 provides for a review. I know this cannot be put into the Bill and I am not asking the Minister to do so but I wonder whether the terms of reference of the review, when it is being...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am thrilled that the Minister is here and we are not talking about Covid-19.The Minister has come in so many times and we hoped for a day like this when we would deal with the normal everyday issues. I congratulate him of the women's health action plan, which is a considerable piece of work, and it is fantastic to bring forward what was begun in the task force under my colleague, Deputy...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Minister is being disingenuous with people who desperately need that legislation.