Results 101-120 of 2,105 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: What does Tusla do to support those parents and that child to make sure they stay in their home environment, rather than removing the child from that environment and have the whole relationship break down?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I will try to get to it quickly. Sometimes I look at the organisation and I really want it to work. I do not like the idea of private. I know that has had to be done because of the circumstances Tusla is in. Looking at the National Transport Authority, NTA, model, it is organised into six main divisions. Sometimes I look at Tusla and wonder how we could work this better. Could it be...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister into the Chamber again and thank him for coming in so many times to listen to Senators while we scrutinise this legislation. I express my deep concern about the direction the Government is taking with the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024. This is not a reform Bill; it is a retreat from fairness, transparency and the rights of ordinary people. Let us begin with the...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: This is actual fact and true.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: It is. This has to do with the defamation legislation. I am sorry but it is. Mr. Fanning, before becoming Attorney General, was one of the country's most sought-after barristers.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Acting Chairperson for pointing that out. Before becoming Attorney General. Mr. Fanning was one of the country's most sought-after barristers in commercial and defamation law. While it is of course normal for legislators to follow careers in law before entering politics, we must question the systemic problems that raises. Do we really believe that this Bill, one that preserves...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: What comment would you like to-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Proof in relation to what comment?
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: There are many Members in this House who would come from a legal background, and, indeed, many in the Lower House too.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Many would have vested interests in this legislation, so I-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Right, okay. Thank you. I will consider that withdrawal and-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Finally, I want to speak on a broader concern, the erosion of free speech in this country. We have seen the Government hesitate on hate speech laws, failing to provide clarity on what will or will not be criminalised. We have seen proposals to include a so-called Kneecap provision in anti-terror legislation, a clause mirroring the very same one being used to persecute Irish artists in the...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I have because-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Sorry, I might have gone over time, but this is-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: No, I am actually talking about this Bill - defamation.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: If you will allow me-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Sorry, you interrupted me, Chair. Surely that time should be allocated back to me. I am nearly finished.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: This is not the Ireland I want to live in. This is not the Ireland I-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I think-----
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Can I-----