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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Migration and Asylum Pact: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Shotter. I am really happy we are having this conversation because this is one of the most important policy changes at an EU level that there has been for some time and it will have an impact on all member states. It is one of those controversial issues that, domestically, can be difficult to deal with. I do not know whether this is to ease the concerns of member states but...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I remind members to switch off their mobile phones. We have received no apologies. I welcome the Minister to the committee and thank him for making himself available on quite short notice. As we know, we are at a critical juncture in the Brexit negotiations so today's engagement on the topic is timely. Before we begin, members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: We will take two Members at a time.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Minister. We are now coming up to the last hour of this meeting because of Covid-19 restrictions. I am conscious that quite a number of members are waiting to get in. I will take the next three Senators who have indicated. I note that some Senators are not at microphones and I ask them to exchange with somebody who has already contributed. I invite Senators to come forward...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Senator.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I am the last contributor so I will ask my questions now to save the Minister responding a second time. I concur with the many Senators who have spoken about beyond Brexit and building that relationship or setting up the structures. Minister, you have spoken about exchanges between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach. They are already looking to that new mechanism, but it might be worth...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Yes.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Exactly.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: On a point of clarification, if a person is resident in Northern Ireland but working in the Republic, and he or she is not British or Irish but from the EU, he or she is fortunate.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I am sorry to interrupt. We are approaching the two hours time limit so we have to conclude.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: It would be a good day's work.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister and his officials for their attendance and for engaging with the committee. It has been very useful and helpful. We appreciate the Minister making himself available for such a lengthy period. As we are approaching our two-hour deadline and there are no more questions to be asked, the meeting will now conclude. Our next meeting is scheduled...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senators Craughwell and Joe O'Reilly for their kind words. I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I am sure he will find cross-party support in this House for the Bill, as on the last occasion. It is rare that an issue unites all parties across the Oireachtas, but this is one of them. It is a testament to the strong and resilient Parliament we have and to the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Next Thursday.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Business of Select Committee (1 Dec 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Apologies have been received from Senators Michael McDowell and Pauline O'Reilly. I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. I welcome members to this first meeting of the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. It is a great honour for me to have been appointed Chair of the committee and I will work with all of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Monday, 30 November, Tuesday, 1 December, Wednesday, 2 December and Thursday, 3 December 2020, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 3, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 1 p.m.; No. 2, statements on reopening...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Lisa Chambers: Senator Kyne discussed Black Friday and the need to shop locally, and he was supported in is remarks by a number of Senators, including Senators Byrne and Currie and others. It is a really important message that we need to get out there, that every one of us should try to spend as many euro as possible locally. Last week I made the remark that we should not let Jeff Bezos win and we should...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Lisa Chambers: I will come back to the Senator on that. Senator Fitzpatrick raised the issue of the two men who died on the streets of our capital city in recent days. On behalf of this side of the House and, I am sure, on behalf of the whole House, I extend our deepest sympathies to the families of both men. It is a shocking indictment on any country that people should be dying in the streets, and we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Lisa Chambers: We cannot write on behalf of every Member of the House but I will certainly---

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Lisa Chambers: -----ask someone from the Leader's office to deal with it. The fact, however, that the regulator is coming before the committee to deal with that will give an opportunity to raise further questions and follow up on the explanations, if one wants to call them that, from the chief executive of Eir.