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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome that this amendment removes the causing of offence as a reason for broadcasters to remove content. In many ways the speaking of truth always risks offence but this should not be a reason for truth not to be spoken. Many excellent pieces of media deal with difficult and divisive topics such as films or documentaries that may well cause offence to some but there is no right not to...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: How do I follow that? It was very passionate, as always. We know how heartfelt the Senator is about the gambling industry in this country. I must support what Senator Malcolm Byrne has said. I take slight issue with this amendment. I welcome so many provisions of this Bill, which advance gambling regulation. However, I think that decentralised blockchain currencies have a role to play...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: Mr. O'Brien, Ms Agrawal and Mr. Galvin are very welcome. I am always energised after listening to youth. I work a lot with youth in my area. I love listening to them. It is important that politicians listen carefully to what their needs are. Our guests have highlighted the lack of engagement of politicians at local, national and European levels with youth. What does it mean to our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: Yes. What are their two biggest worries as young people in Ireland today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: What is Ms Agrawal's second biggest worry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: And your two biggest worries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: Nationally. Let us take it nationally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: It is wonderful to have no worries in transition year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: A politician in the making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: All right.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I am calling for a debate on the content of the interim report from the UK Government on the Cass review and the implications it has for Irish children being sent to UK-based clinics. The Cass review is the UK's independent review of the gender identity services for children and young people that have been offered there since 2011. The HSE has sent 234 Irish children to the UK for treatment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: Have I mentioned somebody who is not here?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I have not made any allegations.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: This is documented.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I understand the Cathaoirleach's concern. I would not be coming in here to voice any untruths that have not been stated in a report elsewhere. I assure him of that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Second, there has not been routine or consistent data collection, which has made it impossible to accurately track the outcomes of clinical intervention in solving gender dysphoria. Third, due to the explosion in demand, the clinic has not been subjected to best practice quality controls, which are usually required before a new treatment is approved. This interim...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: Do I not get extra time?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: May I finish briefly?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I was made aware of an incident in this country a few weeks ago where a teenage boy came out as gay in confidence to a group of his female friends. They responded by saying that, if he liked boys, he must be a girl and, therefore, must be transgender. He rejected this, saying that he had never felt like a female and that he was simply attracted to men. As a result of his not accepting his...