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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: My colleague will be substituting for me in the second half of the session.

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Fáiltím roimh an deis atá againn an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht a phlé anseo inniu. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go bhfuil Seachtain na Gaeilge againn. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar chuid lárnach dár gcultúr náisiúnta agus feiceann muid inár gceantair féin an stór a bhaineann lenár dteanga. Is...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We are speaking about International Women's Day on Friday when the central focus has to be the fact that we will be making really important decisions. Senator Flynn outlined the multiple areas where policies and services are still falling short and the many really good actions that we set out. I was proud to be a member of the Joint Committee on Gender Equality. Instead of producing a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The importation of coal from the Cerrejón mine in La Guajira, Colombia, has been the subject of long-standing serious concern especially when, having previously ceased imports, the ESB resumed purchasing coal from the controversial mine in 2022. Cerrejón is the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America. There is a litany of documented human rights, and environmental harms and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We stopped importing coal from Russia because of human rights concerns and international law and we fund the importation of coal from other places that are committing human rights violations. That is gross hypocrisy. As for the idea we are following developments and engaging with all sides, let us be clear we are driving human rights violations and we are funding a company that commits...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Government is undermining our credibility in that respect.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 9 be taken before No. 1. Today we are seeking leave to introduce the Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024, which is emergency legislation that would ensure Ireland is not complicit in arming Israel and would help to curb the flow of weapons being used in Gaza. Since Israel began its relentless bombardment of Gaza, arms...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for restrictions on the transit and export of weapons of war from and through the State to the state of Israel and to provide for appropriate inspections of planes seeking to transit weapons through the State, and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the motion.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amidst what we have been watching over the last period, namely, the brutal bombardment, the unconscionable blockade including that of lifesaving medical and humanitarian supplies and water, we are also seeing the systemic attempt to dismantle a society, a culture and a people. We have seen the destruction of civilian infrastructure, the targeting of hospitals, and as my colleague said, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In contrast, perhaps, to the great generosity shown by some during Covid, as we heard from the previous speaker, the European Union had a poor moment during the Covid pandemic when it acted as a major blocker of a TRIPS waiver. Such a waiver on intellectual property and rules would have allowed sharing and access to vaccines for the global south and the widespread saving of lives. It was...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Right now all eyes are on Rafah and all hearts are with Rafah. There are 1.5 million people consolidated into a small area with each night bringing new terror. It is not only the people of Rafah under assault. Those who watch around the world know that what is being tested is the vision we have heard about for international human rights and humanity. Also being tested is the core...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Chair. I wish to highlight three areas in which I believe there is a particular role for the Minister's Department. The Minister highlighted himself the issue of public and Government procurement and I have engaged with him on this issue previously. On life cycle costing, the Minister talked about measures to ensure the prioritisation of services and works which have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: To clarify, that is part of the model. Price is still a factor but it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is what I am saying. There are three approaches available, as the Minister is aware; namely a life cycle approach, a price-quality ratio approach, where you consider both price and quality, and a price-only approach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not believe that a price-only approach is the best value for the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Okay, the Chairperson can come back to me.