Results 121-140 of 6,059 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Dáil debates'

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 7: In page 15, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Report on third rate of income tax 10.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, produce a report on the potential for the introduction of a 43 per cent income tax rate on all individuals with incomes in excess of €100,000, with appropriate uplifts for married...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for allowing me to contribute and I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this important motion. The Social Democrats will support it. It is frankly unforgivable this Government has allowed a situation to occur where a recruitment freeze is even on the table, never mind being implemented. It is not as if Government was not aware of the challenges facing...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I have no difficulty with the Bill before us and the annual requirement that we pass this legislation. As an insurance system, community-rated voluntary private insurance is fine and it is essential there is a risk equalisation scheme as part of that. We cannot really argue about that if we are talking about a health insurance system. However, the difficulty arises with the health system...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I can only operate on the basis of the words in the Minister's amendment which state a review will be commenced after "not later than 18 months". There is no timeline for the length of the review. It also states that as soon as practicable after the completion of the review a report will be produced. This could be anything from two years up. This is my concern. I am saying we should not...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: No, I did not say that.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I said that the Minister has stated several times that there is no system in place for recording a warning.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That might be in Galway but not in Wexford, for example.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Let us see if it works. I hope it does work. Many of us have concerns about the feasibility of this. This is why I am saying that within 12 months we should get a report on the operation of this specific aspect of the legislation. It does not have to be a lengthy report or review. It is specifically on this aspect as to whether this works and whether the Garda has a system in place that...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate on this group. The Minister talked about the need for a broader review; I agree with him. That will take some time. We have to allow some time to see the operation of the legislation. His amendment refers to, "the findings of the review and of the conclusions drawn from those findings and cause copies of the report to be laid before each...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(6) The Minister shall, within one year of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the relevant committee, evaluating the effectiveness of the system for recording warnings issued by the Garda Síochána pursuant to subsection (1).”. We...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order-----

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I do not really agree with the Minister's response. First, he said it came from the pre-legislative scrutiny that there would be a warning system. The whole idea of having an offence dependent on a prior warning came from the Minister's Department, and I think we all struggled to figure out how that would work in practice. I do not think anybody provided a satisfactory answer to us and I...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to support both amendments tabled by Deputy Smith. This is part of a wider debate about prior warning we have had on a number of occasions. Amendment No. 1 is sensible in that, at the moment, the Bill requires the warning in writing and there could be other means of recording a warning. It future-proofs the legislation. I am happy to support the insertion of "by any other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the EU's approach to the use of the controversial pesticide, glyphosate. As the Taoiseach knows, a qualified majority was not achieved to renew the licence last month and the issue will be before the appeals committee tomorrow. A qualified majority was not achieved because there was widespread concern about the impact of that pesticide on the environment, biodiversity and,...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The horror unfolding in Gaza is on an unimaginable scale. In just over a month, Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is home to 2.3 million people, half of whom are children. Shockingly, more than one in 20 people in Gaza is now believed to be either injured, missing or dead. Entire families have been wiped out and the number of child...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister for Health coming back or has he left?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry to see that he is gone because this morning, "RTÉ Investigates" revealed that the Dental Council had written to the Government about what it termed the indefensible lack of regulation and legislative reform in respect of dentistry. In September it was revealed that several people practising dentistry in this country are unregistered, including one individual who has been...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I do not deny that what the Minister has done in this Bill is welcome, insofar as it goes, but it does not even half do the job. This is primarily about banning the sale of vapes to those aged under 18 years. We all hope that will work, but there are so many other aspects to this. Those aspects have been pointed out by many different organisations and by the health committee. They were...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “PART 2 REGULATION OF NICOTINE INHALING PRODUCTS11.(1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, notify the European Commission under Article 24(3) of Directive 2014/40/EU of his intention to regulate each of the following: (a) the sale of disposable nicotine inhaling...