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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: From the early years perspective, the Fine Gael Party carried out a body of research recently that showed parents were very happy with the quality of their service providers, but they did not have a diversity of choice. We do not have sport in early childhood, for example. Deputy Dillon, who is here, would be very much into sport and supporting that. We would like to have that diversity...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: To follow on from that, where schools do not comply, and very clearly they do not, what kind of sanction should we put in place to induce them to ensure that they do? There are very clear violations of this, as we hear every September.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: How you sanction that is a difficulty when you also have to deal with a patron body, when there are disparities. My child's school has a second-hand uniform sale every year and everyone is encouraged to go down that route rather than anything else. You cannot tell as everyone that is in a uniform that maybe older and it does not matter. It is probably a badge of honour at this stage. I...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Ms Byrne. I am so sorry for her loss. There is no doubt that she had a difficult time. She sums up the experience of being in a community. There is a lovely moment in her video where she says that they fit in, which is powerful. What exactly did Focus Ireland do? How did it support Ms Byrne?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Ms Byrne. She is an exceptional mother and role model. I would be interested in anything that anyone has to say on local authority allocations. "Frustrating" is the politest word I can come up with about it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is a challenge.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is less stigmatising for that short period. It makes much more sense and is much more focused on dignity. I thank the witnesses. I apologise that I need to leave the meeting now to go to the Seanad.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Leader for arranging for us to discuss disabilities and the associated costs next week. At the meeting of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters this morning, I heard a word that I never expected to hear in Leinster House or the Oireachtas. I refer to the use of the word "eugenics" during the discussion at the meeting. That is not something I ever expected to hear. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Vice Chair. I appreciate that. I will be as quick as I can. From Mr. McLoughlin, it is really striking the worry about the future and planning. Everything he said is valid and I support it 100%. In recent weeks, especially after the Donegal report, parent after parent has contacted me worried about what it says. Where are the HSE, HIQA and all the services the State throws...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: There are three motions before the House. These are: No. 3, the extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020; No. 4, the extension of Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020; and No. 5, the extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020. The three motions will be debated together and decided...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank all the MEPs for being here. I say a special thank you to Ms Fitzgerald for the work she did with me when I was trying to get the waiver on VAT on period products to alleviate period poverty. Last week the gender equality index was published by the European Institute for Gender Equality. Ireland fared quite badly in that, particularly women in decision-making positions. We saw...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: To follow on from that, under my rights as a data subject, I can restrict the processing of personal data about me by a data controller. I can also have that data deleted by that controller. They are GDPR rights, are they not?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Would that we could.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: However, if I gave birth in a mother and baby home, I could write to Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland or whomever with a subject access request as the data subject and I could also submit a restriction request.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: However, insofar as it is my data, my data could then end up being redacted.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Right.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Let us say there were other data regarding medical information such as the manner in which I gave birth. I could restrict data on matters such as that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: We are relying then on someone else to be able to do that balancing and, in the moment, to be able to figure that out. My understanding of this legislation is that it is that right of restriction that is being set aside here-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am not disputing what Mr. McGarr is saying. However, if we do not have written down in legislation and codified that one cannot restrict, we are relying on the discretion of an official, at a certain moment, to provide for that balancing right.