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Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 37 and 39 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Amendments Nos. 45, 46 and 52 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. You would have to laugh, if it were not so serious, at the phrase "extraordinary time-limited measures" contained in this Bill's explanatory memorandum. As each Bill was passed, that "time-limited nature" was stressed so heavily and yet each sunset clause extension was used in its entirety - every single one, for the full amount. When we were debating...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Of course, once July arrives the legislation will lapse and we will be free from restrictions - wink wink, nudge nudge. I hope the Minister realises there is no coming back from this. After this, no one will take a sunset clause seriously again; no one in this room or outside it. Once you throw this integral element of legislation under the bus, there is no pulling it back. Future...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I asked the Minister something and he did not address it. Could he address it? It concerns people medically-exempt from vaccination. It has been introduced in the UK. Will the Minister look at that in Ireland?

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Mary is a very good secretary I am sure. I thank the Minister for looking after the local authority members in this country and giving them at living wage for the first time ever. When I was elected here I had very little knowledge of what the role would entail. I will have been here two years in March. I have been navigating my way through what is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I would also like to talk about the health committee and the Minister for Health commencing phase 1 of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. I find it slightly ironic that Senator Pauline O'Reilly talked about animal welfare straight after talking about abortion and had no thought for the welfare of the unborn. There are legitimate concerns that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I object to the Order of Business and request that No. 4 on the Order Paper be taken with debate. That is the motion regarding the establishment of a special committee on gender equality. This summer, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth launched a consultation seeking the public's view on a review of the Equality Acts. The deadline for submissions is 5...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Just that the issue is taken with debate.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Tánaiste. The Government's reaction to the Omicron variant makes a mockery of the idea of living with Covid. It slapped restrictions into place based on zero data, when the ink on the newspapers reporting the variant’s mere existence was not even dry, and the panic machine swung into overdrive. Common sense and critical thinking have not made their way into...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Senator. She is welcome back. I am very sorry for the loss of her father, Austin.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. First, I thank my colleagues on the administrative panel for bringing this motion before us. I also thank the Minister of State for delivering for city and county councillors throughout this country over the past year and half in government. I appreciate the lengths gone to to recognise the value they bring to local government, and we made...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Sr. Breege and Mr. Killoran for their testimony. I have three questions. First, regarding the current paper-based immigration system the witnesses have raised as an issue, what do they suggest instead? What would be a preferable immigration system or process and what would they like to see implemented? Second, regarding the lack of communication of vaccine information to migrant...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: If the Vice Chairman does not mind, I have to go now and I will allow the other speakers to come in. I thank the witnesses for answering the questions.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State. Councillor Ben Dalton O'Sullivan of Cork County Council and a number of other Independent councillors around the country have asked me to raise this important issue. There has been much discussion in both Houses about our second winter with Covid. While it is not yet known whether we will find a way to live with the virus or will finally kick it, there is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Schemes (25 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I appreciate the response. I note this matter does not come within the remit of the Minister of State, but the Minister, Deputy Ryan, may not have been available this morning. I am very disappointed. Twenty-six months is a very long time, particularly for those who are on the poverty line. All of the people who can avail of these grants are on the poverty line. It is not only for this...