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Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber again. The only question that occurs to me is to ask if we are really going to do this now. As we face into our second winter with Covid-19, and when we have just kicked the reopening ball down the road again, we are revisiting a ten-year-old promise from Fine Gael and the Labour Party to solve the problems in the public health sector by eliminating the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: There has been a lot of conversation on the energy crisis this past week in the media and both Houses. I could not help but think of a discussion we had on 25 June during the Second Stage debate on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. There was a lot of talk about energy during that debate. Senator Joe O'Reilly rightly stated that we have to avoid energy poverty...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. The Minister is welcome to the House for the last hurrah of Covid measures, we hope. It seems like only yesterday that the legislation to which this motion refers was rushed through the House, all Stages in one sitting, with pre-legislative scrutiny having been waived. I opposed it then and oppose it now. I watched the motion being debated in the Lower...

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: On behalf of the Green Party, I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly, who is sharing time with Senator Róisín Garvey.

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: The Senator's contribution was inspirational and I thank her for sharing her experience as a teacher with us.

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Senator for organising the briefing this afternoon and for his contribution on this debate.

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for joining us this evening. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I raise an issue with child safeguarding in schools of which I have recently been made aware. As the House will be aware, parents in Ireland have a right to be informed of issues relating to their children and to be consulted on educational matters. Both the Constitution and the Education Act 1998 are clear on the requirement for parents to be kept advised of all relevant issues. However,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Risk Management (22 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Perhaps you could provide it to Senator Kyne because I can see there are a number of pages to go.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (22 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: On behalf of the House I congratulate the Minister on his recent engagement to his partner, Ray. Every good wish for the future.

Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister is again welcome to the House. This is a technical Bill providing the Minister for Education with a direct line for policy direction and oversight of Tusla in respect of its education welfare functions. The functions vested in the Minister for Education in last year's statutory instrument cover the home school community liaison scheme, the school completion programme and the...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Stalking is a clear example of a crime which has become all too common, facilitated by the rise in communications technology. The word no longer conjures up images of hooded figures in dark alleys but of inboxes spammed with messages, private social media accounts being bombarded with comments, identity theft, phone calls and more. There has been a move over the past decade or so to an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: What a pleasure it is to be back in our own Chamber. I hope that as we approach the lifting of restrictions on 22 October, other aspects of life in Leinster House will likewise return to normal. I wish to call for a debate on what is to be done about the horrific instances of murder-suicides in rural farming communities. Yesterday morning, a woman and her 24-year-old son were laid to rest...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister is very welcome to the House, as always, although, to be honest, I wish he was not here. I wish none of us were here because I am shocked and deeply disappointed that this legislation has been drafted and is before us today. In a mere couple of months, medical apartheid has gone from being discounted by the media as a scaremongering conspiracy theory-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: -----to Government policy. Scientists and policymakers alike have warned about this since vaccines were still in development. Articles in The New York Timesand The Washington Postas far back as October 2020 discussed, in dire tones, the social consequences of creating a vaccinated overclass. It has been an odd feeling seeing people-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I did not interrupt the Senator. I ask her not to interrupt me.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It has been an odd feeling seeing-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I will continue with my speech. It has been an odd feeling seeing people celebrate receiving their Covid passes online. It is dystopic to see people so glad to be granted this piecemeal freedom by the Government as if these fundamental rights were its to give and take as it sees fit. However, I do not blame people for grasping at any sliver of hope that might allow them finally escape the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I reserve the right to have my speech on the record of the House.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second and Subsequent Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: How many times do I have to say this?