Results 141-160 of 2,105 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: So you represent men.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Mr. Herrick, please.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Does Mr. Finlay or anybody else wish to address it?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the witnesses for coming in this evening. We have all learned a lot from them and one another. The NGOs being able to bring legal claims in their own name, rather than relying on individuals, was a position taken by the National Women's Council, NWC. Is this view shared by all of the organisations? If the NGOs are granted legal standing, how does Ms Bayliss propose to ensure...
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Does anyone else have a position on it? No one else has a position on it, only the National Women's Council. Maybe Mr. Swan will be able to answer the question in relation to conflicts of interest regarding funding?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: There are hundreds of gender identities. Which ones does the NWCI believe should be protected under Irish law?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: On the nominal costs and disproportionate burden, why is the shift necessary? Is the nominal cost standard already proportionate since it considers the size and the resources of the business? Has the impact on SMEs been considered? The disproportionate burden standard requires significantly more documentation. Are the representatives aware that the EU data shows compliance costs are ten...
- Seanad: EU Regulations: Motions (3 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I was probably one of the strongest opponents of Ireland opting in to this migration pact in this House along with a small number of Independent Senators. People are entering this country illegally and when people enter illegally, they have to be dealt with and returned. People are sick of people entering this country illegally and not facing the consequences of it. The Minister stated...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: The Women's Aid 2024 annual report published last week paints a harrowing picture of domestic abuse in this country. Among the most disturbing findings is that 188 pregnant, post-partum or post-termination women were supported by Women's Aid last year due to intimate partner abuse. This is not just a statistic; it is a national disgrace. Tragically, this issue is not abstract. Just this...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I welcome the witnesses and thank Dr. Muldoon for his statement this morning. The ombudsman has the statutory obligation to serve and safeguard the children in Ireland. However, we have badly let down the children who are homeless, in poverty, awaiting timely healthcare, in State care, the migrant children who are missing and our own children who are missing. There are so many issues...
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Does the scoliosis society have an office in the premises?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: What about any health organisation or disability group?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: BelonG To has listed the office as a location.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Dr. Muldoon has not answered my questions.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Perhaps I will get some of the questions I asked in the first round answered. My first question relates to the 2023 UCD report, which details the organised and systemic sexual exploitation of children in State care, including children being trafficked to hotels for abuse, the failure of professionals to identify and take action on clear signs of exploitation, and the lack of consistent Garda...
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I find this all very shocking given how vulnerable and open to grooming children in care, particularly residential care, are. I had a child in my care in an emergency situation a couple of times and that child ended up in residential care, becoming part of this and taking her own life. These children are being let down badly. Let us go back to the issue of gender. Will Dr. Muldoon...
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: No, I asked whether, given the number of individuals reporting irreversible negative outcomes post treatment, the ombudsman's office had undertaken or considered undertaking a review of the impact on Irish children of these referrals to the Tavistock centre.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: The UK has permanently banned puberty blockers. As an advocate for children, does Dr. Muldoon believe that by actively endorsing a pathway for children questioning their gender he has actively harmed these vulnerable children and led them down a path that is irreversible? Does he see the danger that could be to children? Does he think Ireland should ban puberty blockers for children?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Does Dr. Muldoon believe that Ireland should permanently ban puberty blockers for children like the UK did?