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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: I want to acknowledge that it has been six months since I became a Senator here. Reflecting back, I am proud of working with all my colleagues here to pass legislation that has had such an impact, particularly this year when dealing with Covid-19. I will mention a few other things around Christmas. Again, I encourage people who are going home for Christmas and will be meeting their parents...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Well said.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 2. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed to? Agreed.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: My apologies, Senator, but I believe we are on amendments to section 1 at the moment.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: No. We were looking at the amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, which are to section 1.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Do any other Senators wish to speak to the amendments to section 1? I call Senator Ward.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Does any Senator wish to come in?
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification. Do any other Senators wish to speak? If not, does Senator Ruane wish to press this amendment?
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, are related and amendment No. 12 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 11. Amendments Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: This is the first time I have spoken today on the Bill. I very much welcome the legislation. To follow up on the comments of my colleagues, the legislation that is being brought before the House is unique; there has been nothing like it before. It is fantastic to see it being brought in to tackle the current problems with image-based sexual violence and the sharing of intimate images. The...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: In a shocking incident at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, a recording showing lecturers making personal references to students when grading them in virtual assessments has outraged students and parents. As Fine Gael's spokesperson for education and further and higher education, and being from Galway, I am shocked and sorry to hear that this took place. It was disrespectful...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. As she mentioned, it is wonderful to hear how the officials and staff from the Department with responsibility for employment affairs and social protection, who work in each and every county, stepped up in such heroic fashion to support people who literally found themselves, from one week to the next, with no income when we entered into lockdown. The lockdown impacted...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: I welcome Ms Hanney, Mr. Brownlee and Ms Gallagher. Mr. Brownlee attended the WorkEqual event and we appreciate that he was involved in that a month or so ago. I recall meeting him through that. I was on the board of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as a councillor for a year. I was very surprised as a councillor and a person. I worked in third level but I had no...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Would the witnesses consider an ETB liaison person to deal with secondary schools in particular regions? Does that exist?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: Is that just in Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)
Aisling Dolan: What is the difference between teachers and trainers in an ETB?