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Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: On Friday, 25 June 2021.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. in the convention centre.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Four weeks ago I raised the plight of long-term patients in hospital who are waiting to get home and the fact they are allowed no visitors. I thank the Leader for writing a letter to the Minister for Health. I followed up on the issue with him in the meantime, asking that long-term patients in hospital should be afforded the same visiting rights as those who are in nursing home care. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Chairman. I am in Leinster House. I thank all the witnesses for their very considered submissions. They are very valuable and I really appreciate their points. My first question is around the three-month window. I hear that we need to ensure that everyone is aware of their opportunity to register their "Contact" or "No contact" preference, whichever that would be. I very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Has the existence of the data protection impact assessment, DPIA, changed the practice of redaction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Chair. There is a period where there is an opportunity to register a non-contact preference, which is set as three months. I noted in one of the submissions a desire that this would be for much longer. My fear, however, is that the period we establish is a period for which there would be a stay on the right to access information. I would welcome a comment on the effects of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Ms Mugan. This is not to impugn the quality of the counselling. My own experience with Barnardos Ireland, and working with services like that, is superb. I thank Ms Mugan for the sensitivity that is needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I spotted in the chat that Senator Keogan had asked a very legitimate question on whether the cyberattack has had any impact on all of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (15 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Mr. Gloster for the hard work put into that.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome this Bill and the fact the Minister has brought it forward so quickly in his tenure, despite everything else that was going on. It shows the priority he is giving it. I thank him also for acknowledging the great work of Deputy David Stanton as well. What is extraordinary is that we have to legislate for gender equality where pay is concerned. We should have long since moved past...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I congratulate Senator Ruane and the wider Civil Engagement Group on bringing forward the Bill. It demonstrates a level of thoughtfulness and is an intervention that is honourable in itself and honours victims and survivors of sexual abuse who have, shamefully, been subjected to NDAs. That is a most appalling use of an NDA and it perpetuates the abuse in a most egregious manner. I...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the Convention Centre Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the witnesses for their submissions, which were particularly detailed and helpful. I look at the three entities represented today and it appears that two are disenfranchised. We are trying to advance their cause. From women's point of view, meanwhile, we are trying to ensure we have greater female representation. The submission from the Irish Traveller Movement has that really...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 40 and 67 may be taken together by agreement.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Does the Senator wish to speak to the amendment?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 44 to 50, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: As no one else is indicating, I call the Minister of State.

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I support the motion. To have a right to housing enshrined in the Constitution is natural and correct. I have reservations about adequacy and housing. We have a lot of work to do in defining those two words and ensuring they are correct. One of the interesting things one encounters when studying constitutional law is that sections of the Constitution are remarkably similar in wording to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility in Planning and Delivery of Transport Projects: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and supplying their opening statements in advance, especially the NTA as the appendix to its submission was very helpful and useful. In terms of the Luas, I have travelled with people with disabilities on the Luas and it has been a very user-friendly experience. However, the problem is with the frequency of services. For instance, pre-Covid when...