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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (10 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Foley's, commitment and the fact that the Department is going to work with the school. Hopefully, I will not be back in the House in September to raise issues that remain outstanding. At the weekend, there was an announcement by Bishop Tom Deenihan of changes that will be made in many parishes in County Meath. Duleek will be losing Fr. John Conlon to St....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (10 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: We have not even opened the school-----

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I am delighted that the Leader has allowed us this opportunity to make statements on the future of banking as it gives me an opportunity to talk about an extremely important area of finance which has not received nearly enough attention in this country. I thank the Department for acting so swiftly to support borrowers since the Covid-19 pandemic started, with payment breaks for businesses...

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

Sharon Keogan: I lend my voice to the outcry against the mass purchasing of newly built housing units. The news headlines this past week have been salt in the wounds of many in this country whose hope of owning their own home is fast fading. The complexities of the housing market do not often lend themselves to easy fixes. Surely this makes it all the more important to seize the opportunities we see to...

Seanad: European Digital Green Certificate: Statements (7 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I congratulate the Minister of Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, and her husband Paul, on the birth of their baby, Michael Shane. As the Seanad has not yet done so, I congratulate the Minister on the birth of her son. I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad and thank him for taking the time to listen to our statements on these important topics of public concern. I thank the Leader,...

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I warmly welcome the Tánaiste to the Seanad. It is a privilege to hold political office as a Senator and to be able to address him on matters of great public importance. I commend him on the calm and assured leadership he displayed last year when the pandemic reached our shores. In a time of grave uncertainty, he communicated with the nation in a very clear and composed way, which...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Senator McDowell.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I understand Brussels wants to see the introduction of vaccine passports or green digital certificates for travel across the EU by the end of June. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has expressed its opposition to the use of vaccine passports in Ireland as a condition for travel and for assessing goods and services. It has called for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to consider human...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Industrial Policy Priorities, including Vaccine Production and Digital Transformation: Discussion with Commissioner Thierry Breton (20 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: How far are we from a digital euro currency?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I warmly welcome the Minister. As she will be aware, one of the many repercussions of the lockdown policies has been the dramatic increase in the incidence of domestic violence, with vulnerable women and children bearing the brunt of it. In light of this, I will put a few issues and questions to the Minister for her consideration. I have heard reports that the family law system further...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister and extend every good wish to her and her husband, Paul. I wish for them a safe and healthy birth of their child. I thank Dr. Evelyn Parsons in Ballinasloe for highlighting this issue to me. She was instrumental in my decision to raise this matter today. Local authorities are very much involved in sourcing funds for women who are suffering to move out of dangerous...

Seanad: Children Amendment Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I am very grateful for the opportunity to make a few comments on the Final Stages of this Bill, which was drafted and introduced in the Seanad by my Independent colleague, Senator McDowell. I acknowledge his diligence, expertise and sterling work on the Bill. He engaged with the Minister for Justice and her Department to ensure that this matter was addressed as quickly as possible. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I apologise, I thought the Chair had forgotten about me. I thought the Chair was doing a round-table and assumed he was coming to me. Is it correct that CETA clarifies that governments may change their laws regardless of whether this may negatively affect the investment or the investor's expectations of profits? CETA includes an appeals mechanism which allows the correction of errors. Whom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Who appoints that appeals tribunal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is it correct that CETA clarifies that governments may change their laws regardless of whether this may negatively affect the investment or the investor's expectations of profits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: What about geographic indication?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement: Mr. David O'Sullivan (30 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Investor protections are a component of more than 3,000 international trade agreements, the vast majority of which have some form of neutral arbitration. The United States is party to at least 50 such trade agreements but has only faced 13 ISDS cases and never lost a case. Many of the criticisms levelled at these settlements are in the areas of maintaining states' regulatory capacity and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement: Mr. David O'Sullivan (30 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is always good to have the opportunity to address him in person. I acknowledge his job is no easy task at the best of times, not to mention during the circumstances pertaining since he took office. He inherited the responsibility for a health service that had, for years, suffered from a lack of capacity in key areas such as ICU. I note that the...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Tell me what I said that was wrong.