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Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister and all my colleagues in the House. This is a good time to have had two hours dedicated to young people. It is the least they deserve. In the discussion we have highlighted their challenges, how they have overcome their challenges and how extraordinary they have been in the last year. I used to talk a great deal about resilience, and many community reports and so...

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister for his statement and for the strength of his position over the weekend. As a Government colleague and a party colleague I wish to express my pride in how he has represented our country and spoken on its behalf on the international stage. Since he gave his speech here I have received messages asking me to convey thanks and pride to him. We need to speak out strongly...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am in Leinster House. It is lovely to hear from and engage with the Minister of State as always. I am also grateful for the staff in the office of the Minister of State and how co-operative and supportive they are. I echo the sentiments or questions of Deputy Costello with regard to the Dublin 12 group. There are several individual cases in the office at the moment that pertain to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is excellent.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yes. I have a brief question to seek the Minister of State's advice on a matter. I have had instances brought to my attention where home care support for a child with a disability and particular needs has been tendered out and the successful company providing that service will deliver it for a while and then question whether it is delivering the tender, or that what it is delivering goes...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: If that person is not there, if there is no one dealing with them, what does the parent do?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: All right.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is a fantastic and very clear answer and a strategy for me. There appears to be a particular number of companies that successfully tender here. I would like to think that we quality-assure and audit what they are providing because some of them specialise and some provide large-scale services into hospitals, but we must be sure that they are not undoing tenders afterwards. We need an...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: My thanks to the local government representatives for coming in today. I appreciate that it was reasonably short notice. I very much appreciate that they have come in and I read the submission with great interest. There are some things I wish to give the witnesses the opportunity to elaborate on. I heard Councillor Sheahan say that local authorities have worked well with the LDA....

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I move: That Seanad Éireann: recognises: - the important role that carers play in looking after our loved ones in their homes; - the importance of family supports, where available, in caring for loved ones; - that in 2020, the Irish Health Survey showed that there were over 500,000 family carers in Ireland and of that, 88,900 are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance and over 52%...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minster of State, Deputy Feighan, for taking this motion. I thank my Fine Gael colleagues who are united in support of carers, particularly Senator Kyne, who co-authored the motion, and Senator Conway, for yielding his spokesperson entitlements to me to allow me to propose the motion. I am very grateful to our Seanad team. Throughout our country every day, family members care...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate and for accepting the motion. I thank all contributors across the House. It has been very good to hear about not only the matters we crafted into the motion, but all of those additional matters. We will come away from this debate having seen an emphasis on means testing and the financing of carers. Senator Mullen said that it should not...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is not personal.

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

Mary Seery Kearney: Members need to speak through the Chair.

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

Mary Seery Kearney: Senator, you must go through the Chair. Senator McDowell, to continue without interruption.

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

Mary Seery Kearney: Time, Senator.

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

Mary Seery Kearney: I have given the Senator a lot of latitude.

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

Mary Seery Kearney: I believe we heard the Tánaiste say in the House last week that it would be extensively reviewed. He welcomed that as an idea.