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

Sharon Keogan: I was looking at a graphic yesterday that illustrates how appalling the progress of our vaccination programme has been compared with that of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, our nearest neighbour.We have vaccinated only 5% of our population with the first dose of an approved vaccine whereas in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, they have vaccinated over 23% with at least one dose....

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House again. I am grateful to have the opportunity to address her and my colleagues on a matter of grave importance. There is surely not a family in this country that is not affected by the issues of mental health disorder, dementia or intellectual disability. Mental health is an often overlooked and neglected aspect of healthcare in this country....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister for coming here this morning to reply to this matter. Last year, I addressed him in this House on the matter of apprenticeship schemes. In particular, I proposed that he provide funding to revive and reinvigorate local authority apprenticeship schemes. I was very encouraged at the time by the Minister's favourable response to this proposal. What progress has been made...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister. I fully welcome the work that the Minister has done to date in making my suggestion a real, live project throughout this country within local authorities. It is an untapped source. We have 31 local authorities in the country. Even if each of them was to create 100 apprenticeships over the next five years, that would be 3,100 apprenticeships created by his Department...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: A matter of deep concern to me over the course of this pandemic has been the cessation of cancer screening, delayed cancer diagnoses and the disruption to the treatment of cancer patients. I raised the matter of the shutdown of normal healthcare services in response to Covid-19, in addition to many other questions, in correspondence to the Minister for Health dated 16 November. To date,...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Hear, hear. Well done.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I appreciate that. I have scant regard for the recent apologies by our political leaders regarding mother and baby homes. Those leaders are predominantly male, I might add. They have failed women and children all too often. Apologies mean very little without meaningful action. We must reach out to survivors and provide every assistance and support possible....

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister. I have every confidence in him to deliver for the homeless in this country and I believe he is going to do a great job as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I draw to his attention an issue that has been overlooked by his Department. The issue arises where a tenant of a county council house may wish to buy. I understand all of the local authority...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I, too, wish everybody in the House a happy Christmas. I thank Martin, Bridget and all the staff here for making me feel so welcome over the past six months. I say to all my colleagues in the Seanad that I have enjoyed my time here over the past six months. The work is certainly challenging. These have been the most challenging of times for us all. One can hear the pain felt this morning...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I will try to be as quick as I can. Since I have come into the House, I have been advocating for councillors' pay. Today the ladies and gentlemen of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party will pass this Bill. Why do they not just amend it now to include the issue of councillors' pay? They should stop talking and walk the walk. They have the power to do so. They should not pass...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: They should stand up for the councillors of this country.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: The Members can do it.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: There is no point talking about it anymore. I have written to the Taoiseach and asked him for a meeting. I will go to his clinic in Cork if I need to do so to get a meeting about councillor's pay.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: This is in the Government Senators' hands today.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: No. Amendments from the Opposition were not allowed;, only amendments from the Government parties were. I ask the Government parties not to pass this Bill.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad. At around 11 o'clock on the morning of 22 December 2012, I got the phone call about the death of Shane McEntee, our Minister for Justice's dad. I remember the amount of online abuse he received coming up to that time, which went on over a period of a few months. I knew the individual who continued to harass Shane McEntee at the time and I rang...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Section 2, which creates a new offence, reads: (1) A person who distributes, publishes or threatens to distribute or publish an intimate image of another person— (a) without that other person’s consent, and (b) with intent to cause harm to, or being reckless as to whether or not harm is caused to, the other person, is guilty of an offence. I note that the maximum...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I thought Senator Ruane had gone on to section 2.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: My apologies, Acting Chairman.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition (17 Dec 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I wish him and his family a very happy Christmas.