Results 161-180 of 2,078 for speaker:Mary Seery Kearney

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: It was the Senator's friends from yesterday.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I will speak no further on this. Senator Mullen has done that enough.

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I want to clarify one thing. My mother is in the Gallery. She made a fine job of rearing me, so I do not need any advice from anybody else. She did a really good job.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am late to the meeting so I apologise if I ask questions that have already been. I attended a briefing last year organised by the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, at which we heard research statistics. It was a fantastic level of data which showed that while drug use happens across all sectors of society, its effect and devastating impact is felt more particularly in disadvantaged...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is horrific.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: The point about a funding was important.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I appreciate that we cannot measure what we have prevented. It is a challenge. We can do a great deal of work and not know what we have prevented from happening. I also appreciate the fantastic people in the Garda and, in particular, the HSE who are working in Dublin 12.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I commend Senator Ardagh on her Bill. I cannot see anyone not supporting it in its entirety. I have just come from the Committee on Autism's first year anniversary meeting, in which it listed its recommendations and the progress thereon. I want to first reflect on the fact that there is never a case here where a committee sits, produces a report and has a progress report a year on. That...

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McEntee.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: We need to take a point of order, Senator.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: You need to resume your seat while we deal with a point of order.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I cannot hear both of you at the same time. Senator Keogan, you need to resume your seat while I hear the point of order.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am advised it is a political charge and therefore is not directed at Members of the Chamber. I call Senator Keogan.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Senator. Her time has elapsed.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Senator needs to resume her seat. Her time has elapsed. I have been more than generous in allowing for the time she lost due to a point of order.

Seanad: International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Senator needs to resume her seat now.

Seanad: National Cancer Services: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister of State. I commend my colleague Senator Kyne on drafting and bringing forward this motion. It is excellent and aptly timed. I reiterate the asks. The idea that your probability and possibility of surviving cancer is dependent on where you live, your socioeconomic grouping or your geographical location is awful. It should not be that way in 2024.It is shocking that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my matter today. The Minister of State is very welcome and I am delighted he is in as Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works when this an Office of Public Works issue. That is really good news. I have had the privilege of working with the Chapelizod historical society and a lot of those same individuals are in Chapelizod...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State. In Ballina, there is a cromlech that the OPW has surrounded and to which it has given fantastic support and promotion. It has the signage and sympathetic infrastructure around it highlighting just how important it is. It is very important to Peter Kavanagh and the Chapelizod historical society that that is considered. I know that Peter has submitted...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: It was ten years ago last month that I sent my first email to a predecessor of the Minister's asking for a legal framework for surrogacy in Ireland. I begin, therefore, by congratulating the Minister and his team for the exceptional work that has gone into this Bill. I am very grateful to the Department of Health officials - Pamela, Edward, Colm and others - the members of the...