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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: On Tusla increasing the number of residential care spaces, I wonder why the Minister promotes that method of childcare. Fostering in a family home environment, whether it is by single parents or another type of fostering, is much better for any child than residential care where the children have social workers coming in to look after them 24-7. I do not want to see the Minister promoting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: There is an anomaly with regard to apprenticeships for children under the age of 18. An apprentice in that category cannot get any payment whatsoever. Can the Minister talk to the Minister for Social Protection? It does not matter what we give these teenagers. If they are aged between 16 and 18 years, they cannot get anything. They did not get anything during the first lockdown. Can the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I have highlighted the matter with the Minister for Social Protection.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: The Minister is welcome to the House. I wish him well in his portfolio. He has taken on the role with gusto. I believe he will make changes to affordable and social housing and I have great confidence in him. I will support the Bill and a number of the proposed amendments. While it gives certainty to those who are renting and bans evictions, my main concern is the ten-day grace period,...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the redaction part of the legislation that the Minister has taken up from Senators Boyhan and McDowell. What happens to the data of an individual who gave a testimony to the confidential committee and is now deceased? Does any individual named in that testimony have access to that data? Are such individuals contacted? How will the victims be contacted for opting in and opting...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. I oppose this Bill, both its spirit and letter. I also oppose the way that it and other measures such as the extension of the sunset clause for Part 3 of the Health Act 2020 and other draconian legislation which underpins this Bill are being railroaded through the Oireachtas...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: The Dáil is still sitting.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I second that proposal.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I second Senator Boyhan's amendment. I am not sure whether we can call the Taoiseach and Tánaiste into this House. It has never been done by any Senator here before. I would like to call them in to account for their chaotic mismanagement of this crisis and to give reasons, backed up with solid evidence, why we are ignoring smarter strategies as we face into level 5 restrictions. This...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions (22 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Thank you. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I strongly object to the extension of the Act conferring power on the Minister to impose lockdown restrictions on the nation from this day until 9 June 2021, as set out in Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020. These repressive measures have been railroaded...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: I want to bring to the attention of the House that this is Tusla National Fostering Week 2020. I implore any parents who may have a space in their home to consider fostering. I raise the issue of the EU's flight travel policy that was voted on this week and that will be voted on by our Government on Tuesday. We are closed for business. We need a debate with the Minister with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Sorry, I cannot use that word. I beg the Cathaoirleach's pardon.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Please forgive me. We are taking up valuable time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: We do not want to be a pimple on the posterior of Europe.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Is the Cathaoirleach saying that I am unladylike?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Thank you kindly.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Oh my goodness. I have run out of time.