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Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday at 12.30 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I looked for a debate on Irish Water. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to come to the House at his earliest convenience. Senator Dolan spoke about the importance, as we all appreciate, of family businesses throughout the country. Apart from the products or services they produce, they are the backbone of industry in Ireland. Senator Seery Kearney spoke about leaflets, which...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Senator Ward asked for a debate with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on expanding the criteria used for the HEAR programme. We could probably use a debate on the HEAR and DARE programmes. Both are valuable but they have not been reviewed for a long time. They probably need to be updated, so I will try to organise that. Senator Keogan spoke...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding referral to the joint committee of an application for a private Bill to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business in accordance with Standing Order 11 of the Standing Orders relative to private businesses, without debate; No. 2, statement on moving towards zero tolerance of violence against women, to be taken at 12.15 p.m. and to conclude...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I have made such a request a number of times and I obviously did not get a response. Maybe it is because the Minister of State is out with the diaspora, which is probably a good thing, but I will certainly request a statement. I congratulate the community that cherishes the Irish who emigrated to Canada. I did not know about this until I visited Montreal a couple of years ago. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Senator Fitzpatrick spoke about the campaign to save the Corpus Christi Hall in Drumcondra. I wish her well. I will follow up with the Department of Education and see if I can get some response from the Minister on the ongoing negotiations. I am disappointed to hear the situation raised by Senator Gavan is not resolved. I will contact the chair of Rehab today to see what is going on.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Both the Minister responsible for charities and the Minister for Health need to intervene. No State-sponsored or State-supported agency in this country should be allowed to ignore the Workplace Relations Commission. I will come back to the Senator later and give him a call on that. Senator Keogan echoed others' calls for the extension of the 9% VAT rate for hospitality and cited all the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on the amendment of Standing Orders 19 and 65 and the temporary amendment of Standing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for all of the topics they have raised this morning. Senator Horkan is right. I will arrange and request a debate because it very much does feel, not just this year but in recent years, that we are going backwards from some of the huge successes we have had in the reduction of the number of fatalities over the years. We all know the good work the Road Safety Authority...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I will arrange the debate in the next couple of weeks and I hope we will do that. Senator Murphy raised an issue that was raised at our parliamentary party meeting last night. Maybe the momentum has not grown because people are suffering from the cost-of-living crisis on top of their mortgage costs or maybe it is due to the fact that fixed-rate mortgages or interest rates generally in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Absolutely-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: -----but then we go to the argument of how we treat them, not just on international standards but on our own Irish standards. We do not have to look too far to see how we malign them, and that needs to be addressed as well. As for the other issue Senator Clonan raised, I will not stand up here and be duplicitous with him. I do not have enough information yet. What has been released so far...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: We will definitely have the debate the week after next because I am-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I will organise the debate-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: -----but it is hard not to think what Senator Clonan says because somebody somewhere did not do this on his or her own. I found out yesterday that the disability memo did not even come to the Cabinet.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: The Senator makes a very valid point, though-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: Senator Ardagh spoke about supporting refugees but called for a review, as I think others have done, of the international protection process. Senator McDowell made a very valid point on RTÉ on Monday night. There are differences between some of the people who are presenting for international protection. There are different reasons, and we need to acknowledge that. That difference and...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the Seanad of Tuesday 31st, January, 2023, the Seanad on its rising on Thursday, 2nd February, 2023, shall stand adjourned until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 8th February, 2023.