Results 661-680 of 12,031 for speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion to approve Ireland’s opt-in to an EU measure on hate crime and hate speech, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and to conclude at 2 p.m., with the opening contribution of the Minister not to exceed five minutes, the contributions of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than five minutes to reply.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: A number of colleagues have raised Ukraine this morning. I wish to note two things, the first being the pregnant lady. I agree with Senator Sherlock in that I do not think that photograph will ever be erased from my mind. I note also the very elderly lady who was being carried away in a blanket by two soldiers and the sheer fear on her face. The gentleman on this morning’s...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Government will do what it can. I agree completely with colleagues that we need to do more. What really worries me is to see somebody as practical and prudent as the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, which we all know he is, as worried as he was yesterday. It tells me there is far more pain to come. The display of greed we saw in this country yesterday and the day before was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements to mark International Women's Day 2022, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude at 2.15 p.m., with the opening contribution of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes and those of all Senators not to exceed six minutes, with the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, statements on brain health and dementia, to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: Senator O'Reilly asked a question and will not even stay for the answer.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I did not expect to be called so soon to respond. The last speaker, Senator Boyhan, raised mink farming, but Senator Pauline O'Reilly - in some strange tones - expressed her concerns publicly this morning on the drawn out delay, month after month, with the animal health and welfare Bill. I was here last Thursday debating it, as I am sure all of my colleagues were. As Senator Boyhan says,...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Acting Chairperson for her commitment to this particular topic. It is very evident that she cares about it. I also acknowledge the Minister of State's dedication and commitment. What she said she would do before she was Minister of State and what she has done match each other perfectly. Her determination to do even better says an awful lot about her. I thank her. At the risk...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: Bualadh bos. The ambassador, Ms Karadjova, is very welcome. I thank her for visiting. I wish her, all the citizens of Bulgaria and all the Bulgarian Irish citizens who are part of our community here a very happy national day. The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the earlier signature of the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022, to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and Senator Carrigy. I will pass on his comments to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine today because I fear that in order for us to be effective in our sanctions against Putin and Russia it will certainly have an impact on the economies of all the European countries and indeed the western world. How to plan for that is what the Senator is...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: First Meetings of Joint Committee on Autism and Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: That— (a) the Joint Committee on Autism, and (b) the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy, may meet, notwithstanding the fact that in advance of the first meetings of each Committee, the full membership of either has not yet been appointed.

Seanad: Support for Ukraine: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recalls: - that in the first Article of Bunreacht na hÉireann the Irish nation affirmed its inalienable, indefeasible, and sovereign right to choose its own form of Government, to determine its relations with other nations, and to develop its life, political, economic and cultural, in accordance with its own genius and traditions; - that...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Linda Ervine to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am unfortunately in the position of not being able to speak Irish, but I have to say that was one of the most humbling addresses I have ever witnessed in the 11 years I have served in the Oireachtas. I thank you so much for coming, Linda, for sharing your experience and journey, and for your humbleness to how you approached the conflict and anger you experienced over the past ten years....

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: Notwithstanding that all of the amendments have been ruled out of order because they impose a charge on the State, very similar amendments were presented to the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, when we last sat. I cannot speak for everybody, but when we suspended that day, the Minister of State told us that she would come back and provide a response to the spirit of what the Members were...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for his response but I have absolutely no interest in being involved in negotiations and I am sure nobody else here does. We are certainly not going to do so in this House, in the Dáil or in a committee room. However, I do acknowledge that there are workers who do not think what is being offered to them is fair. We also have three farmers who absolutely refute the...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 March.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: A chairde, at the end of the Order of Business I will ask you to join me in passing a motion for the expression of sympathy on the death of our former colleague, John A. Murphy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, including the recent report of Amnesty International, to be taken today at 4.45 p.m. and to conclude at 6.30 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, the contributions of group spokespersons not to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: Senator Dolan was right to highlight the welcome business funding that was announced today and the Skillnet expansion, which is welcome and timely. I thank Senator Ward for bringing to the attention of the House that the Minister for Health met representatives of the Irish Thalidomide Association yesterday. The Senator said it better than I can when he said that this issue has gone on for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am here and I am free. It is a question of whatever is acceptable. Thursday is probably the earliest day on which we could bring the motion before the House. We will go ahead this evening and have our statements and let people express their views with the intention then to have a joint and, it is to be hoped, a unanimously agreed motion the day after tomorrow. Senator Seery Kearney is...