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Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: That is what I am trying to find out. They have not been performed to date.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: Would it all be open there?

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: When they are good, the suggestions are taken on board.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I would like to be associated with the remarks of Senator Conway.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: My last interruption was not an interruption. It was simply to agree with everything Senator Conway said, rather than repeat it, in deference to the people who have been sitting in the Gallery for hours. I congratulate the Minister of State for a job well done. It has taken the Minister of State several hours and I thank her for the work she has put into this Bill, not only the hours she...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I pay tribute to the late Garda Tony Golden, the late Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and the 87 members of the Garda force who lost their lives protecting us. I hope the Bill will do what it is supposed to do and help to put a stop to the revolving door. There is nothing more frustrating than when one's house is burgled because one's home is one's castle. It is protected by the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I wish to comment on the definition of what constitutes a child. I believe different definitions are needed. Let us say two 17 year olds are doing a line. Section 4(1) states, "A person who, for sexual purposes, invites, induces, counsels or incites a child to touch." If a child, in that instance, is defined in the same manner as a child in an instance of paedophilia or whatever, then...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I will be very brief.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: This is a historic day. I thank the Minister of State for bringing this amendment forward. I was not on the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. I thank Senator Bacik and her colleagues on that committee for all they work they have done. I was a member of committee D of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in 2013 when it brought forward a report on human trafficking....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: After the section.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: Like other Senators I wish to comment on the arrest last night of Deputy Mick Wallace and Deputy Clare Daly and particularly their use of the defence of the Nuremberg Principles behind which they are hiding in terms of human rights. If they have proof that Shannon is being used-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I will quote from an article which states that a report of alleged unlawful activity concerning the use of Irish airports has been made to the Garda. The gardaí investigated having ensured, where appropriate, files have been sent to the DPP-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: The Senator does not want to hear this. The spokesperson said that in no case has a direction to prosecute been given. Are Deputies Clare Daly and Mick Wallace accusing the DPP of not doing the job he is charged to do? Specific assurances were sought and received from US authorities by many taoisigh that Shannon was not being used in this way. An agreement for overflight and landing of US...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: They should be deducted from their salaries. I propose that any Deputy, Senator or councillor who owes fined should not stand for election without having paid that fine. We saw where Mick Murphy had to pay his property tax last month because he was selling his house. Everybody who owes any money to the Government should pay. It is a bad example to hide behind the Nuremberg Principles. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I do not care what House he is a Member of; he is giving bad example.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: No. The Nuremberg Principles do not give anybody a right-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I am discussing the Nuremberg Principles, behind which they are hiding, and the declaration of human rights. What I want to discuss is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I am asking for a debate on this, like others, but I am also asking that their fines be deducted from their salaries. They should not stand for election, giving bad election.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Senator Ó Domhnaill wants everything to be done in one fell swoop. While much needs to be done, it must be done by degrees. I welcome the changes being brought about by this Bill in regard to the nomination bodies for Seanad panel member elections. I also welcome the entitlements in regard to postage for Seanad university member...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: -----because when I sat on the officer board of LAMA, I traipsed in here to meet a couple of Ministers on its behalf, although this was not done at the time. LAMA now will have the power to use its nominating right or not. The power will be in the hands of the councillors of LAMA, they can use it or not as they wish, but at least it now will be a designated body. As the Minister of State...