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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Senator Horkan made the point that diplomatic relations are always important. Diplomatic relations have been never more important than now in terms of the relationships that we have with both EU countries and countries outside of the EU. I would like to add my voice of congratulations to Mr. Rodney Walshe who has served as Honorary Consul General in New Zealand. It is quite incredible that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am not being political but I think that the Tánaiste and, indeed, the Taoiseach are saying very important words. They really are calling out the atrocities for what they are. They have called for an immediate ceasefire while giving €13 million to Palestine. I know that every one of us here echoes that, following our debates last week.I thank Senator Boylan for calling that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. O’Leary, Mr. Dolan and Ms Carthy for coming before us. Many of us would have loved an opportunity to have a discussion with Mr. O’Leary about six months ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am sure. It is great that the commission is in place. I wish Mr. O’Leary the best of luck with it. It is good to hear his experience in the Australian Embassy. Best international experience has to inform what we do here also. I am pleased to hear that research can be commissioned and carried out into different areas. Definitely the electoral register, as has been mentioned,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Order of Business is No. 1, Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 3.30 p.m. and to adjourn at 4.55 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 2, Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to adjourn at 6.15 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome Sinéad Byrne, who is interning with me. She is the daughter of the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, and is up here for the week to learn what we do and what her dad does. She is very welcome and I thank her for her help. In terms of responding on the items raised on the Order of Business, Senator Conway called for a debate on flooding. He is disappointed that such a debate...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I send our condolences to the families of Kim Damti and Emily Hand. I think of the families of our Oireachtas colleagues who are working in Palestine and offer condolences to all who have lost family members and friends. The date 10/7 is our new 9/11. The horrific events in New York at that time were the result of a very deliberate and long-planned campaign and so were the events of 7...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome our guests, who are waiting patiently here. It is lovely to see them. Best wishes also for our junior certificate students today. It is a big day for them because they are getting their results. We wish them well in all that is going to be in front of them over the next few years. I refer to the announcement that was made very early yesterday morning - actually, during the...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is very welcome to the House. I want to give a very special welcome to Ballymore Eustace branch of Irish Countrywomens' Association, ICA, and Ms Marie Cooney who organised it, the group's president and sister of Liam Lawlor, former Member of this House. They are very welcome. Mr. Ray Coffey from Newbridge is also very welcome. I call Senator Pauline...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Transport Authority (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is really appreciated. It will not be a surprise to anybody listening in or to anyone in the Chamber, including the Minister of State, that I am speaking about the issue of public transport in Kildare. The population in Kildare has grown in a huge way in the past years. Many people who live in Kildare travel to Dublin for work and for other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Transport Authority (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge the level of funding in terms of the package that has been received for 2024, which is significant. I also accept his clarification that the NTA has statutory responsibility for the regulation of fares. However, as I started off by saying, the short-hop zone in its current format disadvantages commuters living outside of the zone, particularly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you. I know the Cathaoirleach will give me the spare minute that Senator Dooley had left.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: You are very hard on me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: You absolutely are, given I saved your skin earlier during the Commencement debate. On a serious note, it is nine days since the horrific Hamas attack. The scenes that are unfolding on our screens, phones and televisions and reported in newspapers are shocking in terms of the atrocities that have been committed, the children who have been murdered and the people who have been held hostage....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I have 25 seconds and I want to speak about the importance of supporting section 39 workers.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: So the Cathaoirleach is giving me four seconds. . An Cathaoirleach:No, I am not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: So the Cathaoirleach is not giving me anything.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: You are having a row.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am not allowed to speak any more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank all the witnesses for continuing this difficult and very complex conversation. There is a huge weight of responsibility on us, as members, in listening, learning and balancing all the information. Outside of the ethical and legal areas, the lived experience of those who, sadly, are dying, family members and doctors is really important. The latter are at the coalface in witnessing...