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Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We might come to them later. They relate the same issue and, therefore, that is why I have commented on them. They relate to the question of what the regulations might be. With respect to the Minister, I am also conscious that there will be different Ministers in the future who will produce regulations. There is always a pressure towards greater and greater surveillance within our public...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 59, lines 4 and 5, to delete “and other data-gathering devices”.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 29: In page 59, line 26, to delete “and other data-gathering devices”.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I acknowledge and welcome the Minister's acceptance of the point we made about the need for a guarantee of regulation, rather than just a possibility of regulation, of data protection in the application of these factors. In that sense, I support and welcome amendments Nos. 30 and 37. Amendment No. 37 is almost an identical version of our amendment, amendment No. 38, but with the placings...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 34: In page 60, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(8A) Cameras operated by or on behalf of a road authority under this section shall not be equipped with facial recognition technology, and no data obtained using such cameras shall be processed by the road authority using facial recognition technology, or be passed to third parties for processing with...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendments Nos. 34 and 40 seek to insert a clear restriction. One question we have is around having clarity on what is included in the description of data-gathering devices. Amendments Nos. 34 and 40 would make clear what is certainly excluded. There would be clear "restrictions on use of facial recognition technology" in conjunction with cameras or data-gathering devices under this Bill....

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The amendments the Minister has just put in may go some way towards amendment No. 40, in that there may be powers. They do not provide an assurance that the powers will not be used in that light at all. It was not addressed whatsoever because while regulations may be made under amendment No. 40, the regulations do not specify it. I draw the Minister to a core principle of Europe, and of...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 38: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on extension of eligibility for work-related payments under Scheme 19. (1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to extend eligibility under section 18(3)for a work-related payment to all...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 39: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on extension of eligibility for provision without charge of health services under Scheme 19.(1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to extend eligibility under section 18(4)for provision without...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I appreciate that the Minister is giving rationales in respect of the enhanced medical card. I do not believe they stand up. If we are talking about what occurs on the basis of need, experience and the commission's report, we must note there are major problems with that report. One of these is that the direct testimony of those who experienced harm in the institutions was not properly...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We might come back to section 50 on Report Stage. My concern in respect of when this aspect will be utilised is founded in the context where I believe other institutions and other care arrangements need to be covered. In that event, it must be ensured that if other institutions are recognised, it is not simply an historical recognition solely but also provides that those who were in those...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 40: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on extension of eligibility for payments and provision without charge of health services under Scheme to mixed-race children placed in other institutions 19.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 41: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on provision of additional payments to those who experienced racial abuse or discrimination 19.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to make provision for supplementary payments, in addition to...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Let us not refer to what is being offered as a "common experience payment". That is what was given in Australia and it had a different set of parameters. The offer under this scheme is not a payment based on experience; it is a general payment based on days of residency. That is what is in the Bill and what is being given. I spoke yesterday about references to an all-encompassing general...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 42: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on provision of additional payments to those who experienced medical experimentation 19. The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to make provision for supplementary payments, in addition to any...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I note that the pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline, which still operates in Ireland, has declined to apologise for its vaccine trials in mother and baby homes between the 1930s and 1970s, despite the company's own documents showing it conducted seven trials at homes during these four decades. It is unacceptable that the scheme does not provide redress for the medical abuse of persons...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Again, we need to do better than regretting that a very large company with a legacy of systemic abuse of the vulnerable does not want to do more. We need to know what we can make them do. I will press my amendment because it refers to one approach. Again, the amendment my colleagues and I tabled yesterday sought the State to examine its legal options. I think that the State does need to...

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recognises: - the important contribution of lecturers, postdoctoral researchers and PhD researchers to teaching and research in our universities and higher education institutions; - that without such a contribution our universities and higher education institutions would not function; - education is a public good and should be treated as such;...

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sharing time with Senator McDowell. These important initiatives and debates allow us to look a little deeper and go a bit wider on important topics. In this case, the motion relates to an issue that affects all our higher education institutions and universities, which Senators McDowell and Mullen and I represent. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to the House. I...