Results 121-140 of 754 for speaker:Annie Hoey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses. This is all fresh in our minds because we had the neurological session last week, so I will not go back into that. Deputy Gino Kenny was asking about the winter plan being shelved. Now it is an all-round, three-year plan. Are there any plans to do that in other areas or sectors? I am thinking of the likes of section 39 agencies. Those are a subset or an outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: That is very helpful for me to understand that the HSE is running annual funding and therefore the way the system rolls down. I had not made the link. I want to ask about two other areas. Mr. Gloster has touched on the GP distribution. I was also down in Clare last week where there were people very upset about accessing GPs, the ten-day wait and so on. I am aware of the rural incentive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I have a particular interest around lung cancer screening. I know a pilot programme with RCSI should be rolled out very soon. Mr. Gloster mentioned consultants. This matter has been raised when the Irish Medical Organisation and other groups have been in here. Certain doctors from certain countries cannot progress to consultant level in Ireland. If they are good enough to work up to a...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: If they want to use my time to answer that question that is okay. It is the representatives' opportunity to speak.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I just have one question. Many of my questions have already been answered in the opening statements by the representatives. I was concerned when the basic income was brought in that there would be these side consequences where people would potentially lose other supports. Ms Conway is right to highlight that we have perhaps missed the boat. While it is better to pre-empt these things or...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank everyone for coming in today. The session today and the previous session have been very interesting in terms of how we ought to diversify our arts community in our communities. There is a lot of discussion around the universal basic income for artists, who that has been working for and who it has not been working for. I would be interested in delving into that in terms of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I want to raise two issues. Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of marriage equality. All of us will recall the campaign and celebration very fondly. There was literally dancing in the streets. It brings to mind the number of disabled members of Irish society for whom marriage equality does not fully exist. This is an issue across the world. Many disabled people, if they get married,...

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

Annie Hoey: Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, or IDAHOBIT, which rolls nicely off the tongue. I am very lucky that I can stand up as a bisexual queer Member of our national Parliament and know there will only be a few knuckle-draggers going on about it online. However, I have a really great filter and will probably not see most of it, so they are really screaming...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion. Tá fáilte roimh mo chara agus mo chomrádaí, Deputy Nash. Tá fáilte mhór roimh na daoine san Áiléar Poiblí, the activists, advocates and agitators from the LGBTQ community, spanning many decades. It is great to have them all in the House for this. I welcome and applaud Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I do not see any other Senators looking to come in, so I invite the Minister of State to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank those who are tuning in online. I also thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am interested in one particular area. Often, these things come from personal knowledge. I have several friends who have MS. Falling has been an issue. They are very well looked after, very comfortably in remission, really well managed and a testimony to the incredible work our medicines can do....

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I wish to speak in support of this amendment. I know a number of amendments have been ruled out of order, which is obviously extremely disappointing, particularly when they refer to a cost on the State. I do not know that we could ever really calculate the full cost of the impact that mother and baby homes had on people's lives. If we are not even going to be able to discuss the amendments...

Seanad: Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Civil Engagement Group for bringing forward this Bill. The Labour Party will be supporting it and voting in favour of it. I agree with my colleague, Senator Warfield, that we would like to see the Bill go to Committee Stage in order that we can pick through the bits that have been outlined as problematic. Sending something to Committee Stage does not send it to the Áras to...

Seanad: Electoral Reform (Amendment) and Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: That is a perfectly reasonable thing to do and for the Bill to go through the various legislative steps and processes. There are ten of them all together before it would have to be signed into law. I am sure it could look just spiffing if we were to allow it got to go through all of that and to get the robust review and examination that any legislation should. We will certainly support it....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is always great to talk about arts and creative spaces and how we can promote that. I have a couple of questions. I reached out through my own arts network of people I know who work or used to work in community arts and for whatever reason have not continued to do so. We all know far too many of those people unfortunately, whether due to Covid-19...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I was not looking at the Arts Council delegation specifically.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: Great.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: I echo Senator Wall's comments thanking our colleague, Senator Sherlock, for the work she has done on this legislation and overall for apprentices and workers. It is an indictment of how we treat apprentices that they are not included in minimum wage legislation. For the first couple of years of some apprenticeships, the pay can be as low as €6.84 or €8.45, which is far off...