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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: Yes, I am seeking a debate. I do not even know if we wish to have a debate on the issue, because I do not know why we are debating on it. I implore us to consider how we are discussing trans rights. Maybe we need to have statements on the fact our trans and LGBT community has been living the fullness of their lives, since gender recognition was introduced here in Ireland and even before...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is great that we are having a conversation about this. I wore my sometimes-dubbed "wacky tabacky" jumper for the occasion. I get lots of comments online about it sometimes. Our view and response to substance use disorders and drug use reveal a lot more about our culture to date, which is slightly changing, than it does about people using...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I move: That Seanad Éireann – recognises that: - there has been an ongoing increase in assaults on healthcare workers; - HSE statistics show that there were 5,593 reported assaults against nursing and midwifery staff between January 2021 and October 2022, which is an under-reporting of the overall amount as it does not include all incidents in section 38 bodies covering the...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in. Our motion is on the safety and welfare of workers in the public health service. It is coming out of a presentation that we had at the health committee. There was a time when our health workers were thought of as smiling, happy people who were there to help us in our time of need. Now, we associate the public health service,...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank everyone for their contributions. This is an emotive issue. There is no way around this. It is trite to say things like "everybody loves nurses" and so on. We talk about these issues in the House all the time, but we must value our healthcare workers. I do not doubt the bona fides of the Senators reflecting on experiences in hospitals in their own areas. It is not just hospitals...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: Before we move on to the third Commencement matter, I welcome a group of councillors from Donegal who I am sure also have lots of thoughts on train lines. They are here for the exceedingly pressing issue of mica. I welcome Councillors Michael McBride, Kevin Bradley, Ian McGarvey, Pauric McGarvey and Niamh Kennedy. I extend a super warm welcome to my Labour Party colleague, Councillor...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Support Services (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: Before I invite the Minister of State to respond, I welcome some potential future Senators and Deputies to the Gallery – students from St. Patrick's College, Lacken Cross, in County Mayo. They are more than welcome. We are delighted to have them join us for our session this afternoon.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Support Services (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: There has been a slight changeover of the guard; more students from St. Patrick's College, Lacken Cross, County Mayo, are in the Gallery. I welcome them. I welcomed their fellow students a few moments ago. As I said, we hope there are a few future councillors, Senators and Deputies among those who are watching, learning and listening.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Sector Pensions (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Sector Pensions (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the visitors to the Public Gallery.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: First, I want to offer my warmest and heartiest congratulations to my good friend, office mate, comrade and party colleague, Senator Rebecca Moynihan and her husband, Barra, on the birth of their daughter, Margot, over the weekend.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: She is absolutely gorgeous and I am utterly besotted with her so I can only imagine how happy and thrilled both of them are. She is just fantastic. I want to raise the issue of what the National One Parent Family Alliance has been saying in the run up to the cost-of-living measures announced today. The alliance highlights, as it always does, how one-parent families are disproportionately...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Chair for letting me come in on behalf of my party colleague, Deputy Sherlock. I thank all the witnesses for the incredible work they have been doing in this area, not only over the past couple of months but for a long time. I recognise loads of faces from other social justice campaigns. I am very happy to be a social justice warrior. It is great thing and we should have more...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: Every single politician or elected representative, indeed every single person, should see what the Far Right Observatory has to say. It is useful in clarifying where we are at, in particular following some of the disappointing comments that were put on record. I am not proud of deportations. Driving that narrative home is very unhelpful at this particular time. I have a lot of thoughts on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: At the weekend, we heard of the horrific death of a young girl, Brianna Ghey, who was trans and whose murder was potentially a hate-motivated crime. Unfortunately, hers is one of many deaths across the world as a result of inadequate policy, advocacy and trans allyship. Between October 2021 and September 2022, there were 327 reported murders of trans and gender diverse people across the...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank Senator Martin for bringing the Bill forward. We in the Labour Party are proud to be signatories of this important legislation. I also thank the Senator for organising an excellent briefing earlier in the audio-visual, AV, room, which covered both the legal perspective and the lived, practical perspective and demonstrated the impact this legislation could have. I do not need to go...

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister, herself a teacher, for coming in. I agree with my colleague, Senator Wall, on our eternal gratitude to our teachers, educators, tutors, assistants and the variety of people who have kept and keep our school systems going, particularly over the past couple of years. I want to briefly touch on a couple of areas. I was scrolling through my inbox to see what kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the officials for coming in. I do not have an enormous amount of questions so I will not be too long. Mr. Watt was not involved at the time of this and that is a very obvious statement to make. The Attorney General, in his report, found the State's strategy to limit its exposure to claims arising from nursing home charges was "sound, accurate and appropriate". Does Mr. Watt think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: Mr. Watt does not have a view himself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: That is fair enough. I have been reading through the Attorney General's report. Mr. Watt may again say he has nothing to add on this, but if the State had such a robust defence I cannot quite marry the two together. Maybe I am repeating things that have been said, that is, that the only reason there were all the settlements was there was not actually as robust a defence as we have been led...