Results 81-100 of 745 for speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: Ahead of these statements, I canvassed Labour Party members, both councillors and local area representatives, to get their feedback. I also spoke to a few people who are not members of the Labour Party, which should put the spooks up some of the other parties in that we canvassed far and wide to get an idea of what people are experiencing. I would need an hour to go through all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I hope the witnesses can hear me okay as I am tuning in from my office. I thank them for their extraordinarily comprehensive and insightful opening statement and contributions throughout. They are all volunteers yet they are the leading source of information in this area in Ireland. Listening to them has been excellent. Nearly all the questions have been asked at this point. Every week...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: As an out political woman - although I prefer the term activist - it is great to be able to respond to an out leading light of the LGBT community. Often when we hear news from the United States, it can be depressing. Sometimes we are watching one of the world's largest democracies fade away. That is why it is important that we hear from governors such as Governor Healey who is not afraid...

Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: As I think every Senator here has spoken and I do not see any other Senators wishing to commence I will go to the Minister of State, who has 15 minutes.

Seanad: EU Migration: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: Senator O'Loughlin moved an amendment on behalf of the Government. Is the amendment agreed to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses; this has been really interesting. Is it possible for us to get to a point of truly voluntary decisions when we would nearly have to live in a utopia for that to be so? I truly mean this in the least facetious way possible. Is that possible without living in a utopian society where there is no class division or poverty and where every single person has access to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: Yes. As we trudge towards this ideal utopia, does Dr. Campbell think it is possible for us to create a system that would function? We do not have to reach the entirely flawless zenith of humanity, so to speak, but we can do this as we currently are. We are discussing mental health and the influence that may have and then the influence of the person looking at that distressed person. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: It will probably surprise no one that I am going to use my time to talk about Pride and the celebrations, protest and remembering that are coming up this weekend. It is a great honour every time I am able to stand up here as an out Member of our Parliament, to not be afraid to say that and to be proud to be a member of a great community. When we are talking about Pride and the progress we...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I support the amendment. Last week I was on "The Late Debate" and I was very surprised at the number of people who messaged me afterwards to say they did not realise that some people in mother and baby homes were subject to vaccine trials. They did not realise the extent of the ill-treatment of mixed-race children and their families. They were surprised that they were not included in the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have two simple questions. First, are there any other examples of the Supreme Court noting that there is no right to something unless the Oireachtas legislates for it and then the Oireachtas subsequently legislating for it? Is this the first example of us doing that? I should possibly have sent on the question beforehand so the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: Let us go back to the concept of the protection of life. How far does that go in the Constitution? How far does that push us as legislators? We asked this earlier. There is scholarly thinking around how we do not do things that ensure that in every way possible. Is there an interpretation of that in the context of the expectation on the Oireachtas or is it the idea more up in the sky? ...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: The issue I wish to raise today which I know is of concern to a lot of people is the closure of Tara Mines, albeit perhaps temporarily. I have been contacted by a number of people, both people who work there and have worked there. Councillor Paddy Meade has spoken to me about it. There is very much a direct connection with the impacted workers. These things are happening not just in...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I am not going to speak for terribly long on this issue. As I believe this is, though, the last time we will address this matter, I feel I should speak on it. I am acutely aware that with every day that passes, time is slipping away from those who had their lives cruelly and irrevocably changed, and sometimes even destroyed, by this brutal regime that the State willingly supported. These...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister back. I cannot believe she has slipped, hyper fluid, into our national Statute Book already but I suppose one should never doubt a busy woman with a lot of focus. As others have said, we have a version of hate crime legislation but the term "toothless" has been used a number of times in reference to the 1989 Act. Ireland is an outlier currently, with reported hate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I do not wish to echo what previous speakers have said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I will not go over what everyone has said about the importance of the work we are doing on this committee. I know Marie Fleming and her work have been mentioned a number of times. We would also be remiss not to acknowledge Vicky Phelan, who wished to see this introduced, and who unfortunately is not here today. She entrusted it to others to follow her will on what she would like to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: We can work a way that does not preclude someone like Marie Fleming in her situation. We could include a clause such as the exclusion on disabilities grounds. There is a way forward. It struck me that I would hate for us to do work here, which would effectively undo something like Marie Fleming's case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I thank Ms Gibney. It is really helpful, in particular for people listening in, to be able to tease those two out.