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Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Before we return to the Minister of State, I thank Senator Higgins for bringing the Bill to the House today. My daughter in the UK runs a public procurement platform for social enterprises. I am pleased, therefore, that section 6 deals with social enterprises and social inclusion.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: In accordance with the Order of the Seanad today, the House stands adjourned until 10.30 a.m. on Monday, 29 March 2021 in the Dáil Chamber.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is always good to have the opportunity to address him in person. I acknowledge his job is no easy task at the best of times, not to mention during the circumstances pertaining since he took office. He inherited the responsibility for a health service that had, for years, suffered from a lack of capacity in key areas such as ICU. I note that the...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Tell me what I said that was wrong.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: It is censorship.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: On a point of order, I have been referred to by two Senators this afternoon.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Two Senators referred to me.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I am glad the Government is actually cognisant that we have an emergency.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: We appreciate that.

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad. I addressed the Minister for Health earlier on the Covid-19 vaccination programme. I commented on the state of progress with the vaccination programme and made fair comments about well-publicised flaws and delays in it, as well as speaking about the state of the nation in lockdown. I spoke about the effects of the policy of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement: Mr. David O'Sullivan (30 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Investor protections are a component of more than 3,000 international trade agreements, the vast majority of which have some form of neutral arbitration. The United States is party to at least 50 such trade agreements but has only faced 13 ISDS cases and never lost a case. Many of the criticisms levelled at these settlements are in the areas of maintaining states' regulatory capacity and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement: Mr. David O'Sullivan (30 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I apologise, I thought the Chair had forgotten about me. I thought the Chair was doing a round-table and assumed he was coming to me. Is it correct that CETA clarifies that governments may change their laws regardless of whether this may negatively affect the investment or the investor's expectations of profits? CETA includes an appeals mechanism which allows the correction of errors. Whom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Who appoints that appeals tribunal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: Is it correct that CETA clarifies that governments may change their laws regardless of whether this may negatively affect the investment or the investor's expectations of profits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement on Irish-Canadian Trade and Relations: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: What about geographic indication?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I warmly welcome the Minister. As she will be aware, one of the many repercussions of the lockdown policies has been the dramatic increase in the incidence of domestic violence, with vulnerable women and children bearing the brunt of it. In light of this, I will put a few issues and questions to the Minister for her consideration. I have heard reports that the family law system further...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence Policy (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank the Minister and extend every good wish to her and her husband, Paul. I wish for them a safe and healthy birth of their child. I thank Dr. Evelyn Parsons in Ballinasloe for highlighting this issue to me. She was instrumental in my decision to raise this matter today. Local authorities are very much involved in sourcing funds for women who are suffering to move out of dangerous...

Seanad: Children Amendment Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (19 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I am very grateful for the opportunity to make a few comments on the Final Stages of this Bill, which was drafted and introduced in the Seanad by my Independent colleague, Senator McDowell. I acknowledge his diligence, expertise and sterling work on the Bill. He engaged with the Minister for Justice and her Department to ensure that this matter was addressed as quickly as possible. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Industrial Policy Priorities, including Vaccine Production and Digital Transformation: Discussion with Commissioner Thierry Breton (20 Apr 2021)

Sharon Keogan: How far are we from a digital euro currency?