Results 121-140 of 1,617 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----has been-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: In all honesty, he has been a very good Minister for women’s health-----
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: -----but this is a step too far in the context of civil rights and protesting, particularly if people decide they want to protest peacefully and calmly outside health centres.
- Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Amendment No. 2 provides for the opt-out for general practitioners who do not wish their GP surgeries to automatically become a safe access zone by notifying the Minister for Health. We know that most GPs do not want to provide abortion and the majority are not offering abortions at the moment by exercising their right to conscientious objection. Therefore, I find the automatic inclusion in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I thank the Chair. Mr. O'Leary is very welcome. I congratulate him on his position. I have a number of questions for Mr. O'Leary - seven in total. First, with local and European elections being held on the same day, can Mr. O'Leary outline how it is ensured that an individual votes only in the elections he or she is entitled to vote in? Second, has the Electoral Commission had difficulty...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: The Electoral Commission is essential to what information is out there in the public domain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: How do we know it is going to be regulated if we are not allowed to ask those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Can I rephrase the question? I need to know what the Electoral Commission's role is in all of this. If there is misinformation being given by a particular party, what is the Electoral Commission's role in correcting that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: How does the Electoral Commission endeavour to call out disinformation in all cases, but, specifically, in relation to disinformation being disseminated by, let us say, the Government of the day? How can individuals have confidence in the integrity of any election when Ministers have been flagged for disinformation in relation to what the particular amendments might say, in particular this-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Okay. In future elections, would the claim, for instance, that Fine Gael claims to be the party of homeownership-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Can that be considered disinformation as this claim is false?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am looking to see what the-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I am looking to see what the remit-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: Yes, I did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: That is correct. Thank you very much for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: We need to find out what the role of the Electoral Commission is in future elections.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: That is censorship.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)
Sharon Keogan: I will try my best to phrase them in a way that is appropriate to you, Chair.