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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I will not be accepting the amendment to the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin spoke about the call by the Taoiseach yesterday, working with the Spanish Government, for a review of the trade agreement between the EU and Israel. She asked that the Commission take note of that call. It is a vital call and a very suitable intervention when innocent civilians are being butchered. We need...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am very proud that we led that call yesterday with Spain. I also welcome the decision by the Tánaiste to make a commitment to allocating funding of €20 million to UNWRA. He is satisfied, on behalf of the State, that it should be done. The money is needed to support the civilian population in Gaza. I join Senator O'Loughlin in congratulating Professor Michael O'Flaherty on...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024: Motion for Earlier Signature (15 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I completely support the motion. In a way I regret that it is needed. It has certainly been a very long two years and quite horrific. There are invitations in and I have already committed to events on the weekend of 24 February. As of today, how many thousands are dead? How many homes have been destroyed? How many lives have been completely and utterly destroyed? While we are all...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome to the Gallery the visitors from the Men's Shed in Kells, County Meath, as well as the women's group from Claudy. They are very welcome to the Seanad.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is great. I thank the witnesses. The content this afternoon has been fascinating. When I first came into the Oireachtas, I used to feel that if I raised issues like this, people would look around and wonder where my tinfoil hat was because my thinking seemed so catastrophic. I have been on a campaign to have no smartphones. I do not believe children should have smartphones. I...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yes. It is.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yes, they were announced this afternoon.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: In movies from the 1950s, the promotion of smoking was so blatant that how prevalent it was is shocking now to the senses. A journey had to happen to say it was dangerous and that had to be proven in court and so on. I think we need regular warnings on social media to say this is an issue for mental health but getting to that place, whether through litigation or otherwise, has to happen in...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is an incredible honour to speak about John Bruton and to say he was the leader of my tribe. Senators McGahon and Ahearn have spoken about that sense of family in our party. Before I was a member of Fine Gael, I admired John Bruton as a politician and a man of great integrity, intellect and conviction. He gave hope to a generation of us who came out of school with very little hope, very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I extend my welcome to the group here with the President of Tynwald, the honourable Laurence David Skelly. They are all very welcome to this Chamber. I rise to ask the Leader a question regarding the schedule of debates in this House. On 14 December, we saw Second Stage of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill. The Bill has completed its passage through...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State and he is very welcome to the House. I also welcome this Bill about which we have spoken on a number of occasions. The fact is that depending on where you are lucky or unlucky enough to be born, and the family into which you are born, you either have a lifetime of opportunity rolled out in front of you, with parents, families and networks supporting a life...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: acknowledges that: - family carers provide a vital contribution in our society by the provision of care for their loved ones; - family carers provide this care at considerable personal cost in terms of their own lives and choices; - in 2020, the Irish Health Survey showed that there were over 500,000 family carers in Ireland and of that,...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Is that an allegation?

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: How do I follow that? Well done. I am very proud to have worked with Deputy Rabbitte as Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities and I absolutely stand by her. There is real ambition here. There is an understanding of what should be and what can be. There is no point in anybody standing up here and pretending that things can be fixed overnight but they can be set on a route...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Fees (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: This is an extremely pertinent issue. Well done, Senator.