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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I wish to be associated with the remarks on John Connor. My sympathies go to his family on the shock and suddenness of his loss which no doubt will be a terrible tragedy to his family and friends and all those who knew him. Over recent days that most elusive of things has occurred, that being that X actually managed to take action on an event that broke its community rules. It was an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank all the witnesses. I am keenly aware that for some of them it is way past midnight at this point so I thank them for their participation. Professor White refers to safety in a lot of what he says. For the purposes of our record and our discussion, it is important for us to begin by defining what safety means and what Professor White means by it because, depending on our various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Not at all. It is no criticism. It is just for all of us to be on the same page.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: That brings me neatly to my consideration of safety from the perspective of our being before legislation or even before articulating a view back to our Parliament in our recommendations. The safety I consider involves things like the robustness of consent. There are other areas we are legislating for at the moment - surrogacy, for instance - and we look for counselling in advance for all...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I will give everyone a moment to settle in.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: How stands amendment No. 50?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 52 and 53 are related and may be discussed by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 54 and 55 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendment No. 56 was ruled out of order.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: You and me both.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: How stands the amendment?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: Amendments Nos. 61 and 62 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jack Chambers, for attending. The foreign births register is a particular register held by the Department of Foreign Affairs and is also known as the citizenship by descent register. Its normal use is in the context of passports being claimed by people who are perhaps the children of Irish citizens living abroad, and it is the method by which they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I really appreciate the Minister of State's reply. An Irish passport is a precious document and there should be no shortcuts in applying for it for people who are abroad and probably already have a passport of the country in which they live. Where a British citizen is seeking an Irish passport on the basis of descent, for example, that is a reasonable proposition. The case I have outlined...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Bodies (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: As someone about to undergo my patent examinations, I am interested in the Minister of State's answer.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the students from Dalkey School Project in Dún Laoghaire. They are guests of Senator Barry Ward and they are very welcome to the Seanad. I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I have come in here on many occasions and advocated for access to fertility. I speak ad nauseam, probably, about surrogacy, but also noting the fact that people with disabilities need access to surrogacy. It has been the consistent theme I have had with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, as we bring through the AHR Bill. That comes from and is prompted in me by the extraordinary work of Selina...

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: We should all declare our agenda.

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thought for a horrible moment I would not get a chance. I have heard both men and women represented here today. When we look at the Constitution, we must consider that it is the overarching document by which the Supreme Court has to make decisions in the interpretation of legislation. Therefore, any legislation that goes through this House gets the...