Results 121-140 of 1,862 for speaker:Mary Seery Kearney
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: They are obstructing it. This is very serious.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: We have a right to know. If the Leader and the Chief Whip and Members-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: -----are obstructing the business of the House-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: -----they deserve to be held to account for it.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I will not.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Out of respect for the Cathaoirleach, I will but, with due respect, what is going on here is obscene.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Senator Warfield is in possession. Let him finish his point.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: We need to allow the Member in possession to speak.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: As the Chair, I will do the welcoming. The Senator sent a message to me. Senator Clifford-Lee has already made her contribution to the debate.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: You have already made your contribution.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I am not taking anything out of you, with due respect. I am the Chair, thank you. You have made your contribution-----
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Under Standing Orders, you have made your contribution. Thank you. I am very glad to welcome Senator Ardagh's friends here today. They are Lorcan O'Connor, Claire O'Connor, Betty Sheerin, Seamus Sheerin, Padraic McShea and Garrett McShea. They are all very welcome to the Gallery. The other people in the Gallery are also welcome. No doubt the usher can inform me as to who they are. The...
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Green Party Senators. This is a worthy motion deserving of all of our support. I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I rise with extremely good news. In the past three and a half years, while I have been here, I have regularly spoken about the families who have been created through surrogacy, children born by surrogacy and the future children to be born by surrogacy. I am pleased that the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, has brought the legislative amendments to the Health (Assisted Human...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the witnesses for their considered opening statements. Following Professor Watson's comment on the Spice Girls I interpret that next paragraph as questioning whether we should create a right for Irish people to autonomously be able to seek help to end their lives at a time of their choosing, to improve the number of people who are unable to live until they die, knowing that there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: When we talk about the alleviation of suffering, that would be the motivation of members of this committee and of those who are very firmly in the "Yes" camp. That is what I hear every time Deputy Gino Kenny asks questions. Is it that the definition of suffering can then be abused or challenged from a human rights perspective to open access to far more than was ever intended?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Suffering is such a subjective experience.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I am rushing from another meeting so that is why I am not there in person. I did not want to miss my slot. I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and their contributions so far today. I also thank them most sincerely for the ongoing work they do. Ms Grogan has been particularly brilliant to me personally on a couple of things I needed to run past her. The Fine Gael...