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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I am minded that we are speaking to some specific amendments. What I heard a great deal today, and in previous debates I listened to around these issues, is that this feels like a rehash of almost a decade ago. I will be clear on the record that I trust women and pregnant people every time to make their own decisions. What is interesting about Senator Mullen's...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I propose a change to the Order of Business. I wish to request that we delay by 50 minutes. I am not sure if the Standing Orders allow us to do that with Private Members' business.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I will keep it short. I am delighted to see this Bill pass the Report and Final Stages. I am very proud the Green Party played its part in securing the programme for Government commitment so that on the entire island of Ireland we will now end the campaign of harassment and intimidation against women and pregnant people who wish to seek reproductive and sexual healthcare services. I am...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I second the motion.

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I thank my colleagues for sharing time. I am delighted to take a few moments to speak to the motion. Our specifics asks are clearly articulated in it. I will touch on some of them in a few minutes. A Chamber just up the road had a very similar debate on Monday. If that is not all-island synergy then I do not know what is. It is great to hear. The lead proposer of that motion was Robbie...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Mal O'Hara: I welcome the ambassador and our esteemed guests from Estonia. In my inauguration speech, I said that I wish to be a Senator for all and that I want to amplify voices in the North. The voices I will talk about today are those of people who have experienced drug deaths and of their families. Yesterday, the Northern Ireland Assembly debated a motion on drug deaths, but it was poor and...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

Mal O'Hara: Yes, be nice. This is the end of my second week. I thank the groups and thank the Cathaoirleach for her continued leadership on these issues. I am here to listen and I have listened a lot. I need to go to Belfast and I did say so. This is not a Dublin accent. There are a couple of points I wish to pick up on. Somebody said about politics that you cannot be what you cannot see or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Mal O'Hara: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Dia daoibh, Seanad Éireann. I thank everybody, the staff, the Senators, the elected Members and their staff, who have made me feel exceptionally welcome over the last few days. I am delighted to be here. I thank my Green Party colleagues for the nomination and other parties that, as Senator Boyhan noted, did not contest the election. I believe...