Results 1-20 of 257 for speaker:Keira Keogh
- Committee on Children and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Senator Nikki Bradley. We will now go into private session to consider some housekeeping matters.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: The agenda item for consideration this morning is pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the equality (miscellaneous provisions) Bill 2024. We are joined by David Joyce, equality officer with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; and Ms Rachael Ryan, head of the legal rights unit in SIPTU. We are joined by Rebecca Gorman, head of policy and media with the Irish National...
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Senator Keogan. If the witness would not mind, we do not have any bottles of water, crisps or anything like that with any branding in here.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Mr. Joyce. Ms Gorman and Mr. Honohan are going to deliver the alliance's opening statement.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Ms Gorman and Mr. Holohan. Dr. Begley is next.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Dr. Begley and invite Ms Walsh to deliver her opening statement.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Ms Walsh and invite Ms Barry to deliver her opening statement.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Ms Barry and all of our witnesses for their opening statements and written submissions. It is proposed to publish the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. Before I call on members, I remind everyone that they will be allocated seven minutes' speaking time. This allocation must include the responses from witnesses. If time permits, at the end I...
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: Does the Deputy wish to direct her questions?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: We might leave it for the second round. We will get a second round. Deputy Ó Murchú knows I am rigid with the rules.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: Senator Andrews, I think you have been bumped up. Maybe it is because it is the last day before recess that members are coming and going from lots of committees and meetings.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: One issue I see coming up is that, even for those who manage to get a device, we do not have a mechanism whereby they automatically get a new device if it is broken or if the battery dies. It is a very serious issue. In some schools, the noises of the AAC devices are disturbing other children but those devices are these children's voices. Ms Walsh has been far too quiet so I will come to...
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Ms Walsh. I had picked her up wrong because I thought she saying there should be less time. We are on the same page. I have a brief one minute left. I will be strict on my own time as well as on everybody else's. I really appreciated the personal example Mr. Holohan gave of what happened to his wife. Examples from real life help us, as legislators, in bringing a Bill to life....
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: It was different in the real-life interview.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank Mr. Holohan. I will definitely bring him in again in the second round. We will suspend for five minutes to give everyone a comfort break. We will resume then, and I will find out where everybody is.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: We can consider that in a private meeting. I move to Deputy Aidan Farrelly.
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: I thank the Deputy. She has been in multiple committees, interviews and everything else this morning. As I said to the witnesses, the Houses are busy today and it is no slight on the importance of this topic or how much we value them. Does Senator Andrews want to come in again?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: Is Deputy Ó Murchú indicating?
- Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)
Keira Keogh: There is still time for Mr. Joyce to come in if he wants.