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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (17 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister of State. The junior cycle book scheme was published on 5 March 2024. It provides free books to second level students up to junior certificate, excluding fee-paying schools. Under Article 42.4 of the Constitution, the State has a duty to supplement and give reasonable aid to private and corporate educational initiatives. To the extent that reasonable aid is...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...suffer not just as a result of increased business costs, but also due to the costs imposed and initiatives created by this Government.The Government's increased cost of business grant offers €257 million for small and medium-sized businesses. Given that there are 143,000 rateable businesses in Ireland, when this fund is divided out, just under €1,800 will be available per...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Sharon Keogan: At 7 a.m. on Friday morning, I was awakened by the news of the €8.9 million lotto win in Duleek, my town. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, the chatter was all about who had won the money and the rumours of the winners swarmed around the town with great excitement. However, about 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., it went quiet as reports came in about Creeslough. No more talk of the lotto...

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I want to go through some points with her that the Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland has asked me to raise with her today. There is €25 million for the live entertainment sector for 2022 in the budget and an additional €25 million was secured on the announcement of the most recent restrictions, which effectively closed the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (6 Oct 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...carrying out functions under the Act. However, we are again trotted into this Chamber to rubber stamp the extension of this outrageous Act because the Government wants it just in case. On 5 October last year, there were 518 cases; this year, there were 1,124. On 5 October last year, not a single person in the world had been vaccinated; now, 7.4 million vaccines have been received in...

Seanad: Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Sharon Keogan: .... We all know the challenges that we must face as a people and as a nation. We all know what we need to do to protect ourselves and mandatory hotel quarantining is part of that. As nearly 5 million vaccines have been administered, which the Minister has overseen, we have to think about where this will end. England will lift its restrictions on Monday. Similarly, Scotland will move to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (21 Jun 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...-based minor ailment schemes have been introduced throughout the UK to reduce the burden of minor ailments on high-cost settings, including general practices and emergency departments. Some 24 million consultations take place in Irish general practice each year and more than 1 million consultations in out-of-hours co-operatives. With Irish GPs receiving €551 million from the HSE...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...this Irish saying from our schooldays. Indeed, there is great wisdom and merit in that saying. However, praise can only do so much. The youth of Ireland need support, especially as we emerge from 14 or 15 months of rolling lockdowns that have affected them severely. Fifteen months is a long time in anyone's life, particularly a child or a young person. Young people are at a crucial...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...he had put to it on the consequences of its advice. Regarding consequences, the Minister and the Government need to take note that the Irish Hospital Consultants Association is predicting that almost 1 million people will be on hospital waiting lists by the end of this year. These are people with serious and life-threatening conditions, cardiovascular disease, cancer and many other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...by the EU in procuring vaccines and has it rectified this? That is very important for a country like Ireland that is on the periphery of the EU. I am asking that this morning on behalf of our 5 million people on this island.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...yesterday that illustrates how appalling the progress of our vaccination programme has been compared with that of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, our nearest neighbour.We have vaccinated only 5% of our population with the first dose of an approved vaccine whereas in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, they have vaccinated over 23% with at least one dose. That is over 15 million...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions (22 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: ...and increase the suffering of everyone. When is the Government going to learn this lesson? Is it when the people and the State are both broke? Our current hospital waiting lists stand at 1 million people, that is, 1 million people are waiting for a procedure or to see a consultant. Let that sink in. The Government is doing its best to ensure the State and small Irish businesses go...