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Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: The Seanad shall meet in the Dáil Chamber at 10.30 a.m. on Friday, 23rd October, 2020 and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (b) there shall be no Order of Business; (c) the business to be taken shall be confined to the items set...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (23 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: ...That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Eireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (10 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: Maternity Benefit is a payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed pregnant women who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions in order to avoid the need for them to work pre and post-delivery of their baby. The rate of payment was increased to €235 per week from March 2017. In 2017 it is estimated that my Department will spend...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I do not think I am going to change the Minister's mind. I understand the Minister is saying that changing the language means there will be interventions which will protect the woman's pregnancy or the person's pregnancy. By association, we are supposed to assume or come to the conclusion that this means we would be intervening to protect the life of the baby. Have we become so politically...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Minister is saying the AHD is silent and the current law after 12 weeks would allow he interventions to protect the life of the child distinctly, differently and separately to the life of the mother. What has legally changed since we felt the need and the Attorney General in 2015 would have felt the requirement to put in the exact clause that we are now taking out, which specifically...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business No. 1, motion regarding the eighth report of the Seanad Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; and No. 2, statements on the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, to be taken at 4.40 p.m., or 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Order of Business, whichever...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: The Minister is saying the reason that it is not required is that we now have primary legislation that determines how healthcare services will treat babies older than 12 weeks and, therefore, it is implied by other legislation that a baby that has been in gestation for longer than 12 weeks will be protected regardless of whether it is silent in the AHD or of specific requests by the mother in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Regina Doherty: .... 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Monday, 22 February 2021, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion on the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) Regulations 2021, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, motion on the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 2)...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: The Order of Business is No. 1, Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 – Second Stage, postponed division, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and Committee and Remaining Stages to be taken at 12 noon, or 15 minutes after the conclusion of No. 4, whichever is the later; No. 24, motion 5,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Regina Doherty: ...; No. 2, motion regarding the reappointment of the Ombudsman for Children, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; No. 3, statements on the Covid-19 vaccine programme, to be taken at 2 p.m. and to conclude at 4 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less...

Seanad: Sittings Arrangements: Motion (7 Oct 2020)

Regina Doherty: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1) the Seanad shall meet in the Seanad Chamber at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 8th October, 2020, and the following arrangements shall apply: (a) Commencement matters shall be taken in accordance with Standing Order 29; (b) Standing Order 30 shall stand suspended; (c) There shall be no Order...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) (Certificate of Life) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Acting Chairperson and the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, for coming to the Chamber today and for his interventions in the Minister's speech. The bizarre nature of the response would probably be okay if this was the first time that the Department and its officials had ever had any sight of this. I spent a privileged four years in the Department and there are very large...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (17 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan T.D., announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under the new arrangements, in addition to the current 26 weeks of paid maternity leave a mother will be entitled to an additional period of maternity leave and benefit where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (24 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under the new arrangements, in addition to the current 26 weeks of paid maternity leave a mother will be entitled to an additional period of maternity leave and benefit where...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (19 Oct 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 245 together. On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan T.D., announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under the new arrangements, in addition to the current 26 weeks of paid maternity leave a mother will be entitled to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (7 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 1187 together. On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan T.D., announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under the new arrangements, in addition to the current 26 weeks of paid maternity leave a mother will be entitled to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (5 Dec 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for maternity leave which is provided for in the 1994 and 2004 Maternity Acts. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has responsibility for the associated social welfare payment of maternity benefit as provided for in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). On 3 October 2017 I, together with my...

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: Tuesday’s business shall be No. 3, motion re amendment of takeback date for motions re legal acts in the justice area and insolvency proceedings; No. 4, Revised Estimates (back from committee); No. 11, Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 12, Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017 - Second Stage (resumed). Private...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Administration (28 Nov 2017)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 648 and 651 together. The Department of Justice and Equality have responsibility for maternity leave which is provided for in the 1994 and 2004 Maternity Acts. My Department has responsibility for the associated social welfare payment of maternity benefit which is provided for in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended). In 2017 it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Regina Doherty: ...some genuine concerns raised with regard to how the process would be carried out differently in some of the smaller hospitals around the country versus some of the larger hospitals in our cities and in Dublin. The delegation addressed the matter but raised more concerns for me after two of the witnesses this afternoon addressed certain things. Dr. McCaffrey spoke about introducing a new...