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Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...role that both women and men play in all spheres of public and private life. The amendment proposed is not just symbolic. It will have real legal significance. It will be significant for people like Tracy Carroll, who I met last week when launching the Family Carers Ireland campaign for a “Yes” vote. Tracy said: Caring for both my children is a labour of love, but it's...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...in the Constitution. Their work, love and attention should be acknowledged in the Constitution. We should embrace the fact that the State has moved on. Men are embracing their roles as fathers, carers and minders in their homes. They pick up the kids with their scrapes, do the school runs and all of these things. When I was growing up that never happened. There were never any men at...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...many other things suggest we are moving in that direction. We cannot make a change to the Constitution without clarification from the Government and all of us that where we are recognising the role of carers, we are in no way saying that people with disabilities or disabled persons are the responsibility of their families. They are holders of human rights in and of themselves and have...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ..., and that care should be recognised and valued both within the home and the wider community. The Joint Committee on Gender Equality took that up and explored it. There was pretty extensive engagement with carers, women’s groups and groups representing disabled people. This has all been said in the Lower House by my Labour Party colleagues, but I feel there was cross-party...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...reference. It was widely acknowledged by the citizens' assembly that the role of caregiving deserves to be recognised and valued by our society. Those are the bonds that hold us together. Currently carers are not respected or valued by the State. Every day we hear stories of carers who go about their thankless job of caregiving. They are often exhausted, worn out and cannot get...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Aisling Dolan: ...opening statement that this amendment is to recognise caring as a public good. I highlight that from what I have seen in my experience, and I am aware much has been done around pension provision for long-term carers particularly for the Minister, Deputy Humphrey's area of social protection as well, there are so many areas we need to improve. They are already there but when it comes to...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...is coming from the Government itself. The establishment narrative has been that this is a historical chance to get rid of sexist and outdated wording in the Constitution, give wider recognition to carers and modernise the definition of a family following the now very tired Government playbook of portraying itself as being the leading global figure on the cutting edge of any and all...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Emer Currie: ...like Iceland, which have a required timeframe for sharing parental leave. It is about the Minister looking at his work-life balance Bill and not just introducing flexible work for parents and carers because my concern is that the people who will take that will still be women. In order to democratise flexible work, you must normalise it. We should be looking to countries like Finland...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Marie Sherlock: ...Yes" because I believe it strengthens our hand with regard to those who are providing care in the home. If nothing else, it strengthens our hand to go out and ensure that we can see changes to the carer's allowance and move to a situation where it is no longer means-tested and is available to all those who provide care on a full-time basis or that we can press ahead with greater changes...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Gerard Craughwell: ...Senator Sherlock has just talked about - we are expecting that some sibling will take over the reins and continue to look after somebody who is severely disabled? I am really shocked that Family Carers Ireland has supported this because it gives the State the ability to say, "Sure, we tried. We made an attempt." As the person who feels the State did not try or make an attempt, where do...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...politics from the Government. It holds out to people the prospect of getting rid of, apparently, a sexist reference to women only in the context of home duties. It holds out the prospect of giving long overdue recognition to carer but what did it do? It proposes to give us a watery clause on care that means nothing and to get rid of any reference to mothers and the privileging of their...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...rights of others, particularly the rights and autonomy of people with a disability. It is very important to say that the word "care" has been used here. A lot of people have been saying we are elevating carers over others. The word "carer" is not stated in the new Article 42B. The word "care" is used. That has been chosen very deliberately to make it clear that we are committed to...