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Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...we received.I would very much like to find a way to have a Bill which would allow unfettered access to information for those adults in the way Senator Bacik and other colleagues have proposed which echoes the desires of the advocates who represent the people who have been adopted. If we could find that way together and it was acceptable to the Attorney General in the interpretation of the...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...regarding Maurice McCabe that there could be a serious risk to the health and welfare of children. The report of HIQA's statutory investigation was published in June 2018 and its findings are echoed in the tribunal's report. The Cavan-Monaghan area was looked at by HIQA once the tribunal had finished its work. It is no surprise that the action plan to address the finding of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Travel (13 Apr 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ..., trade, study and tourism. I emphasised that the Irish Government continued to prioritise the plight of the undocumented Irish in the USA. At the annual St Patrick’s Day Breakfast in South Boston, I echoed the Taoiseach’s comments on the history of Irish emigrants to the USA. Flights taken and other incidental costs incurred, including for my Private Secretary,...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...we have not lived up to these values and there is much work ahead to redeem and give meaning to them. That brings me to the question of how best we can do this. Calls for the establishment of a truth commission are in line with and echo the approach I outlined to the House as one possible approach just two weeks ago. However, I have significant concerns that the motion put forward seems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 40 – Department of Children and Youth Affairs (5 Oct 2016)

Katherine Zappone: ...'s Vote totals €1.117 billion. This is made up of €1.088 billion in current funding and €29 million in capital. The composition of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Vote largely echoes the priority areas we will be discussing today. The largest portion of the allocation, a sum of €679 million, relates to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Alert Programme: Muintir na Tíre (4 Nov 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the witnesses, thank them for the presentation and echo the positive comments from Deputy Mac Lochlainn and Senator Bacik about the organisation over the years. It has been super. The first recommendation is the establishment of a special purpose committee to examine rural crime. Has the group made a formal request to the Department for this or was that in the formal presentation...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I also echo the sentiments and best wishes to Senator Jimmy Harte on his retirement. They are sleeping in tents in Tallaght. These are people who often through no fault of their own are not only without a home but are also without shelter. We have a shelterless crisis as well as a homelessness crisis. Reports this week are that 50 families a day are without emergency accommodation in...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Katherine Zappone: I echo Senator Bacik's call for a debate on quantitative easing, which I also raised last week. The Greek election of the Syriza party into government is another prime marker of the surge of people power in democracies and its resulting impact on the exercise of politics and the use of power. These are shifting dramatically and creativity is being unleashed. As Irish people and as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Appointment of Members of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (22 Oct 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Minister for attending to address the joint committee on the motion. I echo the Chairman's comments on the process. The people the Minister is proposing to appoint are excellent choices and a great leader has been chosen as Chief Commissioner. We look forward to their being able to move forward in their planning process. I commend the fact that the Government had no role in...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Katherine Zappone: ...and concepts expressed in this Bill and in the Government's Bill which has priority in being drafted. Other Senators picked up on this and I am most grateful that the positive sentiments echoed by the Minister for Justice and Equality were also echoed by my fellow Senators. I appreciate the fact people attended the launch of the Bill and the briefing. I knew what Senator Quinn meant...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to echo the Acting Chairman's eloquently stated sentiments in welcoming the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, in her new portfolio. That role is so appropriate for her. The Bill that I have such a privilege to introduce this afternoon was inspired by the voices of people with disabilities in Ireland. Those voices are telling stories of loving relationships...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I echo my colleagues' congratulations. The presentation represents extraordinary learning as well as creativity on the part of those involved. Just the way they spoke, the power of their voices and the way they began and ended - all of that adds to the impact of what they do. I congratulate them. I have one or two questions. When they ended their presentation, I was thinking about where...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Katherine Zappone: I echo the sentiments expressed by Senator Whelan in respect of the actions of and negotiations entered into by our Government, the EU and the US with regard to the terrible events that are happening in Russia and Ukraine. I take this opportunity to wish the couple of women who are present, and also the men, happy International Women's Week. Senators may have thought it was just a single day...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Katherine Zappone: ...Bacik mentioned, I wish to confirm with the Leader that this report from the Constitutional Convention will be debated in the Seanad. Second, I refer to a question I will have for the Leader. I echo the dismay expressed by allies, institutions and governments all around the globe and state categorically that I regard the long-threatened anti-same-sex legislation signed into law yesterday...

Seanad: Political Reform: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Katherine Zappone: ...so soon after our other debate on Seanad reform. I highly commend the university Senators for tabling the motion. I welcome its breadth, as Senator Ivana Bacik and others have identified, and echo the words of Senator David Norris who opened the debate that the Government promised radical democratic reform. We are considering whether there has been enough reform for the people;...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Katherine Zappone: ...our EU counterparts, in offering only six months' maternity leave and no paid paternity leave or parental leave. This is not a child-friendly measure and we appear to be regressing in this area. I echo Senator Darragh O'Brien's call for the Minister to consider reversing the maternity benefit cut. I am concerned about the mortgage interest supplement, also mentioned by Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Katherine Zappone: ...less because he has already identified this. The people have spoken and called for reform. Like Senators have said, the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, should lead the reform initiative. I both echo and agree with the Leader and Deputy Leader's call to establish a task force on Seanad reform that has defined deadlines so the public can be assured that the reforms that they voted for...

Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Katherine Zappone: ...pity that the Government did not draw on her expertise to write a Bill that we could be discussing here now. However, that did not happen so we have before us this Bill which I welcome. I wish to echo a few things that both Senator Quinn and Senator Darragh O'Brien have said. The impact of upward only rent review clauses, that this Bill will render unenforceable, is that businesses...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Katherine Zappone: I join everyone in welcoming the Commissioner for this robust exchange of views on the subject of how her portfolio can contribute to the Irish economic recovery. I echo all of the affirmations everyone else has given in terms of her previous roles and contribution to the State. It is a great privilege and pleasure as an Irish lesbian to thank her in the Seanad Chamber for her vision in...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions: Motion (27 Jun 2012)

Katherine Zappone: ...-speaking way of responding in this Chamber and in the Dáil. He is right that it makes for a good practice of democracy. Before coming to a couple of the points made by the Minister, I wish to echo many of the sentiments expressed by Members that the arts are the soul of our nation. I speak about this from the perspective of someone who could be described as Irish-American Irish. While...