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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...the Senator's contribution today. Through music, poetry, readings and reflections, everybody at the peace convention expressed their wish for peace in this world. There are 18,000 people dead in Israel and Palestine now. It has to stop, but what figure will it stop at? There has to be a ceasefire. This is the holiest of holy times in the Christian calendar. I call for peace. Every...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Sharon Keogan: Israel enforces a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinian people wherever it has control over their rights. This includes Palestinians living in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories as well as displaced refugees in other countries. Massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfers, drastic movement restrictions and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...the Philippines, Jamaica, Colombia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Iceland, Portugal, Georgia, Norway, Indonesia, Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands, Australia, Estonia, Latvia, Israel, Greece, Lesotho, Brazil, Finland, New Zealand, Lithuania, Guatemala, Slovakia and Kenya who showed up to show solidarity with our Ukrainian friends and with the Ukrainian ambassador. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Middle East (17 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: I thank Senator Black for continuing her work with the people of Israel. I thank the Minister of State and I will use one of his lines. Some injustices can be corrected for the world to see. I hope he does all he can.

Seanad: European Digital Green Certificate: Statements (7 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...the US after the 9-11 tragedy, resulted in the unconstitutional mass covert surveillance of the American people by the National Security Agency and is a case in point. The fact that some people in Israel have taken to wearing a gold star as a symbol of opposition to the green pass regime there is a stark reminder of history too. The European Parliament has recently approved the digital...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...Are we getting the right results to justify this expenditure? As things stand, we have inoculated fewer people than there are in Cork alone. We have administered one tenth of the number of vaccines they have in Israel and less than a third of the number in Northern Ireland. It is unacceptable. They say Nero fiddled while Rome burned. While this Government fiddles, lives and...

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

Sharon Keogan: ...of the UK, they have vaccinated over 23% with at least one dose. That is over 15 million people. Looking further afield, the US has vaccinated about 15% of its population. Leading the way is Israel with almost 73% of the population vaccinated with one dose. I read in The Times of Israelabout how effective the vaccine is proving to be in the real world outside of clinical trials....