Results 1-20 of 24 for justice speaker:Rebecca Moynihan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...reason and there are real questions as to how they knew and how they managed to arrive there so quickly. I ask the Leader to raise this matter with the Minister for integration and the Minister for Justice as to whether there is somebody within the Department who is letting that information slip out. It is very serious. Somebody at some stage will be hurt and killed if we do not take...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...in relation to poverty, intergenerational trauma, the cost-of-living crisis, homelessness and lack of access to mental health supports’; - there is a clear link between deprivation levels and anti-social behaviour; and that investment in prevention and restorative justice shows better outcomes than traditional policing responses; - there is a lack of community resources, such as...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...facilities, recreational spaces and facilities that enable cohesion in our communities in the long-term and give young teenagers somewhere to go. We need investment in the youth diversion programme. In addition to the Department of Justice, the Department of Education should play an integral role in the context of that programme. We should be allocating specific investment in at-risk...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...it to end its arms trading with Israel and stop providing financial assistance for what is a war machine. All eyes are now on Rafah and Palestinians are not target practice. Palestinians deserve justice and safety and the EU, UN, US and the international community need to step up now and take action to stop the mass slaughter of innocent civilians.

Seanad: Cuimhneachán ar Chothrom Céad Bliain an Chéad Suí de Seanad Éireann – 11 Nollaig 1922 - Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Sitting of Seanad Éireann – 11 December 1922 (12 Dec 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...for the decriminalisation of homosexuality, the legalisation of divorce and contraception, the right to free legal aid and the right of women to sit on juries. In the shadow of a State now grappling with justice for the survivors of mother and baby homes, it is worth noting the work of Ms Robinson and former Senator John Horgan, who is with us today, for the rights of unmarried mothers in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...O'Callaghan asked about the scale of response that is going to be required for the numbers of people who will be coming into the country. Perhaps we could follow up on that. Has the Department of Justice approached the Housing Agency? Has there been any backward planning done on how a large number of people can be housed within such a short period? There were 390 cost-rental...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...human rights-led approach to these issues. We must show that we are willing to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine. I very much welcome the statement from the Minister for Justice that she will waive visas for people coming from Ukraine or Ukrainian nationals, but we need to go further. People are fleeing and have refugee status, but are not necessarily Ukrainian...

Seanad: Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (23 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...for the rest of their lives - an issue Senator Ruane has worked on in terms of spent convictions. Based on the example of Portugal, we know we can take a different approach. This is a medical issue and not a justice or policing issue, which has failed badly. I hope the Minister of State comes back before the summer with a proposal for a citizens' assembly, which is supported by many...

Seanad: Coroners (Provision for Jury Selection) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...and European levels. Her commitment to this cause cannot be questioned. It goes without saying that the fact the families have been left without answers and forced to continue to fight for justice for this length of time is one of the great shames in our country. While the Government is not opposing this Bill, I ask that it takes a serious look at it and tries to enact it before it is...

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...internationalist and global effort in vaccines. We pride ourselves on being a charitable country and the land of 100,000 welcomes. Charity does not stand for anything, however, if we do not have justice. This motion asks not for charity but justice in ensuring vaccine equity across the world. The reaction to the emerging Omicron variant two weeks ago encapsulated the problem with...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...that targets the countries where the virus is out of control. It targets countries which are politically convenient to stigmatise. On Wednesday, we saw announcements from the Department of Justice introducing new visa requirements for passport holders from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho as part of the response to new variants. This is the case regardless of whether people...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Nov 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...Ministers over the past 12 months, namely, the Minister of State with responsibility for heritage, the Minister of State with responsibility for planning and development and the Minister for Justice. She and her Civil Engagement Group colleagues introduced a Bill to extend the provisions by five years. That is a reminder of how Governments sometimes need to listen to points made by the...

Seanad: British Government Legacy Proposals: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...who was a guard at Sachsenhausen, are standing trial for their collusion in the war crimes of the Third Reich. Due process for people is a right. Without it, the families of victims are denied truth and justice and the wounds of the conflict remain forever fresh. We need to demand investigations that are compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. To have no...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...after Senator Higgins on an issue like this because she speaks so eloquently and with knowledge. The Labour Party has tabled amendment No. 5, which proposes to include a definition of climate justice. However, we will withdraw it and row in behind the amendment before us. In the debate in the House last Friday, the Government side argued that, after much deliberation at the climate...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: This amendment relates somewhat to the issues we have been discussing, namely, a just transition and, more specifically, climate justice. It relates to the sustainable development goals, SDGs, which Ireland was one of the leaders in negotiating. As I mentioned earlier, this seeks to highlight the principles and parameters within which the Bill is considered and its main thrust. It is...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is disappointing, when taken in conjunction with the climate justice amendment we tried to insert. Those amendments are not intended to be the meat of the Bill but to set the parameters within which we will deliver the targets in the Bill. I am disappointed to hear the Minister say this is not a manifesto for everything we want to include in it and that this is a way of ensuring we...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, to delete lines 34 and 35, and in page 7, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “ ‘climate justice’ means the requirement that decisions and actions taken, within the State and at the international level, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the effects of climate change shall, in so far as it is...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...the amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage. I would like a bit of indulgence to speak to this amendment and back up some of my other colleagues in the Opposition on the definition of climate justice. The part of the Bill that bothers me more in terms of the weakness of it are the words "as far as practicable" because we all know from other issues in the Constitution that this tends...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid – Matters on the Business of the Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I commend the Minister for Justice on the overhaul of the licensing laws as reported in the media today. It is welcome that she is considering a number of measures. I also pay tribute to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, for prioritising culture and the night-time economy. According to media reports, issues being examined include...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...today, which shows it has decided that yet more debate, more research and more can-kicking are needed. However, I want to see this issue progressed, because I fundamentally believe in period justice and universal access to free period products. To that end, I will seek to amend and campaign for whatever Bill emerges from the Government. I do not simply want a limited scheme in order...