Results 101-120 of 174 for long speaker:Mary Seery Kearney

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Today is a happy day. Two children were born in Kyiv. Their Irish parents travelled there in recent days for the birth of their much-longed for babies. Other babies will be born later this week. They have been born into a context where our Government has advised people not to travel due to the impending possibilities that could occur in Kyiv. Often in this House we get up and give out...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...Matters, we are often joined by extraordinary advocates on behalf of family members. I often wonder about the people who do not have family members who are so extraordinary and have fought for so long. My question relates to the submission from Disabled Women Ireland regarding privacy. Although we may discuss the unfettered empowerment within this, at the same time there appears to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...disorder and trauma all of the time. From reading, documentaries and my attempts to educate myself over the years, I can only imagine what might have begun as test cases, ignorance and a life-long experience of that. They are still experiencing it. I do not understand how we do not have a specialist thalidomide care unit that can go on circuit around the country in order that a small...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...we were dating, there were establishments he would not go to because they used tips to pay wages. The reputational damage that is attached to some establishments in this city is well warranted, and long may they endure that until they prove otherwise and show transparency with regard to their staff. Tips should never be used to supplement wages. Staff should receive them for exceptional...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...how to hold it. There are things like that we should not ever have to do. I fear that the work is so great, it is almost overwhelming. There is a list of exceptionally fine actions that were being taken long before recent events. There is no doubt that under the Minister's leadership on this issue extraordinary work has been carried out. We need to change the culture. One of my team...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...should be acknowledged in the State. It is not reasonable that they are reduced to guardianship and custodianship as the only solution. While that is something, it is not parenthood of much longed-for and much wanted children. There are also issues regarding same-sex couples and making sure they have the recognition of parenthood. As a final point on this, surrogacy is not the only...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...we do not say that there has to be a threshold before which they are sick, are on their own or whatever. That journey to accepting that the terminology of infertility applies to one can be quite long and some of the mental anguish of it can be quite considerable. While I am on the issue of terminology, what I would see for this Bill, and what is happening in research in bringing something...

Seanad: Children in Care and Children Leaving Care: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...or her social worker. When the relationship works, it works really well. If that advocate changes on a regular basis, it reiterates that undermining of trust and relationships. I worry about the long-term effects on attachment and stability of relationships in adulthood. If there is no modelling of consistency, what will flow from that? Questions such as career pathways come up when...

Seanad: Paediatric Scoliosis Services: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...an upset, anxious parent of my child, Callum ... living with scoliosis waiting for spinal rod treatment. The delays in treatment times have now become a children's rights issue that was a problem long before covid and the cyber-attack. This has made the orthopaedic list worse. I see Callum deteriorate every day he is left waiting. Callum was born on 19th February 2019. At around 6...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...go from Billy to Jack explaining to various specialists how their illnesses affect their nervous system and various organs. I call for the creation of a specialist one-stop-shop where people with long-term disabilities can get all the necessary information in one place. At this stage, we should have a bespoke template for alleviating the burden on people who have to find out absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...should not be beyond the abilities of people in the HSE. I fail to understand why that has not been done and why there is not a formula in central office for newly emerging illnesses. Take long Covid. While we are learning on our feet, literally, and it is new, there should be a formula that we are able to apply. The common theme I hear from everyone is the idea that an illness comes...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...is available at this stage, given that having a fantastic multicultural society is not a new thing in Ireland. It has been the case for pretty much my entire adult life, which is, unfortunately, a longer period than I care to accept. There is no excuse at this point for that need not to foreseeable and taken on board. I am appalled that has not been done. I ask Ms Alagha to share more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...) Act is commenced and that we bring forward the launch of everything that needs to flow from that. The Minister has assured me on several occasions that it will be next June, but that is a long way away for people who are being made wards of court in the meantime and who are labouring under the current regime that presumes them not to have capacity. We need to move to a place of respect...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...and shame her? The generations which shamed women are over. That ended when we voted. As a society, we made a democratic decision to permit terminations. We had a mature debate and it took us a long time to get to the table and make the decision, but we did. Therefore, anyone who has the right to access that service legally also has the right to do so without being coerced or told...

Seanad: Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People: Statements (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...Parents who were assessed in January this year and require further assessments have been informed that they have been moved on to the progressive disability programme and they will have a 36-month long waiting list. I acknowledge that the Minister of State is not an apologist for the HSE. I am venting many of the issues I have already put to her in emails and have spoken about with...

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

Mary Seery Kearney: .... There is no solution there currently, other than taking a case under tort law. I echo Senator Conway's point on e-conveyancing. It is time we expedited it and got it done and dusted. It is long overdue. Other than that, I support the legislation and acknowledge the need for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...will miss their responses, but I will view the debate later. The witnesses are welcome to contact me via my office. I will do what I can during my time in the Oireachtas - hopefully it will be a long time - to speak out on this.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...and so on are taking place. The Ministers from the Departments of Justice, Health and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have met five times in the past year to move this along, because it is within those three Departments that needs and issues have arisen. However, headlines like that and the repeated delays do nothing but cause fear and horror for families across the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...scrutiny in the housing committee, to address and arrest that non-adherence to the development plan and to the view of the city council.From that point of view, we are moving in the right direction. A long number of years ago at this stage, in 2001, I was involved in building supported social accommodation in Dublin city centre. As an organisation taking a major leap of faith in the...