Results 1-7 of 7 for other and baby speaker:Sharon Keogan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2024)

Sharon Keogan: I am relieved that the UK has finally prohibited puberty blockers for minors. It is a bit late, but it is welcome news. Medically transitioning minors is the greatest medical mistreatment scandal on record. However, this travesty continues unchallenged in Ireland. Puberty blockers such as Lupron continue to be used for the medical castration of convicted rapists. Adjusting and amending...

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

Sharon Keogan: ...research they conducted into the operation of the HSE My Options helpline regarding the advice given to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. The findings of the research are truly horrifying and include evidence of the various My Options counsellors urging women to make their first abortion appointment, even in cases where the women made it clear that they were still very conflicted...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...of the slow roll-out of vaccines in County Meath. I am not sure if the Leader is aware of it, but there is only one vaccination centre in County Meath. The population of County Meath is 210,000 and the vaccination centre is in Simonstown. Some people have been given appointments in Dublin, Drogheda and Mullingar. I have raised this issue with the HSE and I have asked it to consider the...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...for bringing the Bill before the House. Last year, Meghan Markle documented in an article published in The New York Timesher personal experience of miscarriage. Her words have instigated an open and public discussion on the topic which truly underscores the need for the Bill. She wrote, "Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by...

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

Sharon Keogan: I congratulate the Minister of Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, and her husband Paul, on the birth of their baby, Michael Shane. As the Seanad has not yet done so, I congratulate the Minister on the birth of her son. I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad and thank him for taking the time to listen to our statements on these important topics of public concern. I thank the Leader,...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: Considerable attention has been given recently by the Oireachtas and the media to the ways in which the State has failed the women of Ireland. From that litany of failures, two examples include the suffering of women as a result of inadequacies in the provision of healthcare, such as the continuing CervicalCheck controversy, and the failure of this State to prevent the abuse of women in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Sharon Keogan: On Tusla increasing the number of residential care spaces, I wonder why the Minister promotes that method of childcare. Fostering in a family home environment, whether it is by single parents or another type of fostering, is much better for any child than residential care where the children have social workers coming in to look after them 24-7. I do not want to see the Minister promoting...