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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I think my reaction to what Senator McGahon has said probably says a lot about how we all feel. I had not heard that story. I am shocked, but, in another way, not shocked at all. My husband is a cyclist and cycles to and from work, from where we live into town, which is a decent journey.He has a camera on both the front and back of his bike simply because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the witness for the body work he has done. He did not have to do it and I know that he genuinely cares about this issue and our rural future. In a way I feel like I am going to shoot the messenger so I ask that the witness not take this personally. We received the report a number of weeks ago. Unfortunately, on that day, the Minister relied very heavily on the questionnaire that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and my colleagues for their contributions. It is lovely to see a large multinational being ethically responsible to their own communities; we all know we rely on them for jobs, investment and corporation tax, among others. The most impressive thing Senator Maria Byrne said this morning was about employees going out and working in the communities. That is...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: On Committee Stage we agreed to establish the forum which is now a stakeholders' forum rather than a licenceholders' forum. It is a very large group of people which has value in the sharing of information, particularly around safety. However, I am concerned that a very large group of people are now responsible for creating and drafting a licenceholders' charter. We know how important the...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: The purpose of this amendment is to amend section 77, which seeks to review crew peer support programmes that are in existence arising from the EASA regulations that were introduced a number of years ago. There have been many hours of conversation not only between Senators and the Minister of State but also between Senators and the CEO designate - who is no longer CEO designate - with regard...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I accept what the Minister of State said, except for two points. She has made me even more concerned than I was when I stood up. She seems to be under the impression that peers or people who currently work in airlines have to go to the peer support person in their own airline. She has stated this is the current practice. This is not the current practice and it is not precluded by EASA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank colleagues for allowing me to come in today to speak on an industry that it very important to me in north County Dublin. I thank the Minister of State for attending today because she is not the only person responsible for fixing this but she sits at the Cabinet table with officials from the other two Departments who are responsible. Therefore collectively, the three Departments have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I refer to the incapacitated pensions legislation. Are we at draft heads stage yet? If not, when can we expect to see them? My second question is around Judge Catherine Murphy's report on child maintenance. Despite the long delay in receiving the report due to Covid - Judge Murphy worked very hard during the Covid pandemic to try to get the report to us - the fact that it has not been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...Leas-Chathaoirligh, in those congratulations. It is lovely when somebody else, not just your own, recognises your brilliance. I wish the Cathaoirleach congratulations and continued success. Senators Dolan, Carrigy, Ahearn and Lombard have looked for probably two debates. One is about special schools and their locations and, particularly, the length of the journeys some of our children...

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

Regina Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach and colleagues. Senator Conway wants two debates. One is specific to a small number of Members but it is extremely important because all the Members from his area have raised on numerous occasions the funding for the transfer of the heritage sites to the county council. Clearly, there is no response that is satisfactory to the Members, so I will see if I can...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) (Certificate of Life) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I welcome some guests in the Gallery. The couple who originally came to me many years ago with this issue, Caroline and Martin Smith, are here. It has taken us this long to get a resolution. They are very welcome today. They are accompanied by Anne-Marie Murtagh, Sarah Behan, Georgina Culshaw and Mary Halford. They are all very welcome and I am glad they are here today. I am introducing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: Today and this week mark baby loss awareness week and it is now in its 20th year. It is a wonderful opportunity to bring people together as a community in a safe and supportive space to support anybody who has been touched by pregnancy and baby loss and to allow people to share their experiences, feel connected and share each others' grief. It is probably a little known fact that one in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...licenceholders and those responsible for the industry. While I do not disagree with the Minister of State's statement that she engaged, much of the engagement in the Oireachtas for many months was to try to persuade all of us that what was being asked for on behalf of the industry was not necessary in the first place. It is probably obvious to everybody that because of the length and...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach for indulging me. The reason I want to speak to the section is that I did not know that amendments Nos. a4a, c4a and d4a were contingent on one another, that is, if one if was passed, another could not be pressed. Having said that, I acknowledge and accept that the Minister of State has moved to include some of the provisions of my amendments in her own amendments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Taoiseach for coming today and I apologise for not being here earlier. I was on the Order of Business in the Seanad. I acknowledge the amount of work that this Government and the previous Government have already done to address what we have been talking about for what feels like generations. Eaten bread is soon forgotten, as they say, and we are concentrating on all of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: It strikes me as odd that it was only just during Covid, but I do not see why we would need security then and not during normal times. It is bizarre. I will contact the Minister in that regard today. Senator Conway, who has brought the HPV catch-up programme to our attention on many occasions in the Seanad, raised the fact that constituents of his have told him they have been charged for...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chair. When we adjourned a number of weeks ago, the Minister of State and the Members of the House said that they intended to seek legal advice. I would like to put our legal advice on the record so that we can then proceed, if that is okay.It reads: 1. These advices are furnished in urgent circumstances described below .... 2. Counsel is instructed with the following facts....

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Regina Doherty: I am not finished. The legal advice that IALPA has obtained for the Seanad Members clearly states that Article 4 provides for certain principles to be observed by member states and their agencies. I do not see how we have upheld that article to that end. I disagree with my colleague, Senator Craughwell, about invoking Standing Order 70. That is probably premature. What I have done,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Regina Doherty: Senator Ó Donnghaile spoke about an event which took place in the Michael Davitts Gaelic Athletic Club last weekend and I thank him for bringing it to all of our attention. I continue to wish them well in their endeavours. Senator Boyhan mentioned this morning that the Future of Media Commission report has gone to the Cabinet and he acknowledged that quality journalism, as I believe we...