Results 1-20 of 763 for speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Today I will talk about two different strands of the housing crisis. All of us have been out knocking doors over the past while, and after every canvass in Dublin North-West we remarked among ourselves on how many empty houses there were. We do not mean houses that are clearly abandoned with wood across them and so on, or houses with recently sold or for sale signs on them. However, you...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: It is great to have the Minister of State in the House on this good news day and to see the extension. I hope people will take note of it and avail of the leave. Does he have any information on the uptake of parent’s leave and benefit and is there any data on that? I was in Iceland a couple of years ago on a study trip to learn how Iceland had built one of the most gender-equal...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Before I make my contribution, I want to address some of the things that have been said. A suggestion has been made that the passing of the Bill today will mean the changing of policy tomorrow. However, we all know that is not how the legislative process works. There are multiple Stages in both Houses. There is pre-legislative scrutiny, Committee Stage and Government amendments. I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I thank everyone for their presentations and all the work they do. As someone whose family availed of community-based supports, including myself, the work they do to support people is not unrecognised. I do not have many questions, but I am very interested in listening. Ms Fort spoke about people coming in a little bit later on or after their treatment. Would many people approach for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: It is an area I am interested in. I want to see screening for many more cancers rolled out and I know there are trials and plans to see whether it works in certain socioeconomic areas. I would like to see those rolled out because for certain cancers, particularly lung cancer, the evidence in the UK shows that it could catch that cancer much earlier. It is very much a silent cancer....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: The only topic I can speak on today is the unspeakable horrors we have seen play out in Rafah. I have looked at photos of charred babies who were burned to death. I have watched the video of a man holding up the headless body of a child while fires burn in the background, and shouts and pleas for mercy ring out. I wonder is it mercy from whom - Israel or the world? Western Rafah is where...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I rise to address a very grave issue, the resurgence of animal cruelty, specifically through the barbaric practice of cockfighting. Despite our progress in animal welfare and this cruel practice being outlawed almost 200 years ago, this disgusting spectacle has seen a troubling revival. Footage obtained by Noteworthy shows horrific battles being held in backyards as well as in purpose-built...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements (22 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I am often accused of talking rubbish in here but today I am literally going to talk about rubbish and the impact on our local communities. I thank my Labour Party colleagues for introducing this motion, in particular, Senator Sherlock, who has led out on this. I also refer to my Labour Party colleague, Councillor Kevin Donoghue, who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We discussed these questions before when the witnesses were here previously so forgive me for being a broken record on these topics. The witnesses mentioned a global shortage of doctors. Are we training enough doctors in Ireland? Is there global capacity to meet the medical needs of the world? I suppose it is an esoteric question but if...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I was not going to speak today. I just came down to listen but as I listened to Senator Clonan and others, the words of James Connolly came to mind. Some men, faint-hearted, ever seek Our programme to retouch, And will insist, whene’er they speak That we demand too much. ’Tis passing strange, yet I declare Such statements give me mirth, For our demands most moderate...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I hope the Government will support her in the work she is doing on that. I also hope the Bill will not be opposed but, rather, ushered through with enthusiasm and haste. I thank all the visitors in the Chamber and those who are not here and have advocated for themselves or their loved ones for too long. I look forward to a day when disabled people have their needs met and their families...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: What do you think of me?

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: It was a Thomas the Tank Engine reference.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: We are resuming on section 15. Amendment No. 57 is in the names of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Black and Flynn. Senator Higgins has the floor.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: It has already been grouped with amendment No. 6.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I welcome Professor Daniel Carey from the University of Galway who is in the Gallery here today. He is very welcome to the House for this discussion.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Amendments Nos. 70 to 73, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Amendments Nos. 74 and 75 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (2 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: I ask the Minister of State to outline the rationale for the Department's funding of the role of safeguarding officer in St. John's Ambulance Ireland and to explain if such a funding mechanism will be available for similar organisations. In the reply to a parliamentary question tabled by my party colleague Deputy Ivana Bacik, the Minister stated that the appointment of the national...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (2 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: Perhaps the Minister of State knows the answer to this question. On 4 January, during that meeting with Department officials, St. John Ambulance made the Department aware of the need for financial support in order to fund the post of safeguarding lead. Is the Minister of State aware that all of these legal cases are being taken? How does the organisation not have the finances for this post...