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Congratulations
@SenLynnRuane
! Re-elected on the TCD panel to the 26th Seanad Éireann!
#Seanad2020
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Congratulations to Senator Lynn Ruane
@SenLynnRuane
who has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committees on Justice; and Children, Disability, Equality and Integration.
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Today Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
will be the first Traveller to address Dail Eireann.
She will be speaking on the final report of the Committee on Key Issues facing the Traveller Community, of which she was chairperson.
Congratulations Eileen!
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"Palestinians have been telling us for decades that they've been living under a system of apartheid... Now we have all the details. We can no longer pretend we didn't know, or we didn't understand."
-
@frances_black
on Amnesty's report on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians
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🚨BREAKING🚨:
67 TDs and Senators have issued a joint call to the Minister to ban munitions flights to Israel through Irish airspace.
Our letter was signed by reps from
@SocDems
@pb4p
@sinnfeinireland
@labour
and demands reforms, including inspections of munitions flights.
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Congratulations
@frances_black
re-elected on the Industrial and Commercial Panel to the 26th Seanad Éireann!
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Today, a report was released by Amnesty International. It finds that Israel's oppression of Palestinians amounts to apartheid, a crime against humanity under international law. The report details the institutionalised domination of Palestinians in occupied territories.
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We wholeheartedly support the motion by Soc Dems
@HollyCairnsTD
in the Dáil which includes calls for referral of Israel to ICC, and enactment of
@frances_black
's Occupied Territories Bill along with suspension of EU-Israel trade agreement on human rights grounds.
Next week the
@SocDems
will bring a motion to the Dáil to:
• Suspend EU-Israel trade deal & access to research funds
• Expel the Israeli Ambassador
• Refer Israel to the International Criminal Court
We need more than words
We need action
Ask your TDs to support our motion
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Congratulations to Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
who has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
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We have written today to
@tcddublin
Provost Linda Doyle to express our opposition to the drastic fine imposed on
@tcdsu
for engaging in legitimate protest.
You can read the letter from Lynn, Alice-Mary, Frances & Eileen below 👇
@aliceeire
@frances_black
@Love1solidarity
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Senator
@frances_black
speaking on our motion which passed the Seanad (Irish senate) last night with unanimous support.
The motion called for the passage of the Occupied Territories Bill and the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
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Today Senator
@frances_black
read out Dr. Refaat Alareer’s poem “If I must die” in the Seanad. He was murdered by Israel in Gaza.
“When entire families are being extinguished in Gaza it becomes harder and harder to understand the extent of what is lost” -
@frances_black
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"What has our condemnation ever achieved? How can we look the Palestinian people in the eye and say we still won't act?"
- Senator
@frances_black
speaking on the horrendous murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces, and the ongoing Israeli apartheid.
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Congratulations to Senator Frances Black
@frances_black
who has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committees on Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; and Health.
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"Israel is blocking access to all electricity, food, and fuel, while it indiscriminately bombs Gaza. These are war crimes.
The rhetoric from the Israeli government is openly genocidal."
- Senator
@frances_black
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Our tribute to our friend and former CEG colleague Yara and her sister Lara. They lost 10 family members this week, who were all killed by the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
@frances_black
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We are appalled beyond words at Europe's ongoing failure to condemn Israel's horrific assault on Gaza, and its failure to call for an immediate ceasefire.
In advance of today's European Council meeting, we wrote a letter to the Council demanding a ceasefire.
#EndGazaGenocide
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Today
@SenLynnRuane
called for a Citizens' Assembly on drugs to be urgently prioritised.
"We're being failed at a systemic level. Every single day we wait, services can barely keep their doors open. We're measuring that in lives, we're measuring it in the loss of our families".
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Today
@SenLynnRuane
spoke on the urgency of convening a Citizens' Assembly on drugs.
"Every day this year, somebody will die of an overdose.
Every. Single. Day.
Those deaths do not impact this chamber in the same way that they will impact our communities".
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This week, Senator Eileen Flynn (
@Love1solidarity
) is introducing a Bill to the Seanad. It aims to remove the term 'child pornography' from Irish legislation. This term is outdated and dangerous in the context of child exploitation, as it implies consent.
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We are Lynn Ruane, Frances Black, and Eileen Flynn, senators from
#Ireland
. Israel's genocide against Palestinians in
#Gaza
must be stopped. We demand an immediate ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian aid, water, food and medicine to Gaza now!
#politiciansforpeace
"Israel is blocking access to all electricity, food, and fuel, while it indiscriminately bombs Gaza. These are war crimes.
The rhetoric from the Israeli government is openly genocidal."
- Senator
@frances_black
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Last week in the Irish Senate
@frances_black
clearly named that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. She condemned complicity of EU leaders, called for immediate ceasefire, and the breaking of trade relations with Israel.
We reiterate these calls today as EU Council meets.
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Congratulations to Senator Lynn Ruane on her appointment as vice-chair of the new Committee on Drugs Use. Lynn will bring incredible depth of experience to forthcoming discussions about how we implement the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly.
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"It is very rare that I will say that I am afraid of anything, but right now I am afraid of the rise of the far-right in Ireland." -
@Love1solidarity
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"There are many very qualified medics currently seeking asylum, and I would urge the Minister to engage with the department of Justice to ensure that these skilled and conscientious people can contribute." -
@aliceeire
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“Virtually every other tactic has been tried, for decades, to stop Israel's oppression of the Palestinians. The Occupied Territories Bill may be the first step in bringing freedom to Palestine and peace to the region.”-
@frances_black
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"Travellers have been working for over thirty years to get to the political table. Hopefully there will be an opportunity now to break down the barriers for those at the very edge of society." -
@Love1solidarity
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On the 29th of May 2024, we will be introducing the Arms Embargo Bill to the Seanad. In light of the State’s recognition of the State of Palestine, it is imperative that we curb the flow of arms being used in the relentless bombardment of Gaza.
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Lynn Ruane (Dublin University) has been a proactive and unapologetic voice for the underprivileged in the Oireachtas, particularly on the Education and Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community committees, as well as the Committee on the 8th Amendment.
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"A fantastic photograph was sent to me this morning of the Irish flag flying over city hall in Ramallah, just a hint of how much the passage of our bill last night means to the Palestinian people." -
@frances_black
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The CEG senators all together today to speak on the final report of the committee on key issues affecting the Traveller community, which was chaired by our own Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
.
Congratulations Eileen on your historic work!
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Watch a short clip of Senator Alice-Mary Higgins
@aliceeire
proposing our motion in the Seanad this evening, calling on the Irish government to officially support a TRIPS waiver. This would allow countries in the Global South to access life-saving vaccines.
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This week Senator
@frances_black
hosted a briefing with some of the leading human rights defenders fighting for justice in Palestine, Hagai El-Ad and Raji Sourani.
She spoke yesterday on the need for the Irish govt to follow human rights NGOs in recognising Israeli apartheid.
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Today, Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
is launching the final report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community. Senator Flynn has been the chairperson of the committee since its establishment in September 2020.
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Congratulations to Senator Alice-Mary Higgins
@aliceeire
who has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committees on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach; and Climate Action.
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Very powerful and moving speech from Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
outside Leinster House today.
She spoke about a lack of accountability in Govt while the Traveller mental health crisis continues. We need a standalone National Traveller Mental Health Strategy now.
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CEG motion calling for meaningful action on Palestine, including passing of the Occupied Territories Bill and support for ICJ case, will be debated in Seanad at 7pm.
Watch live here:
Text of motion available here:
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“It’s genocide unfolding live on our televisions and phone screens. You see parents carrying their dead children in Gaza. Israel is stepping up its bombing campaign in southern Gaza, the very place they told civilians to flee to”-
@frances_black
in Irish senate.
#Gaza_Genocide
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Today, Senator
@frances_black
again highlighted the ongoing impunity which is granted to Israel by the international community. She calls for meaningful repercussions for Israel following the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, and their blockage of an EU delegation.
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The Traveller History and Culture in Education Bill has passed final stage in the
#Seanad
! Congratulations to
@ColetteKelleher
and thanks to all who supported its progress.
The entire Civil Engagement Group wish it a speedy and safe passage through the Dáil and into law.
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Wishing everyone a very happy Nollaig na mBan from the Civil Engagement Group! 🎄
@SenLynnRuane
@aliceeire
@frances_black
@Love1solidarity
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Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
on the plinth with the CEG today launching her Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022. It will replace the outdated term 'child pornography' in Irish legislation.
@SenLynnRuane
@frances_black
@aliceeire
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This morning, Senator
@frances_black
hosted a briefing on the disgraceful designation of six Palestinian civil society organisations as "terrorist" by the Israeli defence ministry. Representatives from these organisations spoke to attendees of the briefing.
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"We need to fully reckon with the destruction that is being wrought by Israel, with the complicity of the international community, including Ireland... At what point, if any, will the Government take action?"
- Senator
@frances_black
on the Israeli attack on the West Bank
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We have introduced the Air Navigation & Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024, emergency legislation which would ensure Ireland is not complicit in arming Israel.
Our bill would ensure no exemptions for flights carrying arms through Ireland to Israel, incl. via third countries.
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.
@SenLynnRuane
breaking the TRIPS waiver down with incredible moral clarity, as usual.
"There's a virus. There are victims of that virus. And there's a vaccine. It's as simple as that... They don't have to die of Covid. That's a policy choice we are making".
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Great to see Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
featured in
@irishexaminer
's '100 women in Ireland blazing a trail' for her human rights advocacy.
"Senator Flynn is a human rights activist who uses her platform to highlight issues that affect the disenfranchised".
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Our motion also called on Irish govt to support ICJ case against Israel, to recognise the state of Palestine, and to ensure no weapons transfers to Israel via Irish airspace or sea ports.
We welcome the passing of the motion. Govt must now follow with actions.
@frances_black
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We are delighted that our International Protection
#FamilyReunification
bill has passed Committee stage in the
#Seanad
. Thanks to the support of Labour, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil colleagues as well as
@NascIreland
@IrishRefugeeCo
@OxfamIreland
.
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Only 2 days ago, Senator Lynn Ruane spoke on Ireland's new Garda bodycams legislation, warning about potential selective use of bodycam footage.
Today a 2 year BBC investigation shows officers in the UK have withheld footage and turned cams off during violent incidents.
I’ve spent months investigating police mis-use of body worn video
Officers have turned off cameras while using force, deleted + not disclosed footage and shared videos on WhatsApp
They’ve filmed and shared a nude image and covertly recorded conversations
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A cross-party group of TDs and Senators have today written to the U.S Ambassador to express serious concern at U.S veto of a UN Security Council resolution on 8th Dec calling for a ceasefire, in response to UN Secretary-General’s invocation of Article 99.
Letter in alt text 👇
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Senator
@frances_black
speaking today following a forum hosted by Sadaka, the Ireland Palestine Alliance.
She highlights the findings of the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Palestine.
"Israel is an apartheid state".
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@SenLynnRuane
"The gateway to addiction is primarily inequality, trauma, pain and poverty. As we face into a recession we must be prepared to tackle addiction from an informed position." -
@SenLynnRuane
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"I find it very hard in the immediate aftermath of something so wrong happening to a woman. I struggle even to articulate to even begin to express the anger, and the collective trauma that women of Ireland feel." -
@SenLynnRuane
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Senators
@frances_black
and
@Love1solidarity
speaking in support of the Mica homeowners today.
"The Mica homeowners deserve 100% redress. You have done nothing wrong. You are the victims of gross state failure".
The CEG will bring amendments to the Mica Bill this week.
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"While I'm inspired by the support shown for displaced Ukrainians, I worry that a hierarchy of victims is being created. All human suffering deserves our attention. This degree of empathy should be extended to all."
- Senator
@frances_black
speaking on Ukraine this week.
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"As a Traveller I have faced multiple barriers to getting the education I was entitled to. I know from first hand experience what it is like to struggle through school with dyslexia how much of our mainstream education is built for a particular type of pupil. " -
@Love1solidarity
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The
#DomesticViolenceBill
has passed all stages in the
#Seanad
! This vital bill has been much improved in the upper house, and can be handed over to the Dáil with some pride by our Senators and allies on this issue.
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The Domestic Violence Bill 2017 has passed committee stage! A vital piece of legislation, much improved by committee stage.
#domesticviolencebill
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"This budget does nothing to get to the heart of the problem, to get into what poverty actually does to people's lives. I meet people around my community and I can see poverty and trauma has actually seeped into their bodies" -
@SenLynnRuane
's powerful statements on
#Budget2022
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Unfortunately, our dear colleague
@SenatorJDolan
has not been re-elected to the Seanad. We wish him the very best in his future endeavours and thank him for his service in Seanad Éireann and with the Civil Engagement Group.
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As the only all women group in the Oireachtas, the CEG was very happy to see the Mná na Seanad exhibition form part of the Seanad 100 centenary celebrations. 🥳
The exhibition highlighted the lives and work of women senators since the first sitting of the Seanad in 1922.
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"When I heard Peter Casey, he signified the ignorance that still exists in our society. If he were talking about any other race or ethnicity, he would be called a racist." -
@SenLynnRuane
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We welcome Taoiseach seeking review of EU-Israel Association Agreement - but a review is not enough. We are at point of urgency with 1.4 million people trapped in Rafah. Immediate suspension under Article 82 is essential while any review is ongoing -
@aliceeire
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Senator Eileen Flynn
@Love1solidarity
delivering a powerful speech outside the Oireachtas today, highlighting the need for urgent government action to address the Traveller mental health crisis (1/2)
#InternationalHumanRightsDay
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Senator
@frances_black
urges the Irish government to end their "cycle of condemnation and inaction", to recognise Israeli apartheid and to stop blocking the Occupied Territories Bill.
Sign the 'End Israeli Apartheid Pledge' here:
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@aliceeire
"The bill is essentially skipping from stage 2 to stage 7 of the legislative process. If we allow this go on we are setting a really dangerous precedent." -
@aliceeire
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"I would also like to raise the case of the two women working in Spike Island who it seems have been punished for their advocacy in simply requesting a portaloo, and upholding standard employment rights." -
@SenLynnRuane
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Congratulations to
@pippa_hackett
- reelected to the 26th Seanad on the Agricultural panel!
#Seanad2020
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This week
@SenLynnRuane
raised that Meta (Facebook) are deleting their face data, only because they are already creating new tech to harvest new types of biometric data. This is a clever PR move: it looks like a shift toward privacy, but is really a tactic to evade regulation.
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Today
@SenLynnRuane
spoke on the need to control surveillance technologies in public life. When drones are suggested as a means of detecting crime, this sets a dangerous precedent. Legislation must put clear limits on this tech, and protect our right to privacy.
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Today
@SenLynnRuane
's Non-Disclosure Agreements Bill will reach committee stage of the Seanad, with support across the House.
If passed, the Bill will ban use of NDAs by employers to silence employees who experience sexual harassment and discrimination at work.
Read more 👇
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One of the recommendations of the report is that other states should oppose this apartheid by banning the sale of goods from occupied territories. Senator
@frances_black
's Occupied Territories Bill 2018 would achieve this. We call on the government to let this Bill pass into law.
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Before newly elected MEP
@GraceOSllvn
leaves for Brussels and Strasbourg, the six Senators managed time for a picture in the Seanad anteroom with
@SenatorJDolan
’s
#CommunityParticipation
bill which had just passed second stage unopposed.
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Senator
@frances_black
speaking this week in support of a public childcare system, and better pay and conditions for childcare workers.
"A public childcare system would put all parents and children on an equal footing".
@siptu
@BigStartIreland
@NWCI
@EarlyChildhdIRL
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"Our political system does not represent the rich diversity that now exists in our country... Too often it is about them, but without them".
On
#IWD2023
Senator Flynn
@Love1solidarity
calls for the removal of structural barriers to all women participating fully in Irish society.
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We are delighted to welcome Senator
@Pippa_Hackett
as the newest member of the Seanad Civil Engagement Group. Elected to replace former colleague
@GraceOSllvn
, we wish her all the best as she formally takes her seat in the 25th Seanad today.
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Senator
@aliceeire
pressing hard on Govt's grossly inadequate redress scheme for mother and baby homes survivors, highlighting that the scheme fails to recognise forced family separation and other abuses, yet seems to demand survivors waive right to sue for these abuses.
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@Love1solidarity
"As my mother used to say to me: Blowing out someone else's candle, Eileen, won't make yours any brighter." -
@Love1solidarity
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As a whole, in the nearly four years of our work, the Civil Engagement Group have proposed a dozen private members' bills, some 600 amendments to government legislation and championed the voice of civil society in the Oireachtas.
Learn more about our work:
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Brilliant result! The
#familyreunification
bill has passed second stage with support from FF, SF, Labour and some othe Independents.
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Today
@frances_black
spoke about the horrific, violent ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank by illegal Israeli settlers & soldiers over recent weeks. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed, hundreds forced from their homes, and hundreds more arbitrarily imprisoned.
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Watch
@SenLynnRuane
propose the Emission Reporting Bill in the Seanad today. The Bill would compel large Irish companies to report on their emissions & their plans to reduce them, and fine them for non-compliance.
"This is an existential crisis we face. Delay is not an option".
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"I just printed out, usefully, the graphics on the Oireachtas process which is handed out to schoolchildren. Let's look at what has happened to the Forestry Bill." -
@aliceeire
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Happy International Women’s Day from the Seanad Civil Engagement Group!!
#IWD2021
@Love1solidarity
@SenLynnRuane
@aliceeire
@frances_black
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Support our motion calling on Govt to take meaningful action on Palestine tomorrow evening - 6pm Leinster House! 👇
(Motion to be debated at 7pm).
Join us on Wednesday evening to support the
@SeanadCEG
motion calling for sanctions on Israel - 6pm, Leinster House, D2
#EndGazaGenocide
#Gaza
#Palestine
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Last clip of the day! Senator
@frances_black
's very moving contribution to TRIPS waiver debate, which saw our motion passed in Seanad today.
"Suffering is suffering is suffering. How can we continue to block vaccines in the Global South while people suffer and lose their lives"
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"Women are very stressed about leaving their children in creches due to the pandemic. Having just had a new baby myself nine months ago, there are obstacles that come with being a new mother. I do hope that maternity leave be extended for 12 weeks." -
@Love1solidarity
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The CEG attending the Seanad 100 commemoration of the centenary of the first sitting of the Seanad, which took place in the Dáil chamber today.
Great to re-unite with former CEG senators
@ColetteKelleher
and
@JohnDolanDFI
!
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All six members of the Civil Engagement Group,
@SenLynnRuane
@ColetteKelleher
@frances_black
@aliceeire
@SenatorJDolan
and
@GraceOSllvn
, called this evening for a straight repeal of the 8th amendment in the
#Seanad
.
#8committee
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The Bill will introduce the alternative term 'child sexual exploitation material' (CSEM). This term is considered best practice under the Luxembourg Guidelines. Appropriate language is crucial in framing how we think about abuse.
@Love1solidarity
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The European Council must find the moral courage today to condemn and call a halt to Israel's horrific violence and egregious war crimes. The situation could not be more urgent. 6000 Palestinians including 2000 children are now murdered.
#EndGazaGenocide
(2/)
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"We cannot go to an election without addressing the payscale of our secretarial assistants. The work that I do as a politician is not of more value than the work done by my background staff." -
@SenLynnRuane
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@Love1solidarity
"Now is time for all of Ireland to stand and unite in solidarity, not division. If we don't stand together against this threat, we will live to regret it." -
@Love1solidarity
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"I find it extremely frustrating to hear Fianna Fáil talking about licensing for greyhound exports today when they voted down our amendment to strengthen those provisions a few months ago." -
@SenLynnRuane
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Today, the Civil Engagement Group will table a motion by Senator
@aliceeire
calling on the government to immediately express public support for a TRIPS waiver.
With support from Labour, Sinn Fein and Independents.
@RebeccaMoy
@paul_gavan
@SenLynnRuane
@frances_black
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"I'd like to thank our front line staff, both in hospitals but also in addiction and homeless services who are also working above and beyond the usual standard, and also need relief staff." -
@SenLynnRuane
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"There's very little conversation about the violence of not investing... We have less funding for the Drugs Strategy now than we did pre-austerity."
-
@SenLynnRuane
speaking today on
@RTERadio1
about the chronic underfunding of drug and alcohol services
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