Substitute
Senator
Independent
Seanad Éireann
IE - - Dublin 2
Ireland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2018
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
21/04/2026 | 19:43:49 Thank you, Mister Chairperson. I join others in welcoming this very important report and indeed to note the many important things in it. Central, I think, is ensuring that the executive of state parties does not overly dominate the composition of national selection bodies. The vital importance of allowing civil society to be present during interviews at the national level of prospective candidates and, of course, the draft recommendation's important call on the Committee of Ministers to draw... 21/04/2026 | 18:36:01 Thank you very much. I think it was Abraham LINCOLN that, when somebody said to him that "God was on our side", he said something like. "I rather hope, gentlemen, that we are on God's side". When we talk about freedom of religion, freedom not to have a religion, and freedom to change one's religion, these are all vital components of a civilised and democratic society. What we must always work for is a healthy pluralism which doesn't seek to reduce religion or to confine it to the private... 30/01/2026 | 10:46:08 Thank you very much, Madam President. I might take this opportunity to congratulate you as well. On Tuesday, in reference to a debate on an education resolution, I pointed out that a resolution that mentioned up to 30 threats to young people, mostly related to internet access, but failed to mention pornography once, had its head in the sand, because this is in a week when we read that the European Commission has launched another investigation into X, this time over its AI tool being used to... 29/01/2026 | 18:26:12 Thank you, Mister President. Well, I find it surprising that only one person has defended or opposed each of these amendments. It does reinforce me in the belief that a small number of activists are driving this, being enabled really by a much larger group, who do not choose to speak. The sole consolation that I have is that the idea that we will be pushing at home is that now people, parents and professionals can work with children, and from trying to change them from gender dysphoria, they... 29/01/2026 | 17:18:22 "Thank you very much" [in French], Mister Chairman. We hear more and more about the danger of giving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones to children with gender dysphoria and the health and happiness-destroying effects of mutilating surgeries. Those are among the real conversion therapies. This report doesn't condemn those. Instead, it encourages a circling of the wagons around these practices, threatening to criminalise and exclude parents, teachers, counsellors and medical professionals...
29/10/2018 | Doc. 14657 | Report The provision of palliative care in Europe
22/04/2026 | Doc. 16394 | Written declaration Violations against Yulia Tymoshenko 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16393 | Motion for a resolution Brain drain and demographic challenges in the Western Balkans 17/03/2026 | Doc. 16364 | Motion for a resolution Addressing culture as a foundation for the democratisation of Belarus 13/03/2026 | Doc. 16357 | Motion for a resolution Peace and security in the emerging global order 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16338 | Motion for a resolution Safeguarding international justice from transnational repression
21/04/2026 | Doc. 16373, vote on the draft text for resolution Countering discrimination based on religion and protecting freedom of religion or belief in Europe 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16315, vote on the draft text for resolution For a ban on conversion practices 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16314, vote on the draft text for recommendation Socialising at schools: for an inclusive and participatory education fostering democratic values 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16314, vote on the draft text for resolution Socialising at schools: for an inclusive and participatory education fostering democratic values 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16244, vote on the draft text for resolution Analysis and guidelines to guarantee the right to housing