Substitute
Senator
Social Democrats
Seanad Éireann
IE - - Dublin 2
Ireland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
25/06/2026 | 18:29:29 Thank you very much. And I really want to congratulate Ms Laura CASTEL and Mr Joseph O'REILLY for their work on this really, really excellent, important report. There are serious concerns about the increasing proliferation of violent and extreme pornographic content on online forums, and, in particular, how this content normalises gender-based violence and the dehumanisation of women and girls. There's a mass growing availability of such content online. It is extremely concerning when set... 25/06/2026 | 16:19:14 Thank you, colleagues. Violence against women is endemic, and it's pervasive. But rather than making progress in this area, it feels very much like we're going backwards. One in three women in the European Union still experiences some form of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. And to tackle this, we need to make serious reforms in access to justice. A significant barrier, particularly in Ireland, is the use of survivors' counselling notes as evidence. So, in Ireland, there's a... 25/06/2026 | 10:54:03 Thank you. Colleagues, The political declaration signed in December last year was disturbing. It was disturbing that 27 Council of Europe member states chose to politicise the work of the Court. And I want to get this clear. I firmly believe that a political engagement with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is critical. States are central to the ECHR. It is states that implement the Convention, it is states that execute the judgements, and it is states that resource the system... 24/06/2026 | 11:53:36 Thank you and thank you to the rapporteurs. The unprecedented proliferation of disinformation online, facilitated by generative artificial intelligence (AI), has profound implications for how citizens interact with the democratic process, eroding trust in institutions, politicians and elections with an avalanche of fake news and increasingly sophisticated deepfakes able to distort reality, thereby threatening the very concept of democratic accountability. We've seen the ease with which bad... 23/04/2026 | 11:34:31 Thank you very much. The current conflict in the Middle East is a direct result of President Donald TRUMP and Prime Minister Benjamin NETANYAHU's illegal war. Let there be no doubt that President Donald TRUMP is a warmonger. Since his second term, President Donald TRUMP has bombed seven countries, including bombing a girls' school in Iran, killing 175 people, most of them children. The bombing campaign has brought suffering to people across the Middle East, but we need to be clear that this...
09/07/2025 | Doc. 16155 | Written declaration Upholding the rights to protest: defending the Budapest Pride march 23/04/2025 | Doc. 16113 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: systematic violations of human rights and political freedoms through judicial, financial and transnational repression must end 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16155 | Written declaration Upholding the rights to protest: defending the Budapest Pride march
25/06/2026 | Doc. 16422, vote on the draft text for resolution Violent pornography: a test for human rights 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16422, vote on the draft text for recommendation Violent pornography: a test for human rights 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16418, vote on the draft text for resolution Eliminating gender stereotypes in the media 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16370, vote on the draft text for resolution Paving the way for a culture of consent