Senator
Sinn Féin
Seanad Éireann
IE - - Dublin 2
Ireland
Working language: English
21/10/2024 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons PACE Migration Committee discusses importance of human rights in migration management at Ljubljana meeting 22/06/2023 - Session Lachin corridor: 'A humanitarian response alone is not sufficient; a political solution is needed' 24/04/2023 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons PACE Rapporteur seeks access to Lachin corridor to see at first hand the situation on the ground 03/03/2023 - Standing Committee PACE welcomes European solidarity with displaced Ukrainians, and urges support for all refugees 10/10/2022 - Session Current affairs debate: "Military hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including strikes against settlements and civilian infrastructures"
31/01/2025 | 11:43:24 Thank you, Mister President. And I want to wish you well and congratulate you again on your re-election. You're doing an excellent job and I know that this Assembly is in very good hands for the coming year. In this, my final contribution to this Assembly, I want to raise the failure of this institution to address the long-standing injustice and repression meted out to the Kurdish people. Throughout my 7 years of attending this institution I have seen the courageous men and women who keep a... 30/01/2025 | 12:15:45 Thank you, Mister President, I want to start on behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left with a clear statement, that Mr Vladimir PUTIN’s illegal invasion of Ukraine was wrong and should not have happened. Indeed, we’ve made this point on several occasions in this Parliamentary Assembly. Let me also state that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine must be respected. It is also true to say that there were real provocations on the part of the West in the years preceding... 30/01/2025 | 11:31:00 Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I want to commend the rapporteur for this report and its very clear call for free elections in Belarus. It's a call that every political group here should endorse. There is no doubt that the last election held in 2020 was not free or fair. And that was before the constitutional changes in 2022 to allow LUKASHENKO to join the ranks of ALIYEV and PUTIN and effectively become presidents for life. The Venice Commission has spoken clearly on this issue. The election... 29/01/2025 | 18:35:10 On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I want to congratulate the rapporteur for an excellent and very timely report. As Kate points out, Europe is facing a demographic challenge of huge proportions in the coming years. In a time span of 50 years, the old-age dependency ratio is projected to more than double, reaching 56.7% by 2050 in the European Union, compared to 25.9% in 2001. This dramatic shift in the age balance raises many fundamental questions, but in the short time... 28/01/2025 | 20:01:33 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I want to broadly endorse this report, and especially the clear call for an end to the horrific slaughter of the Palestinian people. Anybody who believes in humanity must endorse the call for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire. In addition, we must be clear that the current ceasefire, whilst welcome, is certainly not permanent or unconditional. My only regret regarding this report is the absence of any clear direct...
20/06/2023 | Doc. 15796 | Report Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 13/09/2021 | Doc. 15363 | Report Humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
23/04/2025 | Doc. 16113 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: systematic violations of human rights and political freedoms through judicial, financial and transnational repression must end 05/02/2025 | Doc. 16113 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: systematic violations of human rights and political freedoms through judicial, financial and transnational repression must end 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16110 | Motion for a resolution Protecting ethnic and religious diversity in Syria 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16111 | Motion for a resolution Balancing innovation and regulation: ensuring new technologies serve democracy and human rights 15/01/2025 | Doc. 16095 | Motion for a resolution The role of diasporas and migrants in building social cohesion and progress
31/01/2025 | Doc. 16088, vote on the draft text for resolution “Long Covid” and access to the right to health 31/01/2025 | Doc. 16091, vote on the draft text for recommendation Overcoming age-based discrimination against older persons 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16102, vote on the draft text for opinion Opinion on a draft convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16106, vote on the draft text for resolution European commitment to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16090, vote on the draft text for recommendation Multiperspectivity in remembrance and history education for democratic citizenship