Substitute
Deputy
Independents 4 Change
Dáil Éireann
IE - - Dublin 2
Ireland
Working language: English
02/10/2019 | 16:11:27 Thank you Madame Chairperson. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the rapporteur Madame TRISSE for her report and recommendations, and also to congratulate the Governor of the bank on behalf of the United Left Group. Madame Chairperson, the Council of Europe Development Bank, or CEB as I will call it from now on is a very important institution of the Council. I feel the ability to lend money to member states that support the aims of the Council as an important part of supporting... 01/10/2019 | 11:03:35 Thank you. I would like to thank the rapporteur Mr Sylvain WASERMAN for his report. It is very interesting. Madame President, the protection of whistleblowers is vitally important. Many public bodies and organisations rely on the effect of whistleblowing in order to provide effective governance. It is a sad reflection on public organisations, but having effective protections and indeed having effective Ombudsman legislations which we will also be discussing this week are critical to ensure... 26/06/2019 | 10:38:13 Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I'm speaking on behalf of the Unified European Left. Madam Chairperson, according to global advocates on mental health, we are facing a global human rights emergency in this field. All over the world, people with mental health disabilities experience a wide range of human rights violations. Member States of the Council of Europe must advocate for mental health systems across the world to conform to a human-rights based approach, which is compatible with the... 25/06/2019 | 17:53:38 The Istanbul Convention is a very important document for the people of Ireland and should touch the standard and high estate deals with violence against women. In Ireland, one in five women have suffered an intimate partner violence and domestic abuse. Nine out of ten women who are killed, are killed by someone known to them with 56% of them killed by a partner or ex-partner. That in itself shows the importance of the Convention and the need to implement it and the measures of the Istanbul...
15/10/2019 | Doc. 14926 | Written declaration The rights of the politically oppressed must be restored in the Republic of Moldova 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14983 | Written declaration The international community must respond to mass arrests and political prosecution in Kazakhstan 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14984 | Written declaration The Russian Federation must release all Ukrainian political prisoners 03/10/2019 | Doc. 14981 | Written declaration Member States should take swift action to fully implement ICD-11 in national health systems 04/07/2019 | Doc. 14943 | Motion for a resolution Ways and means to respond to the migratory challenge at all institutional levels
03/10/2019 | Doc. 14971, vote on the draft text for resolution Saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea: the need for an urgent response 10/04/2019 | Doc. 14863, vote on the draft text for resolution Role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly: main challenges for the future 10/04/2019 | Doc. 14863, vote on the draft text for recommendation Role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly: main challenges for the future