Senator Alice-Mary Higgns speaking on Statements onEducation in the Seanad. Addressing Minister for Education, Norma Foley, Senator Higgins highlighted class sizes, heath and safety for staff and students and fair treatment for third-lvel applicants who completed their Leaving Cert before 2020.
The final debate on the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 finished at 11pm last night in the Seanad. The video above is from last week's Committee stage where I put forward a number of amendments on issues of rent certainty, receivers and evictions.
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins seeks special debate on gender and equality aspects of Budget 2018
Senator Higgins said “The failure to address this glaring inequality on pensions in Budget 2018 is indefensible, particularly given Government promises on gender and equality proofing of the budget. I am calling on Pascal Donohoe to allocate additional funds to address this before the Finance and Social Welfare Bills pass through the Oireachtas. Senator Higgins has also called for a special Seanad debate on gender and equality aspects of Budget 2018, in particular the failure to address the glaring pension inequality within the contributory state pension system.