Horrified at the vile homophobic abuse outside
@leovaradkar
& Matt’s home. No one has the right to bully & intimidate at a politicians home, this was not a protest it was an inevitable sinister mob result of repeatedly debasing political discourse
#standup
Supporting the
@AerLingus
pilots protest on Kildare street today - we need to bring back aviation and open Ireland back up for travel on the 1st July
#RestartTourism
On this, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day, we remember the five times our lives were lit up with hope and each one is held in our hearts. We are grateful for the one sunshine we get to hold and treasure in our arms every day
#WaveOfLight
#waveoflight2021
💖💙💖💙
One item up for sale is a badge displaying a van with ‘Irish Republican Army’ displayed on the side, showing men with guns primed alongside an Irish fl. Sale of IRA badges on @ SinnFéin Website is a glimpse behind their party mask
Here to support my colleague
@Paschald
a man who has given such dedicated service to our country, he is a colleague full of integrity and a fine example of what every public representative should be
@FineGael
I raised the incredible stand being taken by
@Mick_Finnegan
who is in Day 11 of his protest outside
@stjohnambulance
demanding the publication of the report in sexual abuse in that organisation - I fully support Mick, survivors and the lead being taken by my colleague
@ReginaDo
Momentous day today with the agreement by cabinet to legislate for international surrogacy, an ethical framework for future surrogacies and a provision for recognition and parental orders for children born via surrogacy … the best Christmas present legal motherhood
#surrogacy
Thanks for support. Social media should not be anonymous, freedom of speech comes a responsibility for that speech; no role in our society should come with the assumption that personally directed abuse is par for the course - always call the Gardai!
82 years between their ages - 88 and 6 - they are the best of friends and trying out hula hooping together after eating ice cream
#saturdays
#grandadsgirl
🎀. I am inside peeling potatoes
#domesticgoddess
2 weeks standing outside St John Ambulance HQ, and I feel like shit. One of the lads this morning told me he couldn't do it anymore. I respect his honesty, but I also think the public can do more to ensure this report is published. Write to your local politician
#BreakTheSilence
Well said Barry, excellent reply to an arrogant and ignorant assertion by the Sinn Fein Senator in presuming that understanding and empathy was their exclusive preserve
I'm disappointed by the attitude from Sinn Féin that a "white, middle class man", even one who has spend his professional life defending accused persons, couldn't possibly understand what it is like for some people to go before the Courts.
@ErinMcGreehan
@NWCI
I am one of countless women across all three Government parties working extremely hard to advance the life of women. To be so partisan in the choice of speakers and fail to acknowledge that is very disappointing, it seems
#NoWomanLeftBehind
has conditions
Simon Coveney is an asset to Ireland and his record is clear.
Housing, health and the vaccine roll-out, education, climate action, quality of life. These are the areas that Fine Gael and Simon are focused on.
Include politicians from across the spectrum or no politicians at all
@NWCI
to single out & exclude women striving for equality on the basis of political affiliation is not
#LeavingNoWomanBehind
–Seery Kearney - Fine Gael
@FineGael
The Ukrainian flag flying in Leinster House proudly beside the UN, EU and our own Tricolour and the Proclamation … we also proclaim the right of the people of Ukraine to the “ownership of their land and to the unfettered control of their destinies”
#WeStandWithUkraine
Excellent article in todays
@irishexaminer
by Helen O’Callaghan and photos by Moya Nolan telling the experience of three mothers via surrogacy … the time for the legislation is now
@IrishFamiliesTS
@equalchildren
Wishing the very best to the
#LeavingCert2020
students beginning their exams today - this group are more likely to be the students who were downgraded from their teachers grade; missed their college offers; left with no supports since last March, studying totally alone; 1/2
Probably the most ignorant thing written on twitter this decade.
I noticed you conveniently omitted Sweden from that list, given their 1,765 dead and 11.52% didn't suit your narrative.
Rebuttal:
I am delighted to announce that today I was nominated by An Taoiseach to contest the Seanad Elections on the Labour Panel. Looking forward to meeting my Councillor and Oireachtas member colleagues around the country as I canvass for
#Seanad2020
@FineGael
Watching Disability Matters this morning as I can’t be there, very powerful contribution from Paul Alford of
@InclusionIre
it is unacceptable not to have agency over who to live with, what to eat, when to go to bed, the contrast with independent living is striking
#humanrights
My car
#insurance
quote came in this morning and I decided to do something I haven’t done in three years...I shopped around! The quote I now have is just over 🌟HALF🌟 what my current quote is - my lowest quote and my existing insurer are backed by THE SAME INSURANCE COMPANY
I was glad to support Martin this morning in the protest to demand the publication of the report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon into sexual abuse allegations at
@stjohnie
#BreakTheSilence
Really appreciate
@SeeryKearney
highlighting the
#BreakTheSilence
protest in Seanad Éireann. St John Ambulance has shown no concern for survivors. If they did, we wouldn't have to protest outside their headquarters
@olivercallan
I’m very proud of
@LeoVaradkar
’s performance this evening and throughout this crisis, he has shown stately leadership and this nasty attention seeking tweet is beneath even you!
Children in need of legal protections are not an inconvenience … provision for their legal relationship with their parents must be contained within the AHR Bill - for the Minister to suggest that international surrogacy is delaying the funding of IVF is remarkably disingenuous
We have a unique opportunity to have a world class provision for both domestic and international surrogacy, as well as funding IVF cycles, for those who desperately need it and have long been awaiting it. This isn’t an either-or situation. Press release 👉🏻
Good news for
@dublincycling
Temporary cycling lane to be installed along the proposed Wellington Lane Walking and Cycling Route which will go to Part 8 later this year ... road markings, bollards and armadillos to be installed - happy cycling
@sdublincoco
Delighted for the families that are homeward bound - I’m thinking of those who are awaiting births - thank you to everyone for the hard work and supports, it continues
@IrishFamiliesTS
@dfatirl
#UkraineRussiaCrisis
Delighted an Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
has confirmed an extension of TWSS & Pandemic Unemployment Payment while also highlighting the hypocrisy of Sinn Fein in their lack of provision for citizens in Northern Ireland
#Covid_19
while criticising the superior provisions by
@FineGael
Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
confirms the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme & the Pandemic Unemployment Payment of €350 per week will be extended beyond mid-June.
The Taoiseach also highlights Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald's two-faced & dishonest approach to
#COVID19
.
“The sad reality is that one in five pregnancies are lost in their early stages and the trauma of early pregnancy loss needs to be acknowledged”
—
@SeeryKearney
and
@EmerHigginsTD
on paid leave after early pregnancy loss.
Learn more:
Today vindicates the long battle by
@Mick_Finnegan
& others to get the truth about
@stjohnie
out. I have sought an emergency sitting of the Children’s Committee to ask the very serious questions that need to be answered into how safeguarding of children is reviewed by
@tusla
Tomorrow the
@stjohnie
will give their report on sexual abuse to those who were witnesses in the creating of the report - I spoke about my support for
@Mick_Finnegan
and the others last week along with
@ReginaDo
we will stand with you tomorrow via
@YouTube
“It is really important that women see other women in roles and positions being able to take maternity leave, being able to return to their jobs and return to the positions they were working in before.” -
@HMcEntee
on her last day in the office before taking maternity leave.
Emotional scenes today at the Ukranian Embassy at the vigil called by
@IrishFamiliesTS
with Her Excellency Larysa Gerasko, IFTS Spokesperson Cathy Wheatley and Chair Ciara Merrigan and several hundred members of the Ukranian community in Ireland-
#WeStandbyUkraine
#Ukraine
Very honoured to have coffee and a catch this afternoon with Gay Mitchell who was full of excellent advice and encouragement, he has such an exemplary record of public service
@FineGael
@FG_DSC
Organisers of this Rave must be prosecuted! Everyone must play their part for health & the city’s economic survival, enforcement of public health measures is needed to ensure the urgency of the situation is driven home
@rtenews
@98FM
@NewstalkFM
@FM104
The
#Surrogacy
Committee is working hard to make recommendations that honour & safeguard all parties within surrogacy arrangements. It is important that inflammatory language & negative sweeping assumptions about the capacity to consent of women in other countries is challenged.
Very honoured to sign the roll for
#Seanad
Éireann today; it’s a great privilege. I’m very humbled to serve the people of our country in the 26th Seanad and with colleagues especially those of my party
@FineGael
Irish families expecting babies via surrogacy in Ukraine are being asked to contact
@SeeryKearney
. In the Seanad she said she's liaising with solicitors, advocacy groups, the Minister &
@dfatirl
. 14 babies are due be born in Ukraine between now & May (1/2)
@rtenews
Yesterday my colleague
@SeeryKearney
shared her own experience of miscarriage in the Seanad and today myself &
@CarrollJennifer
spoke on the need for miscarriage leave for early pregnancy loss.
Women and their partners deserve to be supported through the trauma of miscarriage.
I support the
#DeliverooRidersStrike
6pm-8pm today
#solidarity
minimum hours, certainty, entitlements & protections. They are a lifeline during lockdown. Deliveroo London has sought to meet me;this strike demonstrates the real issues felt by the riders 👉🏻
Today is a big step for human rights of children not to be discriminated against because of the manner of their birth, surrogates & intended parents regardless of their sexual orientation Committee to publish report on international surrogacy via
@RTENews
This is devastating news for families on their journey to parenthood via surrogacy in Ukraine. Thinking of them this evening as they worry for their surrogate mothers and their babies via
@RTENews
@IrishFamiliesTS
Very grateful for an excellent engagement today with Min
@simoncoveney
& my colleague advocate
@BecksL76
where we shared our views on the scope needed for
#surrogacy
law.
@dfatirl
staff have been excellent with parents returning to Ireland with their newborns during
#COVID19
If you are expecting a baby via surrogacy in the Ukraine please:
1) Make contact with our Embassy there to let them know when your baby is due 2) make contact with
@dfatirl
or my office so that you can be afforded appropriate support
I’m delighted the
@FineGael
Parliamentary Party unanimously agreed, following my request of them, to meet parents of surrogate born children to hear directly their personal experiences as soon as COVID restrictions in LH allow us to meet in person
@IrishFamiliesTS
@equalchildren
On the front line - Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
at Morgans Place site in Blachardstown where he he help with
#Covid19
testing of residents. This sends out a really positive message 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
First volunteer shift in the
#tennis
club bar since Covid restrictions eased, it’s great to feel a bit more normal - there are bar stools!! Who knew!! 🎾👟
#volunteer
I’ve written to Min
@NormaFoleyTD1
to understand how students who were exempted from Irish in their JC due to
#disability
or b/c they were educated outside the State up to age 12
#integration
were compensated by the algorithm in the
#LeavingCert2020
calculated grades?
Surrogacy is a matter of finding an ethical pathway to parenthood that reflects the lived experience of families
#surrogacy
@IrishFamiliesTS
thank you
@businessposthq
for highlighting the issues so well
Great article in today's
@businessposthq
explaining why it's so important that we legislate on surrogacy, something
@SeeryKearney
is leading on.
Very brave of her and
@BecksL76
to share their own personal stories of surrogacy
Returning my ballot paper to
@FineGael
HQ I’ve voted yes
#pfg
because this is a time our country & the next Government needs Fine Gael leading and at the heart of decision making.
#ProgrammeForGovernment
contains ambitious plans I support for our country & constituency
@FG_DSC
I had a very productive meeting this evening with An Taoiseach
@leovaradkar
discussing issues of concern to those living in Dublin South Central including the newly formed Child Poverty Unit, concerns of residents affected by apartment defects, community safety and housing needs.
Thank you. It’s a great honour to meet up with families like my own and to be able to bring all of our experiences to the heart of Government … our children’s rights matter, as do ours as mothers; great work being done by
@IrishFamiliesTS
#Equality
#Surrogacy
Very grateful to Tish & Chelsea at
#Salonrouge
Inchicore for doing wonders on me this morning as I head into the 26th
#Seanad
Tish opened the salon at 12.01, rotating staff on shifts to enable opening 24 hrs, and is also taking donations for
@Womens_Aid
#BackToWorkSafely
The emphasis now is on getting to a safe place for all Ukrainians while this horror unfolds. I am continuing to work with Irish families expecting babies via surrogacy. If you haven’t as yet made contact with my office please do.
@IrishFamiliesTS
#UkraineRussia
vigil tomorrow👇🏻
Delighted to thank Harry Crosbie and all the folks at
@Vicar_Street
for making their their 8,000 sq. ft loading dock available as a venue to host events in aid of Ukrainian refugees
I am inviting your ideas👇🏻
@FineGael
Profound words from my 5 year old this morning ... doing jobs together we took out a blanket to fold, she wanted to do it herself I offered to help .. she said “I believe in myself to be able to do this”
#parenting
is also about learning, today I was the student
Delighted the decision to legislate for international surrogacy was made by cabinet. This will make a huge difference to families bringing clarity & legal certainty, here’s an explanation of why it is needed
@IrishFamiliesTS
@IrishGayDads
. via
@YouTube
It was a very great honour today to serve as Cathaoirleach Sealadach in the
#Seanad
during the debate on Mental Health and Covid with Minister
@MaryButlerTD
, thank you to the Cathoirleach
@SenatorMarkDaly
for the opportunity
Delighted to have received the nomination of the Dublin South Central constituency to go forward to
@FineGael
for consideration to run for the party in the forthcoming Seanad election