I propose an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 11 be taken before No. 1." The reason for this is the introduction of my Bill, the Control of Dogs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024. I care for animal welfare. I believe that those who neglect animals or behave recklessly should be penalised. This Bill will strengthen the legislation in respect of the control of dogs. I have worked with them on this Bill which will really highlight and advocate for positive change in legislation regarding microchipping,…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Control of Dogs Act 1986, and for that purpose, to provide for dog control notices, to provide for notices relating to the exclusion of dogs from certain premises, to amend the Control of Dogs (Dog Licensing Database) Regulations 2019 so as to provide for the mandatory maintenance of a dog licensing database, to amend the Local Government Act 2001 to provide for public places where dogs can be off leash and to provide for rela…

Next Tuesday.

We will suspend the House as the Minister of State has to go to the Dáil for a vote.

Senator Gallagher has six minutes.

When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Yesterday, we had a fantastic briefing in the audiovisual room that was organised by the Leader. As someone who suffers from endometriosis, I know it is an excruciating and debilitating condition. There is so much to a condition like endometriosis that is unseen. It can affect sufferers at any time of the day or month. It is not just about one particular week of the month. I welcome that the Government has moved forward on introducing endometriosis clinics in specialist regio…

It still is.

Stick to the amendment.

This is my first time speaking on the Bill. I welcome the Minister. I am covering for my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee, who cannot be present. It is important to discuss the reason for the Bill and why the amendments should not be accepted. As Senator Clonan stated, when people are going into a facility for gynaecological or obstetrical care, others have no idea what is going on. I, too, was a parent who left empty-handed from the Coombe. It is the most desperate walk of your life, walking through those corridors…

On a point of order, that is actually not what we are discussing.

In the Senator’s opinion.

Through the Chair, I-----

Some of the women are getting healthcare.

Some of the women are getting healthcare and are vulnerable.

On Wednesday, 20 March 2024 at 12 noon.

I ask for a debate on the new interdepartmental group to accelerate the work on ratifying the protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. We have heard so much about this, with dancing around the corridors and setting up groups here, there and everywhere. We now have a group on the optional protocol. We are supposed to have done this already and I would very much like to have a debate on it. I ask that the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, come in here to outline what exac…

My gosh. In the words of Miley Byrne, "Well, holy God." There was a whole lot going on there, Senator Keogan. One of many things that struck me is that you said you speak for the mammies of Ireland. You certainly do not speak for me and I am a mother of Ireland.

You do not speak for me. Please do not put us all in that wee box. Do not do it. It is unbelievably insulting and shocking the stuff that comes out of your mouth. We are all able to question but you take a tiny grain of question and go with it and run down that rabbit hole as quickly as you possibly can to get those Twitter likes and get the videos up there as quickly as possible. It is soul-destroying. You rightly said the referendum is not about the woman's place in the home. We have to look at what the wording i…