Sharon Keogan

2022 - 4 - 27

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Sharon Keogan resigns from committee : 'I no longer feel safe' (The Irish Times)

A private meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy descended into “mayhem” on Wednesday following a row last week when Independent ...

Another witness, LGBT Ireland representative Claire O’Connell, said she took issue “with the suggestion that you don’t believe everyone has a right to parent a child. The meeting ran for double the length of time for which it was scheduled and despite efforts by the chair, Soc Dems TD Jennifer Whitmore, to move onto other topics Ms Keogan said she was unhappy and wanted to pursue the matter further. “Surrogacy I believe is harmful, it is exploitative and it is unethical. I will offer my place to an Independent Senator from my grouping and will correspond directly with the Seanad office in order so that a Committee of Selection can be convened. “Regarding the resignation of Senator Sharon Keoghan from the childrens committee. “I will continue to sit on the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy.

Senator Sharon Keogan quits Oireachtas Committee citing 'unsafe ... (thejournal.ie)

Keogan has hit the headlines in the past week after she was asked to leave a separate committee's meeting.

“ To all of you who took the time to write into the— Senator Sharon Keogan (@SenatorKeogan) @IrishTimesor indeed had the courage to support my right to free speech online, irrespective of your own personal views, Thank you. I really do appreciate all the support and kindness.

'I no longer feel safe': Senator Sharon Keogan resigns from ... (Irish Examiner)

The resignation comes after Ms Keogan was ejected from a sitting of a committee last week where she was accused of making “bigoted, cold and cruel” comments ...

"I wish her well going forward and would like to take the opportunity to clarify that any allegations or issues that were referenced in her letter were not brought to the attention of the children's committee prior to receipt of her letter today." "I will offer my place to an Independent Senator from my grouping and will correspond directly with the Seanad office in order so that a Committee of Selection can be convened." "I wish to inform you that I wish to resign my position as a member of the above Committee. I will continue to sit on the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy," the email reads.

Independent Senator resigns from Oireachtas committee (RTE.ie)

Independent Senator Sharon Keogan has resigned from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

She also said that she would like to "clarify that any allegations or issues that were referenced in her letter were not brought to the attention of the children's committee prior to receipt of her letter today". The Chair of the Oireachtas Children's Committee has said that she was "surprised" to learn of Senator Keogan's decision to resign. She said that she would offer her place on the children's committee to an Independent Senator from her grouping.

Senator Keogan resigns from Committee on Children | Meath ... (Meath Chronicle)

Meath's Senator Sharon Keogan has resigned from the Oireachtas Committee on Children.

“I want not given the chance to finish the point I was making.” Senator Keogan says she was not given an opportunity to explain what she intended to say: "I am not opposed to altruistic surrogacy but I am opposed to the commodification of the human child and the exploitation of the surrogate, especially in poor economies," she told the Chronicle this week

Independent senator Sharon Keogan resigns from Oireachtas ... (Independent.ie)

Sharon Keogan, the independent senator, has resigned from an Oireachtas committee on children and disabilities.

In a letter to Jennifer Whitmore, chair of the committee, Ms Keogan said she “strongly” disagreed with claims that she had used inflammatory language. “A member of the Committee then referred to me as a “bigot”, “crude” “cold”, and that I should “check my Christian values” when I walk in the door,” Ms Keogan wrote. “You’re crude, and you’re cold.”