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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Newly diagnosed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: It needs to be the whole lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the news that the Minister for Education and Skills is providing additional funding for SNAs. That will have a huge impact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Moran: I have heard the same from principals.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I have received representations from parents who will be affected by this week's changes to the one-parent family payment. I highlight mothers and fathers who are engaged in employment below the threshold of the 19 hours necessary to avail of family income supplement. I am aware of a specific case where a parent works for 15 hours spread over a five-day week in a local schools as a bus...

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I move: That leave be granted to introduced a Bill entitled an Act to increase the school leaving age to 17 and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: Next Tuesday, 30 June 2015.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I add my voice of sympathy to the Clerys workers for the unbelievably despicable way that they have lost their positions and to the families of the young people who tragically lost their lives today in California. I wish to raise the issue of the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, reports that were released last week. In the programme on Áras Attracta, some of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I will be brief. I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business to introduce the education (welfare) (amendment) Bill 2015.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Complaints Procedures (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister for coming into the House to take this Commencement matter. The nub of what I want to raise is the importance of introducing a parents charter and to ask when we can expect it and when this new section 28 can be brought in to the school admissions policy. Recently, I became aware of numerous cases of people having problems trying to get in contact with their child's...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Complaints Procedures (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State. He referred to a complaint continuing on to the Ombudsman for Children. Unfortunately, if a child is 18 years old, this will not count. The guildelines of the Department of Education and Skill provide that the principal must arrange a meeting and that the complaint must be resolved within ten days. The parents in question wrote a letter in March and did not...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the announcement on Monday that €2.7 million is being made available from the Dormant Accounts Fund to support people with disabilities and for substance abuse prevention initiatives. A funding scheme of €1 million is also being made available for home carers. I particularly welcome the inclusion of health related supports aimed at assisting young people with a...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: I commend the Senators who spoke so passionately in the debate on this issue. I, too, believe it is very important for our children and the Minister has to be commended also. As other speakers have said, I hope the Bill passes swiftly through the Lower House. I, too, would welcome the opportunity to visit Oberstown. This is a good day for the future of our children.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: It is a beautiful day, which is a good signal that it is State exam time again. It is a little late in coming, but the sun has come out today. For the first time in a couple of years, I thought we would go through the examinations without having a question raised about a paper. I wish to highlight a serious matter brought to my attention in recent days about the ordinary level maths paper....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Mary Moran: It is a very serious matter. There are 125 points awarded for an A1 in a higher level maths paper and 60 for an A1 in an ordinary level maths paper. The same question appeared on both papers. I am calling for a debate with the Minister for Education and Skills in order that she can clarify the issue. I will also take it up as a Commencement matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Opportunities to Enhance Health Service Provision through North-South Co-operation: Minister for Health (28 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and thank him for his presentation. I wish to raise a few points. Nearly all of us present live in the Border area and have similar interests; therefore, the same issues are arising. However, one cannot overemphasise the need for services. I live in Dundalk and there has always been a good link-up between it and Newry in the provision of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Opportunities to Enhance Health Service Provision through North-South Co-operation: Minister for Health (28 May 2015)

Mary Moran: They cannot recruit.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I would like to add my voice to yesterday's comments on the success of the "Yes" vote in the marriage equality referendum. It was a great day. The celebrations in my home town of Dundalk were wide and vast that day. I would also like to express my condolences to the family of Bill O'Herlihy on their loss. People referred to the atmosphere in Ireland on Saturday as being similar to that of...