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Seanad: Seanad Report on the Rights of Older People: Statements (13 Jun 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. Mr. Seán Dillon from Older and Bolder is also present, as are the former Lord Mayor, Michael O'Halloran, and Mrs. Connolly, who have come in to listen to the debate. I welcome the report's recommendations. There is not much to argue with in the report. I hope we will do our utmost to achieve the optimum in protecting and enforcing the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Marie Moloney: I add my voice of welcome to the medics from Bahrain in the Public Gallery who are supporting their colleagues. I support Senator O'Brien's request. I wish to raise the issue of diesel laundering. This activity costs the country approximately €150 million in lost revenue. Illegal diesel causes many problems for motorists who use it. When an agent is added to remove the dye from the...

Seanad: Decade of Commemorations: Statements (7 Jun 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Visit of Northern Ireland Delegation (7 Jun 2012)

Marie Moloney: Before I call on the next speaker I am sure that Members will join me in welcoming members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr. Mike Nesbitt, MLA, the newly elected leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and Mr. John McCallister, MLA. On my behalf and that of my colleagues in Seanad Éireann, I extend a warm welcome to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I will use this opportunity to mark the retirement of Mr. John Behan, the first parliamentary porter to retire from Leinster House. Tomorrow is his last day but, as today is our last sitting day before then, I want to wish John well and thank him for his service down the years.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I have just come from a briefing providing by the LauraLynn House, the first children's hospice in Ireland. To hear its stories was heart-rending. Since that presentation was badly attended by Oireachtas Members, we may reschedule the briefing in the AV room. In due course, will the Deputy Leader ask the Minister for Health to attend the Seanad to debate the issue of funding for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I am disgusted to read in the newspapers today that the former Minister of State, Mr. Ivor Callely, is unlikely to be pursued for the sum over €6,000 that he was paid in expenses.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: The point I am coming to is that officials in the Department have been advised that they had no legal basis on which to pursue him for the money because the error was made by the Department. I raise this issue because day in, day out I deal with claimants who have been overpaid by the Department of Social Protection and are pursued by it for every last penny. Why is there one law for one...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I strongly support what my colleague, Senator John Kelly, said about the medical card issues. I have also come across a number of people who have been refused medical cards simply because they do not earn enough, which is ludicrous. I wish to speak about the MFGs, or Meitheal Forbatha na Gaeltachta companies which have been closed down for several months. Many worthwhile projects are...

Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome all the survivors of symphysiotomy and those promoting their cause who are in the Visitors Gallery. I welcome the Minister of State who is a regular visitor to the House. Symphysiotomy was advocated in 1597 and the first procedure on a human being took place in 1797. Given that society was primitive at that stage, one would have thought that medical procedures used in those...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I support Senator van Turnhout in her call for a hotline to be set up. On another issue, until March of this year dentists working with the HSE were able to carry out minor orthodontic procedures, including taking impressions and some orthodontic interventions, at a cost of approximately €250 to €300 per child. Given orthodontic treatment is generally €4,500, this was a huge saving to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I have been listening all morning to incidents that have taken place on O'Connell Street but I wish to speak about another incident that took place. I wish to highlight what happened on the Mallow to Cork road last Saturday where a sulky race was taking place. Those involved had the audacity to put it up on YouTube. The race was so dangerous that hundreds of lives were put in danger. They...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, to the House.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I call Senator Leyden and he has eight minutes.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House. Today, three Ministers from the Department of Health came here to debate the Bill and it shows the importance they place on it. They did not send anyone else. Everyone present agrees we have a duty of care to our citizens and that duty is all the greater to citizens who do not have a voice, our children. Choosing to smoke and destroying...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: Senator Norris, who has left the Chamber, should withdraw his comments about the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the extension of the JobBridge scheme to lone parents and those on disability allowance. I have been pursuing this with the Minister for some time and I am delighted it has come to fruition. On my way home from Dublin on Thursday, I stopped at a service station and met four delightful young girls, Colleen, Caoimhe, Fiona and Ciara. These young girls told me they had just won the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the announcement by Permanent TSB to reduce its variable mortgage interest rate by 0.5%. There is still a big gap between it and the other State-owned banks but it is a step in the right direction and I am sure mortgage holders will welcome it. I refer to the cycle to work scheme, which is a very good scheme and is being very much availed of. However, it has come to my attention...