Results 221-240 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2012)

Mary Moran: I am afraid that the response does not progress the query I have any further. Perhaps I should also outline that the lady was refused the student maintenance grant because she was in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, but she was not in receipt of it because she had to forgo it in order to go back to education. The current appeal process for SUSI, which I accept relates to a different...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2012)

Mary Moran: By the time the appeal is dealt with by SUSI the course could be over.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Back to Education Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2012)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister and those from the Humanist Association. I commend Senator Bacik on her work in bringing the legislation to this Stage and the Minister and her officials. The Bill is a sign that we are growing up and the position where legal marriages can only be conducted by a HSE registrar or a member of a religious body should be amended. We have to recognise that the number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: Every year we have the reaction to the budget. No matter what Government is in office, be it Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael and the Labour Party, the Opposition parties will always attack it. That is the way it is. As regards the respite care grant and other cuts, we may banter over and back depending on what Government is in office, but I am concerned that people are genuinely suffering. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I wish to echo Senator Bacik's concern on the recent escalation of violence in Belfast, particularly the attempted murder last night. I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. I recently attended the opening of the Skainos centre in east Belfast on the Newtownards Road. It was opened by the First Minister, Peter Robinson, and the Deputy First...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister to the House and add my support to the Bill. I welcome the Minister's comments to the effect that his priority is to proceed with the establishment of the registration boards for the professions designated under the 2005 legislation. I will reiterate Senator Burke's comments, in that this work must be done in a timely and efficient manner. I look forward to it. In...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry. I would appreciate a comment or response from the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, on the case of a young ten year old boy whose parents have withdrawn him from school due to their concerns about him. I sent the details to the Minister for Education and Skills a few weeks ago and I hope he provided them to the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: The Minister of State, Deputy Perry, always seems to take those Adjournment debates where I am not happy with the response. I am very disappointed in this instance. Where a child has an intellectual disability or, as in this case, special needs, we must consider each case individually. If the child was attending a normal school, that is, one that was not a special school, his parents could...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: They have been given no guarantee of a place in September.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: Hopefully. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry. I would appreciate a comment or response from the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, on the case of a young ten year old boy whose parents have withdrawn him from school due to their concerns about him. I sent the details to the Minister for Education and Skills a few weeks ago and I hope he provided them to the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: The Minister of State, Deputy Perry, always seems to take those Adjournment debates where I am not happy with the response. I am very disappointed in this instance. Where a child has an intellectual disability or, as in this case, special needs, we must consider each case individually. If the child was attending a normal school, that is, one that was not a special school, his parents could...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: They have been given no guarantee of a place in September.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: Hopefully. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I commend the Government and particularly the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, on the results in the literacy and numeracy report published yesterday, which show that the Government is putting in more time and effort and that the literacy and numeracy strategy is working. Irish national school students were tested from the age of ten. They were tenth out of 45...

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I welcome all those in the Visitors Gallery, including the youth workers, volunteers and representatives of the youth groups. I acknowledge with deep gratitude the essential service they provide to the youth of the country. I had a speech written, but I do not want to regurgitate what has been brought up and I commend Senator van Turnhout on...

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: I take the Senator's point. I would like to use my six minutes to speak.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: No system is ideal.

Seanad: Youth Work: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Mary Moran: There is a body of evidence to back up the belief that youth work and non-formal education makes a significant contribution to society and we are all agreed on that. In a number of key areas youth work is filling the gaps left by the formal education sector. In the present economic situation youth work is more vital than ever - reference was made to youth unemployment. I welcome that the...