Results 401-420 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Would Ms Daly like to answer some of the questions that were raised?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you, Eileen. I call Mr. Toner.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I would not like to hear form Mr. Toner.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I am anxious to bring in the other members. Does Senator Buttimer have a question?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: If we have time, we will ask them.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The Senator's question was on the direct payments
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The Senator's question is about the direct payments, the governance, equality and-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Would the Department like to answer that question?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Ms Carr said that the policy is in development.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Does Deputy Murphy have any questions?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: That is a question about the membership organisation more than the personal assistants, which is what we are focusing on today. It is a good question but perhaps it is for another day.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Not all of them, I would say.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Ms Meany indicated that she would like to contribute. I will then draw the discussion to a close.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I will adjourn shortly because we are conscious of the time. We decided to look at this as a committee because we had a presentation from Leigh Gath, who was presenting on her role but who also spoke about her own personal experience and therefore we got interested in the personal assistants. This has been a very educative process for me today as it was about the impact of a PA service on a...
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I am going to share time with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. I will take six minutes and she will take two. I am delighted to speak in support of what I call Senator Grace O'Sullivan's "motion on the ocean". I oppose the Government's diluted - pun intended - countermotion. As the song goes, although I will not be singing it, "thank God we are surrounded by water." However, it would seem...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We could spend a week dealing to each of the presentations to explore the detail of them. We have had to cover a good deal of ground. My territory would be similar that traversed by Senator Ruane. I am interested to know if Mr. Dignam, Ms Heelan and Mr. Mokake currently have direct liaison with the Department of Education and Skills? Would...
- Seanad: Report on Children's Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: This is an opportunity not only to consider the report of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on children's mental health services but also to consider more generally what is happening to our children's mental health. I spoke on this issue over three months ago, often citing the report we are discussing. It is disappointing that we have made so little progress, and it is devastating...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: We are now in public session. The first petition for consideration is No. P00034/16 from Mr. Joseph O'Shea, a petitioner who seeking a mechanism to appeal decisions of the Minister for Justice and Equality on the determination of the level of disablement under the Garda Síochána Pensions Order 1925. This is the third time this petition has been considered by the committee. Does...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome our visitors. At a previous meeting, we considered the Ombudsman's Nursing Home Casebook. To help us consider this matter further, I am pleased to welcome the Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, who is accompanied by Ms Jennifer Hanrahan and Mr. Tom Morgan. I advise witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system. I draw the attention of witnesses to...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The way we will proceed is that members will now put questions to Mr. Tyndall. However, I ask him to consider how the committee can support him in his work. I understand that he has received a number of responses from the Department. If there is anything he can suggest to us, that would be helpful.