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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: The case I had has gone on for two months, with all due respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I will take the matter up with the witnesses afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: Ms Stewart did not reply to my question about the Ombudsman. What percentage of people are not proceeding with their applications? I take it that 99% applied online. SUSI has an e-mail address for all of them. It is a simple matter to send them an e-mail asking them whether they intend to proceed with their application. If they say "No", they can be ruled out and SUSI can start work on...

Seanad: Measures to Address Bullying: Motion (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak to the motion. I welcome the Minister. He has been sitting in every room I have entered today. I join my colleagues in extending deepest sympathy to every family that has been affected by suicide, particularly suicide related to bullying. Bullying in schools is an issue at the forefront of media and public attention. Is it not sad that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Education, Youth and Culture Council: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: With regard to issue 3, the Council issued country-specific recommendations, a number of which the Minister listed. Is there any in particular on which we need to focus? I note a reference to reducing the number of early school leavers. I congratulate the Minister in this regard because the retention figures are pretty good at present. Does Ireland need to concentrate on its language...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Education, Youth and Culture Council: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: No. The Minister may have answered my question when I was out of the room, as I had to go next door for a quorum. The Minister said there were country-specific recommendations, so was any recommendation made specifically for Ireland? I also asked about the need to focus on language skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I thank the representatives from Comhairle na nÓg for their presentation. They are all under the age of 18. There is hope for this country when a panel of bright young people can address an Oireachtas committee. It is certainly not easy to make presentations and it took us a long time to be able to speak publicly. I know exactly what they are going through. I agree with Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: Many people are not strong enough to stand up to it because it gets to them emotionally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: Ostrich.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I wish to raise the issue of an unusual situation that has developed in the family income supplement section in the Department of Social Protection. People who applied for family income supplement last June or July are in a backlog queuing system waiting for their applications to be processed. However, if one applies today or within the next two weeks, one will be dealt with immediately and...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: Some in the private sector too.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: Young in mind.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I commend Senator White, who has raised an important issue which should be addressed. I support the broad thrust of the Bill and I commend her constructive contribution to the House. It goes to show the value of this House and I hope this will be taken on board by everyone. I have read Senator White's policy paper, into which she put a great deal of work and research, and I commend her on...

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: It was an extremely interesting debate.

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I acknowledge and sympathise with the position in which Mohammad Younis found himself in when awarded approximately ¤92,000 by the Labour Court having been unable to seek redress from his employer. I welcome Senator Quinn's proposals in this Bill to protect all workers rights. Following on from the Hogan judgment in which he reluctantly ruled...

Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Dec 2012)

Marie Moloney: Senator John Kelly is next. You have five minutes.

Seanad: Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Dec 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator's time is up so I ask him to conclude.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator should go live there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Equality for Customers of Department of Social Protection: Discussion with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (5 Dec 2012)

Marie Moloney: I thank the group for coming in today. The witnesses are very brave to come and bare their souls to us. I thought I did not know any transgender people but then I thought perhaps I do but I am not aware of it. It is not a tag people go around wearing. We go about our own lives and do not realise the practical problems people encounter, such as getting a passport. What happens in those...

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

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Bill. It is important for these professionals to be registered. Many of them were trained via the hospital system while others have gone through the CAO system to acquire their qualifications. I am delighted they can move freely in the EU. What has the registration fee been set at? I presume they only have to pay the fee in one country and can still travel and work in...