Results 621-640 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Completion Programme (24 Jun 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister for his response. I am slightly disappointed as I knew exactly what the school completion programmes did. I have all the information. I also received the information in the Adjournment reply, verbatim, in a letter I received from the Minister last week. I do not just speak about Dundalk; I speak about County Louth as a whole, where last week it was reported that...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (25 Jun 2014)

Mary Moran: I, too, express my sympathy to the family of Sam McAughtry and welcome his daughters, Marion, Elaine and Angela, to the House. As we know, Sam McAughtry was an acclaimed writer, broadcaster and encourager of peace. He was an accomplished and unique individual who crossed borders in a way only few have managed in the recent tumultuous decades which have thankfully become peaceful. We are...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (25 Jun 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, back to the House. I also wish to commend Senator Bacik for proposing this motion and Senator van Turnhout for seconding it. It is a good day for the Seanad when we can have cross-party support for important issues such as this one. It is disappointing that in 2014, young girls of all nationalities and backgrounds are being coerced into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in the North-South Co-operation: Discussion with Centre for Cross Border Studies (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Moran: I too will be brief. I thank the delegates for their excellent presentation and briefing documents. I too concur. I was very surprised to learn that there is no funding available for cross-Border projects under PEACE IV. This is an issue we should look at. I very much welcome the comments because County Louth, my county, is similar to Deputy Brendan Smith's and borders the North. I am...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister for this debate concerning matters that must be addressed for third level institutions, PLCs and the issue of league tables. One of the issues the Bill seeks to address is the use of the term "university" outside of the State. To clarify, one of my colleagues mentioned that the Bill was not on the timetable last week for debate this week, but it was. The Bill provides...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I commend Senator Zappone on her fine contribution and second her call for a debate on the forthcoming marriage equality referendum. Many Senators were involved in the constitutional convention and have much to contribute to the debate. I welcome yesterday's announcement by the Minister, Deputy Reilly, of the ex gratiascheme for those women who underwent symphysiotomies. I have raised this...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, back to the House this evening. I commend my colleague Senator MacSharry on the spirit of the Bill and the intention behind it. The Bill as proposed is not in accordance with Council Directive 92/83/EEC, which deals with alcohol taxation and taxes on related products that are applied in respect of their nature and strength. The Bill seeks to...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: The Senator is way over time.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I also join in the tributes being paid to the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn. Like Senator Barrett, I was also present and was delighted to lead for the Labour Party in the motion on education the other day, which turned out to be the Minister's last debate here. The motion before the House was successful, which signifies the way in which the Minister carried out his...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I add my voice of congratulations to Joan Burton and Alan Kelly on being elected leader and deputy leader, respectively, of the Labour Party last Friday evening. I find it fitting that the first woman leader of the Labour Party was elected on the same day that a women for election breakfast meeting took place at Iveagh House that was hosted by Deputy Eamon Gilmore and was one of his last...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I am looking for a debate on the delivery of mental health services for children and young people, particularly for children in the 16 to 18 year age group. I wish to mention the closure last week of the National Deaf Advocacy Service. Recently I watched the video forwarded by the Irish Deaf Society which highlights the significant impact the deaf world has had on those who use the service....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I know that. I have written to the Minister on the issue.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Adjournment debate. I have advocated for a long time that placements should be offered to school leavers who have intellectual disabilities in June of the year in which they leave school, so that their parents will know where they are going. Over umpteen years, I have spoken each September to parents who still do not know where their children...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I know there has been an improvement in this process. However, it does not matter how good the improvement is if one’s child is affected by not securing the placement, particularly when other children with similar needs from the same area have come through the same small school and have got a placement. I am not sure why there is a problem with the placement in this case. If this...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I, too, welcome the funding that has been made available this week to refurbish vacant local authority housing. I am disappointed, however, that my local area, County Louth, has been allocated a mere €76,000. This sum will not go far given the length of the housing list in the county. Another issue that needs to be addressed is the position of people with a disability who suffer a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Summer Works Scheme Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Cannon, for coming to the House to take this Adjournment matter. I received representations from the principal of the school in Dundalk last February regarding security issues and ongoing anti-social behaviour on school grounds. The school applied for summer works funding and was unsuccessful in both funding...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Summer Works Scheme Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I will be brief and I do not mean to be flippant but there is no point in having state-of-the-art toilets if the school does not have equipment and classrooms are bare. I am very familiar with this school and I ask that something be initiated on this, perhaps as emergency works. I have encouraged the principal to apply for emergency works because with equipment having been stolen, students...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Summer Works Scheme Applications (10 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: If the equipment is not in the classroom, the school cannot operate.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: SOLAS Funding (15 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I congratulate the Minister of State in this public forum and wish him every success in his job. I do not doubt that he will prove himself as capable a Minister of State as he is a Deputy. I welcome him to the House for this debate. The Minister of State might be aware of the briefing given last week in the Houses that was led by students from the National Learning Network who were...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: SOLAS Funding (15 Jul 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate and will take him up on his offer to meet some of the people from the National Learning Network who are directly involved. I appreciate that the Minister of State is only in his role a few hours, but as spokesperson for education on this side of the House I want to ensure we have plenty to talk about.