Results 701-720 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: We are very happy in Athlone.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: There are many difficulties with housing and many proposed solutions and suggestions for solutions. A suggestion made by Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, at one of our parliamentary party meetings was that we should not take away people's social welfare benefits if they allow family members to move back into their home. I do not know whether this subject has been raised since the...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Obviously, it has all changed and I am the perfect lady now but it did me no harm. The street was our playground. Everyone knew everyone else and everyone looked after everyone else's children. I realise times are different but there is no reason there could not be schemes to encourage shop owners to convert the upstairs part of a building to allow accommodation for single people. That is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: As Senator Coffey mentioned, last Friday Project Ireland 2040 was announced, and I welcome it in its entirety. I particularly welcome the recognition of the role that Athlone has to play as a regional centre for the midlands. I thank the Minister for listening to me, and I harassed him a lot, the poor man.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I made submissions to the plan. While I was writing to the Minister I got to thinking about what Athlone had to offer. Among these elements are projects that were delivered to the town by previous Athlone town councils. I served on the town council, as did my late sister and my father before me. Through the years, Athlone town councils, made up of all parties and none, set aside money in...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for coming here. He is always quite obliging when asked to come here and we appreciate that. He and the Office of Public Works, OPW, have been working very hard to address the flooding issue and we acknowledge that. I welcome the €1 billion allocation he mentioned in his contribution. I apologise for not being here for it...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I do not know if the Minister of State mentioned the dreaded, or not dreaded catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, report which has been under way for a long time. The previous Government took a good deal of flak from people who said we did not need a CFRAM report coming out in 2016 or 2017 because they know the river but we all know that we do need a CFRAM report. We have...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: We agreed the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Like others, I commend the work done by different agencies over the weekend. The Defence Forces, the Civil Defence, county council staff, gardaí, fire and ambulance staff, HSE staff, volunteers and county councillors all over the country came out and worked beyond the call of duty. People cleared roads, took calls and in some cases worked 18 hours a day in the same manner as the...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: On 19 March 1911, the first International Women's Day event took place. One of the key themes of the early years of International Women's Day was the campaign for women's suffrage. In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave some women in Ireland the right to vote and we celebrate that centenary this year. Equally significantly, in 1918, women were for the first time allowed to...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am well able to shout for Athlone in 51 seconds.

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I may be a national Senator but I am from Athlone. I warmly welcome Project Ireland 2040, which is a great idea. We have long been batting for such an initiative. The pattern has been that we build houses, schools and hospitals after an area experiences population growth. Project Ireland 2040 is a plan for where people will live and work and how they will travel to work, which is to be...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: The main thing is Athlone is a city. It is the centre of the universe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Seven minutes is a limit, not a target and, therefore, I will stick to that. I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for giving of their time. Their opening statement was depressing and negative. Despite that, almost €1 billion was spent over the past year on mental health services, with an additional €59 million to be spent in 2018 and a further €55 million in 2019,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: What about the Departments of Education and Skills and Children and Youth Affairs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: In that case, the figure is higher than 6.6%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am sorry, but can I just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: May I come back in to ask Dr. Browne a question? He made reference to a salary of €185,000 for a senior consultant.