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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Crisis Pregnancy Services (29 Oct 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking this very important issue. I wish to outline the work of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. Its objectives are the reduction in the number of crisis pregnancies by the provision of education in awareness and contraception services; the reduction in the number of women with crisis pregnancies who opt for abortion by offering services and...

Seanad: Crisis Pregnancy Services (29 Oct 2009)

Nicky McFadden: My comment was not directed personally at the Minister of State but was a reference to the trite responses one tends to receive from the Health Service Executive.

Seanad: Crisis Pregnancy Services (29 Oct 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I am acutely aware and appreciative of the support of the Minister, Deputy Harney, for the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. However, I am concerned by the following statement in the Minister of State's reply: It is expected that a large majority of providers will be offered such a contract. The matter will become clearer once the Estimates...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I would like the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, to come to the Seanad. We have been raising the issue of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin for a very long time. We all know of the very sad case of baby Joy who has a hole in her heart and narrowing arteries. Yesterday in my clinic I was visited by a mother of six children, whose youngest...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I will not even bother responding to that sort of comment from Senator Hanafin. I thank the Senator behind me, whose name eludes for the moment.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Yes. I thank him for supporting the females in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: It seems that none of our gentlemen colleagues feels it worthwhile to speak about equality and I am very disappointed in the level of support we have received in the House. With regard to swine flu, I heard Senator Feeney's comments but cannot agree with them. The HSE created much spin on the national airwaves but in the midlands, doctors in the Athlone area still have not received the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I move: That Seanad Éireann, noting: that the huge increase in the number of people unemployed, or working shorter weeks, has put enormous financial strain on families in meeting their mortgage repayments and paying other debts, with 14,000 households currently in mortgage arrears according to most recent figures — June 2008 — which are now estimated to have doubled; the 244% increase in...

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I commend the protocol of the Irish Banking Federation and MABS which are working well together. They have set out guidelines for people in debt to agree a sustainable repayment schedule with their financial institutions. I hope this protocol is working and not totally aspirational. Financial services such as MABS have seen an enormous increase in the number coming to them for advice and...

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: He is big enough to admit a mistake.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I meant to say that. I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: As Colm McCarthy said.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I was agreeing with the Senator.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The amendment is congratulatory.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I thank my colleagues on both sides of the House for their honest contributions. However, I am utterly disappointed in the amendment, which is an insult to the people. How dare Fianna Fáil "welcome" anything. The word "commend" is used four times in the amendment and "welcome" is used twice. It is an outrage. I am very angry about this. I asked about a number of issues. I asked for a...