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Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I know. They will be open until 10 o'clock at night which is terrible.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I commend the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, BIPA, on the facilities and organisation during the conference over the past two days. As stated last night, it is unusual to have a silver and gold anniversaries at one time but this was the 50th plenary session of the BIPA and the 25th anniversary of BIPA. We had an excellent opportunity to discuss pertinent issues, including smuggling....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes. Children with a mild learning disability who began primary school in September 2013 - only a few months after the NCSE publication - will now be obliged to wait at least three years before the introduction of a newer, more equitable allocation model. It is not right that children with Down's syndrome with a mild diagnosis are not receiving resource teaching hours. I heard of one such...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I ask that the Minister come into the House for a debate on this issue at the earliest opportunity.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this debate. I was present in the Dáil when the Taoiseach made that emotional apology to those women who spent time in Magdalen laundries and felt an immense pride and hope that day, as I saw the expressions of joy and relief on the faces of the women who were present. Consequently, I am...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister for a debate that is of the utmost importance. It is to the forefront of everyone's mind. Like my colleagues, I deal with dozens of families and individuals weekly on a variety of topics but I mostly deal with housing and health care. I dealt with a number of people on a variety of issues ranging from surgery, waiting lists, hospital overcrowding and the filling of...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: I refer specifically to Louth, where a Fianna Fáil Minister said the hospital would not close on his watch. The hospital closed, or the service was greatly reduced, and everything moved to the so-called centre of excellence in Drogheda. We are now suffering from it, yet Fianna Fáil is acting high and mighty over it. We are not here to discuss that but to find some way to rectify...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: Of course they are.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: No, that is not what I said. I said-----

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Moran: It is a statement of fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome yesterday evening's announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, that the Government has agreed to allocate additional resources to schools to support children with Down's syndrome who are not already being supported through the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, annual allocation process. I was delighted with yesterday's announcement....

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I will be brief. I could not let the comments made by Senator Mullen go without reacting to them. I think everybody has reacted in much the same way to some of the comments. That is the big thing. I will also be opposing the amendments. One cannot say that one is in favour of equality on one hand for one thing, as long as people do things the way one wants them to do those things and as...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: He jumped over the barrier, as if we are in a circus, to get out of the room and will not listen to the other legitimate comments Members have made. We sat here and listened to his point of view and let him speak.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I apologise but I would like to refer to his comments about the Constitutional Convention about which I feel strongly. I was very proud to be part of it. Two thirds of the people on it were members of public. I sat at a table with two people on the first day on the Saturday morning who were vehemently opposed to voting in favour of marriage equality but by the end of the Sunday they were...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: On a point of order, could the Senator speak on the amendment, please? This is more like a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I did not-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I draw attention to two wonderful education events in Dundalk which have taken place since Friday. This morning I had the pleasure and honour to present certificates to more than 100 graduates of the National Learning Network, NLN, in Dundalk. It was brilliant to be there. I commend the Education and Training Board and the HSE which provided the funding for the programmes aimed at people...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I, too, would like to welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in to discuss a very serious issue concerning the HSE drugs counselling services and programmes for those under 18 in Dundalk. I have been in contact with local people who are acutely aware of the situation since the closure of the drugs counselling services for those under 18 in December last and I am led to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately, I can tell him categorically that the HSE service on Market Street, Dundalk which dealt specifically with under-18s ceased before Christmas. I ask that he look into this matter. Telling somebody who is living at the far end of County Louth, has a drug problem and does not have support at home to attend the Meath Jigsaw programme is causing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Third Level Student Grant System: Union of Students in Ireland (22 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank Ms Hoey for the detailed presentation. It is great when people come in here to give such a comprehensive report and come up with practical solutions. I am wearing two hats because I am listening to the USI as a parent who currently has three children in third-level education. Hopefully, I will have a fourth in third-level in September. I concur with what the USI is seeking, which...