Results 61-80 of 375 for speaker:Margaret Cox

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: We could then give Michael Smurfit a carer's allowance. Deputy Michael Woods was the Fianna Fáil Minister who introduced the allowance.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: Could the small sum of €4 million not be taken from the national training and development fund and put into the Minister's scheme? It should be investigated.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: Earlier this week the House engaged in a good debate on the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I raised the question of maternity leave regulations which oblige expectant mothers to take four weeks of their maternity leave prior to delivery. An examination of the statistics will indicate that among European countries, Ireland has among the highest rate of premature babies, by two...

Seanad: Health Service: Statements. (13 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: I reject the line constantly thrown out by the Opposition that patients receive a second class health service.

Seanad: Health Service: Statements. (13 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: I wrote it down as somebody said it. In my experience the quality of work done by health care professionals is second to none.

Seanad: Health Service: Statements. (13 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: Nobody is more proud of the work they do. If I was to have a heart attack, suffer from cancer or any other condition that would make me seriously ill, I would not want to go to any other country to be treated. If somebody in need of medical care and attention goes to an accident and emergency department, he or she may have to wait on a trolley – I accept this and wish it was different –...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: Will the Leader, in the context of the need for continuous improvement of our maternity services, ask the Minister for Health and Children to come before the House to debate the issue of securing additional funding for health boards to allow them to continue or to introduce the home birth and domino birth schemes in their areas? A difficult decision was recently made by the Western Health...

Seanad: Sustaining Progress: Statements. (27 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: I am delighted to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. It is funny how times change. I did a course in industrial relations in the National Institute of Higher Education, Limerick, in the 1980s and I recall writing a project on whether there would be another agreement and what it would be called. I do not recollect what I thought it would be called but I predicted there would be...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I was interested to hear some of Senator Terry's comments, which I will address at the end.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: I look forward to the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: Can European directives be amended? Can we ask the European Union to look at this directive and amend it?

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 May 2003)

Margaret Cox: Things have to change.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jun 2003)

Margaret Cox: Will the Leader invite the Tánaiste to come before the House – hopefully before the recess – to discuss the issue of our competitiveness and the difficulties that businesses, particularly small and medium-sized firms, are facing? From next February the minimum wage will be raised to €7 per hour. This will have an impact on businesses at a time when we have failed to deal with the issue...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: Will the Leader arrange a debate on the issue of advertising to children? The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has invited submissions on this matter. If the Oireachtas debated this issue, particularly at this time of year when we see the continual daily intrusion into the lives of children and their exploitation, Members could put their views on the record and these could be submitted to...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: Was that in the Labour Party's general election manifesto?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: A Chathaoirligh, is the Punchestown Event Centre relevant to the debate?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: I welcome the Minister to the House. I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann," and substitute the following: "noting as a consequence of the Estimates for 2004, that spending on social welfare is projected to increase to €10.65 billion in 2004, notes that these Estimates do not as of yet include any budgetary provision for increases in social welfare payment rates...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: Anybody who believes that by spending of more than €40 billion in 2004 we are not looking after the people of this country is foolish. More than two thirds of the gross spending next year will be devoted to health, education and social welfare.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: Public expenditure has increased from €18 billion in 1997 to more than €40 billion next year. We have increased wealth by more than half in that time. By prudent management and by reducing the national debt since 1997, there is now an additional €1 billion available for investment in public services, which otherwise would have been required for debt servicing. I did not see that...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Margaret Cox: I did not interrupt the Senators earlier.