Results 841-860 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Seanad: First Aid and Mental Health in Schools (Initial Teacher Training) Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend Senator Gallagher on bringing the Bill before us. I am happy that it has opened a very important conversation. A great deal has been said about the first aid side of things from a physical point of view but I feel very strongly about the mental health side of things. That is what I would like to speak about. We all know about the...

Seanad: First Aid and Mental Health in Schools (Initial Teacher Training) Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I was talking about the increase in mental health issues.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. John Horan (29 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Come on Westmeath.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (31 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. While most logical people understand the difficulty in reviving the building industry after the carnage wrought on it by the disastrous Fianna Fáil-led Governments, it is good to finally see real growth in the numbers of new houses being built. However, when many members of the public pass a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (31 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister. I appreciate the fact that he is here again today. I know how hard he is working on housing and homelessness. There are a lot of things I would like to mention but I do not have time for everything. One of the things I always look at is houses that are in probate and sitting idle while the bereaved family goes through the necessary procedures. Could there not be an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (31 Jan 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Could we introduce legislation to allow for it?

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I support the amendment tabled by Senator Reilly and many others. It is bizarre that the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland is allowed to describe itself abroad as a university of medicine and health science but is prohibited from doing so in this State. For almost a quarter of a millennium, the RCSI has been a leader in the field of medical education. It is a statutory body, which was...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The witnesses are very welcome. We really appreciate that they have given up their time to come in. Deputy Jack Chambers must have read my scribbled notes because he said literally word for word everything I wanted to say. I commend the association on the work it has done on maintaining what it has and trying to build on it. The Vice Admiral reviving the office of director has probably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I apologise. I am under bit of pressure. I am on duty in the Chamber so excuse me if I have to run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I apologise but I have to leave. I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women, ONE, started when three veterans died on our streets. These people served the Tricolour with pride, often in places of conflict, as the UN's most distinguished peacekeepers, and often in the North of Ireland during the Troubles. It is a charity and it needs support. Former members of the Defence Forces are going to highlight the plight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the UK from the EU on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (14 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister for taking the time to attend. I commend the work he, the Taoiseach, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and all of the officials have been doing so far. It is great that the work commenced right after the referendum. They set to work to have us as ready as possible for something so unknown. The potential impact of a no-deal Brexit is very severe. The legislation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: As we approach full employment, people are looking for more choice in their employment and for opportunities that contribute to a more positive work-life balance. For many the idea of working from rural Ireland is increasingly attractive. There are some who would love to return to their home place, and others who desire to get away from the traffic and higher costs associated with city...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: At the same time, they do not actually want to partake-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----and keep the system running. They are often outside the door in the anteroom sniggering and laughing when they have called a quorum-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----while members of the Government are running from committee meetings, leaving the very valuable work they are doing there, to run up here to provide a quorum. We should be more professional.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: It is a legitimate tool of Parliament, but this change does not stop Senators from calling a quorum. It would just mean we would only need six Members rather than 12.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Senator's facility would still be there.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Senator Craughwell wants new politics.