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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Absolutely not, and with respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: It is for the Minister of State and the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I wish to make two points. Members have referred to schools in their areas in terms of the building programme. A small, four-teacher school in Dundalk that I visited last week has had an application in for the past 22 years. The teachers share a tiny cubicle of a toilet with a kitchen counter just outside it. I plead with the Minister and Minister of State to consider this school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: I wish to ask about a relevant matter, namely, special education. Students who have special educational needs and are approaching the age of 18 years will leave school next June. The situation has improved for the majority, in that the stipulation is that they should know where they are going by the end of June, but in order to prepare them, they need access to science and other subjects....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I, too, welcome the nomination by the Labour Party of Maíria Cahill as its candidate in the Seanad by-election. I have already made known my views on her suitability in that regard. She would be a great asset to the Seanad. I welcome also the Fianna Fáil announcement that it, too, will be nominating a candidate, which is very good for democracy. This Saturday is Positive Mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: The Louth Hospital in Dundalk was downgraded to ensure that Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital would become a centre of excellence. It is now recognised as probably the worst hospital in the country. The latter is in no way due to the staff, who are excellent.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: That is not true. The Senator cannot surmise about matters in that way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Mathematics Learning Support: Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network (7 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the representatives of the network for attending. It was at my invitation and I apologise profusely for being late. This is positive mental health week. It is physically impossible to be in two different places at once. The Minister visited Dundalk this morning to launch an art exhibition but I got back as quickly as I could. I am familiar with the work of the network and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I add my words of sympathy to all the families affected by the dreadful weekend of tragedies. I convey my sympathies to the families of the ten people who lost their lives in the horrific accident in Carrickmines. As Senator Mullins stated, we must also praise the members of the emergency services who arrived at a horrific scene on Saturday. I also express sympathy to the family of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the budget. One cannot please all of the people all of the time but I believe last night's debate was very well rounded, particularly in the context of the areas for which I am a spokesperson, namely, education and disability. We have greatly improved. One of the most difficult things that occurred since I became a member of the Seanad was the cut to the respite care grant. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: There is also the funding for travel, which is great. While there are plenty of pluses, there are other things we would all love to have seen included. However, I think it is a well-rounded budget and that it has something for everybody. Reference was made to housing. I would welcome a debate on this matter with the Minister for the Environment, Deputy Alan Kelly, and suggest that he be...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, for coming to the House today to take this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Kelly. I have raised this Commencement matter on foot of a serious and urgent representation I received over the summer, which I have attempted to resolve both at local level and with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Before...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: This matter must be addressed.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I am very disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Kelly, is not in the House to take this matter. It is one thing to say this scheme or that scheme is available and that €10 million has been allocated but this family sought assistance in July. It would not have cost anything for somebody to go out and assess the situation. It is now November and the child's operation is next week and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: If an answer is not forthcoming from the council, the next step is to bring the matter to the attention of the Minister.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I have done that.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I would like to reiterate my sympathy to the family, friends and Garda colleagues of Garda Tony Golden. The scene last Thursday in my local parish church was one of devastation and immense grief that another member of the Garda Síochána had been gunned down in cold-blooded murder. When I visited the family last week Tony Golden's wife and mother-in-law pleaded with me to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: It was unbelievable to see people, some of whom knew the Golden family and others who did not, coming together and doing whatever they could to help, including making tea, providing refreshments, directing traffic and so on. It was a proud moment, if one could take anything at all from it. I hope that in the long term it will be a source of comfort to the family. Blackrock is renowned for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Remit of Ombudsman for Children in School Complaints: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Moran: I add my congratulations to Dr. Muldoon on his appointment and thank him for coming in today. I commend Deputy Daly on his very passionate contribution. I wholeheartedly agree - as the song says, "You took the words right out of my mouth." I know Deputy Daly was a teacher in a former life. I think everybody across the education field would feel his frustration. Some 47% of the cases the...