Results 901-920 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I would like to raise the issue of funding for the various community healthcare organisations, CHOs. I would like us to ask the Minister for Health to come before the House to have a debate on this. I myself live in CHO 8, which includes Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth and Meath. Recently I have constantly been told there is not enough funding for CHO 8 and that it has less...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Retention of Defence Forces Personnel: Discussion with Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (30 May 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The witnesses are very welcome. It gives me great pleasure to welcome a fellow Athlonian to the committee. Many of the questions I wished to ask have been addressed. I feel very strongly about this issue. I very much admire the respect shown by the witnesses to the committee, the Department and the Minister of State under difficult circumstances. The protests or parades by retired...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Senator Leyden does not need any help in that regard.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (12 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for making time to come to the House. Political discourse, both here and abroad, is being degraded by a variety of groups and individuals who peddle messages of division and hatred that have no place in Irish culture. Several of the candidates in the recent elections ran campaigns based on messages of hate and fear that were designed to get attention and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (12 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister of State. I am aware of the work that he does on this issue all of the time. I was a member of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality in the previous Oireachtas term and know of his commitment in this area. I really welcome the fact that the Department has commissioned research, which will be invaluable. I also welcome the proposed public consultation and would...

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

Gabrielle McFadden: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: This morning, the website of The Irish Times features an article on credit unions. It refers to savers in credit unions being forced to move their deposits as the credit unions are now imposing limits on savings. The credit unions are blaming the banks. The European Central Bank rate stands at 0% but its interbank rates are actually in negative territory. I ask that the Minister for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: No, it is not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Senator Craughwell is not the Taoiseach.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Look at the procedure.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister back to the House. As has been said, the Offences against the State Act was introduced in 1998 following the barbaric murder of 29 people by the IRA in the Omagh bombings. The legislation has continued until now, and the recent terrible death of Lyra McKee, which was again a murder committed by the IRA. My colleague spoke about the depleted number of members of An...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: How does one follow that?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I will not. Last year the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, requested that each local authority designate a vacant homes officer to co-ordinate actions to address the issue of vacant properties. I welcomed that at the time and I feel strongly that there should be at least one such officer in every large town rather than just one in each county council area. These people should not be taken...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: He will still get a headline.

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

Gabrielle McFadden: For the past couple of months I have heard anecdotally about anti-social behaviour in Longford town but seeing it last night on the 9 p.m. news was very shocking. It is really not good enough that a couple of feuding families could terrorise the good people of Longford and its neighbourhoods while damaging local businesses. Longford town and county has much to offer and tourism has become a...

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

Gabrielle McFadden: Ireland's Hidden Heartland-----

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

Gabrielle McFadden: Athlone is the centre of the universe.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I raise the issue of the An Post mail centre in Athlone. An Post is expected to announce that one of its mail centres is to close. The company has four. There is one in Dublin, Portlaoise, Athlone and Cork. I am disappointed that I have to raise this issue again because I raised it in 2017 with the then Minister. Athlone mail centre is a purpose-built facility which was built 16 years...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Senator Craughwell is looking for a headline.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Senator is only looking for headlines.