Results 921-940 of 1,338 for speaker:Kathleen O'Meara
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: How very convenient.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: There is a great deal to be lost.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to debate this very important legislation. We are here again with this Bill on the thorny subject of charges levied on long-stay patients in public institutions. Let us not forget that we are talking about elderly people who were charged â illegally, as it now turns out. We now know from the Travers report that it had been known about since 1976....
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: Or local authorities indeed. Is this practice endemic? Do they just chance their arm and if they are challenged settle but under no circumstances do they stand up and take responsibility because they know they will be found out? Where else is this practice operating? The Minister of State mentioned local authorities. We must ask if this practice is endemic in Irish public life. Those of us...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I thank Senator Dardis for that remark. I draw attention to page 89 of the report which deals with findings. I refer again to the inability to communicate effectively with the Minister for Health and Children at the time. The report states: The Department of Health and Children prepared in 2002 a draft Government Memorandum and associated Heads of Bills which would, effectively, have...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I said at the outset â perhaps it was before Senator Dardis came into the House â that this is all the same area. Unfortunately, I will not be in a position to attend the House tomorrow to contribute to the debate on the Travers report so I hope the Senator will bear with me.
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: Exactly. I am sorry that is the case but c'est la vie. In his statement the Minister talks about the backdrop to the 16 December 2003 meeting. He states: . . . the main item of concern was the Health Reform Programme, and in particular its implications for the personal positions of the CEOs. The Hanly Report was also a key issue. I spoke on both topics during the meeting and I had a meeting...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: It is extremely well written.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I move: That Seanad Ãireann: ârecognising the huge difficulties faced by working parents in securing child care for their children and meeting the huge costs that the Taoiseach has acknowledged can be as much as â¬800 per child per month; âdeploring the failure of the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that there are sufficient child care places available; âexpressing...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: The Minister should spare us. He can do better than that.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: Can we have the real debate now?
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: This issue is a priority for us.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: It is a priority now.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator is very welcome.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I thank all Senators who contributed to the debate. I make no apologies for bringing forward this motion only two weeks after our debate on the equal opportunities child care programme to which the Leader was good enough to concede at my request. Senators Terry, Cox, White and I have spoken about this matter on various occasions in recent years. However, we seem to have made a breakthrough in...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: In the past, women were an under-used resource in our economy. I am glad that they now have the choice as to whether they wish to be at work. Most women choose to be at work. We did not strive to be educated so well and then not use that education to some end. However, there are times in our lives, as mothers and parents, when we want to spend more time at home with our children. We do not...
- Seanad: West Link Toll Bridge: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator has one minute remaining.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Apr 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: I agree that the treatment of the Gama workers and everything to do with this case is a matter for us all. We will debate the issue of migrant workers tomorrow, which I welcome because it reflects badly on the country that this should be allowed to happen. It is time a line was drawn in the sand, not only as regards this, but also because of what has happened recently to Filipino workers. My...
- Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: On behalf of the Labour Party, I join today's tribute to an outstanding world leader who passed away a short time ago. As others have said, Pope John Paul II was a truly great leader of the 20th century and at his most inspiring in the way he faced the illness he endured in recent years and in his passing. Any of us who saw his expression on Easter Sunday as he tried to speak to his flock...
- Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)
Kathleen O'Meara: When is it proposed to sit again?