Results 921-940 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

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

Gabrielle McFadden: What does the Senator hope to gain?

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

Gabrielle McFadden: The Senator is looking for headlines.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I feel as if I am repeating myself every week as I am raising the issue of the Defence Forces again today. I welcome the fact that the Public Service Pay Commission's report into pay and recruitment in the Defence Forces is before Cabinet and that it will be finally released. We have waited far too long for the report. This is the 20th time in the past two years that I have raised the...

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Jul 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (9 Jul 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. When I was speaking about Defence Forces pay and conditions last week, we did not have the full detail of the recommendations of the Public Service Pay Commission. Now that we do, I believe that much of what myself and Senator Craughwell said last week is still relevant. I understand that some colleagues in the House are referring to myself and...

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (9 Jul 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for the work they have put into the Bill.The Minister of State is always very much on top of her brief in higher education, which is to be commended. It is great to be here today to see the Bill being passed as I supported it from the start. I commend my colleague, Senator James Reilly, whose timing is impeccable, on the work he put into it....

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

Gabrielle McFadden: The recommendation of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, that history remain an optional subject, a matter also raised by Senator Horkan, bothers me greatly. The Minister for Education and Skills has received the review which he is considering very carefully. History gives us a sense of perspective. Diarmaid Ferriter, who is a professor of modern history, has said we...

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

Gabrielle McFadden: We are multitasking.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 is 30 years old. The Ryan family from County Meath, who appeared in a recent Lidl advertisement, have left this country as a result of receiving death threats. The Ryans are what the media like to call a mixed race couple and they have a beautiful baby boy. I did not realise they were mixed race until I read that they were in the media...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: It is totally unacceptable in a civilised society. People should feel safe and protected in their own country and the law should provide that safety and protection. I ask the Leader to use his good office to encourage the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, who loves coming to this House, to come here to discuss the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act. The legislation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Opposition talked enough about them going.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Athlone Institute of Technology has always been hugely progressive, an ambitious institution and a key driver for the development of the midlands. My family and I have long been associated with the institute and I am a former member of its governing body. I very much welcome the announcement that the Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology have come together to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The world could not take more than one.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Good lawyers are expensive.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Will I let others go before me?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: We can do the rebuttal if you do it before us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: We are all concerned about the housing crisis.Nobody thinks it is okay for families to live in hotels or bed and breakfasts. It is not okay for parents to have to get their children up at 6.30 a.m. in a hotel, put them in civvy clothes, bring them downstairs to the dining room, feed them their breakfast, then bring them back upstairs, put on their uniforms and take them on two buses to get...