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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mary Moran: I agree with colleagues that the work of the Seanad is not reflected fairly and equitably in the media. We have heard many calls in the House for RTE to devote a greater portion of "Oireachtas Report" to proceedings in the Upper House. The Seanad is sitting five days this week, yet that programme is being shown only on the days on which the Dáil is in session. We must have a debate on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mary Moran: I agree, but several Senators are not present this morning because of committee duties.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mary Moran: We should have a debate on the issue. We were greeted this morning with the horrifying news that three more inmates of Loughan House had escaped yesterday, a development that is highly embarrassing for the Irish Prison Service. We must have an immediate explanation of these apparent failures of security, with the latest incident coming barely one month after another escapee managed to evade...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I echo the sentiments raised today by Senator Hayden. As a schoolteacher, I was absolutely shocked that, as the Senator remarked, this could happen in 2009. Above all, it is the duty of Members to ensure that all children, regardless of colour, creed or circumstance, should be entitled to their education. I pay tribute to the student in question and to her family who, according to all...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 May 2012)

Mary Moran: Thank you, Acting Chairman. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Quinn, back to the House. I acknowledge and commend the advisory group on its dedication and hard work during the past year. During recent decades Irish society has been undergoing major political, social, economic, cultural, demographic and educational change. Among the key changes, which have had particular relevance are the...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 May 2012)

Mary Moran: -----and perhaps to provide opportunities to teachers to engage in additional professional training to enable them to teach in another type of school if that is there wish.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I echo the calls this morning for a debate on the church and State and the harrowing cases of child sex abuse in the church, in particular the case revealed in a programme last night on a young Dundalk boy. It is imperative that Cardinal Seán Brady answer the questions raised in the programme. As a practising Catholic it is important for the credulity of the whole church that he answer...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I am seeking a debate and wonder why the priest in question was allowed to continue to abuse children who could have been saved. I raise the issue as another priest from my diocese was removed by Cardinal Brady from the parish.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Mary Moran: Yes, I call for a debate.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I, too, welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, to the House. That they are both here for this debate indicates how serious they are about tackling the issue raised in the Bill introduced this afternoon by Senator Power. I also welcome the visitors in the Gallery mentioned by Senator Bacik, including the president...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mary Moran: It is already being spoken there. I have heard it on many a day.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I will continue Senator Jim D'Arcy's points about the teaching of Chinese in Haggardstown. This morning, I attended a breakfast meeting at which it was highlighted that there were more Chinese students studying in Dundalk Institute of Technology, DIT, than Northern Irish students. More students travel from the South to the North to study than vice versa and I would welcome moves to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Mary Moran: -----smashing its target of €500. I congratulate the young people involved and encourage others to play an active role in promoting mental health awareness.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I commend the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for her announcement that the number of places on the JobBridge scheme will increase from 5,000 to 6,000 and that the scheme will be extended to allow applications from recipients of lone parent and disability allowance. I call on the Deputy Leader to ask the Minister for Health to come into the House to comment on the delay on...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Mary Moran: We all know that the earlier intervention can be provided for and supports put in place the more beneficial it will be for the family as a whole. I, therefore, call on the Deputy Leader to ask the Minister to come into the House to discuss the issue.

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I add my support to the Bill and I commend the Senators on bringing it to the House. I also welcome the Minister. Proven statistics on cancers and health related illnesses caused by second-hand smoke have long been highlighted. The ban on smoking in the workplace introduced in 2004 has been hugely successful and widely accepted throughout the country, despite initial reservations. I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the deal that will be signed today in Europe to ensure a reduction from July of this year in mobile telephone roaming charges in respect of both voice calls and data usage. Data services will be capped at 70%, with staged reductions to follow until 2014. It is particularly to be welcomed that customers will have the option, from 2014, of purchasing their domestic and roaming...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I echo Senator Brennan's acknowledgement that this is National Volunteering Week, which again highlights the excellent work and service performed by volunteers nationwide both this week and in every week of the year. I note that regional finals for the Special Olympics will take place in Navan next weekend and as a parent of someone who is able to participate in those games simply and solely...

Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to the House. I am grateful for the opportunity to lead Labour Party Senators in this Labour Party motion on symphysiotomy. I welcome the many survivors in the Visitors Gallery today and those who contacted me in recent weeks and months, who could not be here today but are following the proceedings on the Internet. The response I have received...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Mary Moran: I also wish to acknowledge that today marks the 38th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which claimed 34 lives. I commend the Justice for the Forgotten group whose representatives I met earlier this year as a member of the Joint Committee for the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. The group will have a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial in Talbot Street later...