Results 141-160 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: School Transport (5 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I agree. I have found its officials are more than willing to help.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I echo the sentiments raised today by Senator Mary Ann O'Brien. It is an issue I raised last week, the awful situation in which parents of persons with a disability find themselves as a result of cutbacks, with no day service provision available unless specific funding is in place. Like Senator Mary Ann O'Brien and other Senators, I live in a world with children with a disability and...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I am only saying that those who have been caught up in the dreadful situation through no fault of their own are innocent persons and they are being caught for the additional fees

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the statement of the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, that he will pay for their air fares home, but we need to discuss this further.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I congratulate the Minister and Senator Averil Power. Her idea is fantastic and it will be a major improvement. I am pleased the Minister acceded to the request and also that the Union of Students in Ireland has been designated as the nominating body. That is the way to go.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I would like to echo the sentiments expressed by Senator Mooney when he called for the Minister of State with responsibility for disability services to come to the House. I spoke about the cut in services on the Order of Business yesterday and attempted to raise it on the Adjournment today. As I said yesterday, the families of some children with disabilities will now receive services three...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish to raise the severe cutbacks to the service provided by St. John of God services in Drumcar, County Louth, and the effect this is having on the users of the service. St. John of God north-east services provides for the care of people with an intellectual disability and this year alone the cutbacks to the service amounted to €1.5...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: The Minister of State spoke about minimising the impact, but a huge impact is already being felt. We are trying to keep everybody at home for as long as possible but reductions in services such as this will very often push families into making decisions about having to seek residential care for elderly parents who need care. They would prefer to look after them at home but cannot do so...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: Absolutely. She does and I agree with the Minister of State on this. I know how difficult the situation is but we need to keep highlighting it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: While I know I said it last week, I again offer my sympathy to the trainee pilots who have been landed in a dreadful situation through no fault of their own. Last night I spoke to the mother of one of the trainee pilots affected. She related to me harrowing tales of the sacrifices they had made for their children in terms of money, investments, remortgaging the house, etc. They will...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I understand that and I know that has been in.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I am just saying that we are all in sympathy with them.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I agree with the Senator. Window-dressing will not do anything either.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: Let us have a meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I understand we will be having a meeting on Friday and I hope something good will come of it. I agree with the Senator that something needs to be done about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I also wish to raise something I mentioned on yesterday's Order of Business. Last week, it was reported that there were 190 deaths by suicide in County Cork between September 2008 and March 2011. I refer to just one aspect of the report which could be echoed throughout the country. It discovered that in the year before their death more than 80% of the people studied had been in contact...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I am coming to my question. I am concerned that people who suffer from depression may not seek the care or have the confidence to seek the care they need and bring up the subject with their GP. Greater training in the skills of recognising the signs of depression could go a long way towards saving the lives of vulnerable people.

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I thank him for his speech today which I found powerful and for his work throughout the year in the Seanad. The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill provides for the establishment of the statutory fund to support the needs of former residents of residential institutions as endorsed in the unanimous motion of the Dáil following the...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: Hear, hear.