Results 161-180 of 1,300 for speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I accept the Leader's proposition. If the Leader can give us a commitment that the review proposed by the Minister will not proceed until such time as the meeting takes place, I would be happy to hold off on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I respect the Leader's opinion. If he cannot get the commitment from the Minister, we will revisit the matter again in the House. I ask the Leader to use his good offices to contact the Minister and ask him to hold off on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Closures (10 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach seo inniu. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House and I thank her for her attendance. I will address the issue of the closure of the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan Community Hospital. The unit provides vital rehabilitation for patients suffering as a result of strokes...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects Status (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: There is no pressure then.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospitals Car Park Charges (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil léi as teacht isteach chun an cheist seo a fhreagairt. I want to raise the issue of hospital car parking charges for cancer patients across the hospital network. A cancer diagnosis is a traumatic and life-changing event. Among many things it can incur, it can perhaps mean someone has to give...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospitals Car Park Charges (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She mentioned the good work that was being done by the Irish Cancer Society on this and many other issues. It has engaged with the public on this particular matter to a great extent. Guidance from the HSE is required. With respect, it is not good enough to leave the decision to individual hospitals. It is incumbent on the HSE to give policy...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospitals Car Park Charges (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Could the Minister of State keep me advised on that, please?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I wish to raise two issues. The first is the ongoing crippling costs of motor insurance. I commend my Fianna Fáil colleagues in the Dáil who have a motion on this issue on the clár today. The report issued for the first quarter by the Government recently shows that three of the ten recommendations to be completed by the first quarter of 2017 remain to be completed. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: -----I wish him well. However, one of the many legacies in respect of which he may look in the rear mirror and feel very disappointed would be health. As I stand here, there are in excess of 666,000 people on hospital waiting lists in our State. This is clearly a sad indictment of the health policy of this Government. When one considers the recent statistics from our census that over the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I join my colleagues in expressing my sincere sympathy to the people of Manchester on the terrible happening last evening.Our thoughts and prayers are with them. I wish to raise the issue of children's hospice care. This week is Children's Hospice Week so it is fitting that we should address the issues of funding and planning for children's hospice care in this country. I pay tribute to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: That would be an awful tip.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I raise the issue of the electronic tagging of offenders. Will the Leader use his good offices to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why it has taken ten years to enforce the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act which allows for the electronic tagging of suspects? It is high time the legislation was enforced. It could be a major resource for the Garda in its ongoing efforts to...

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (24 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach seo inniu. Ba mhaith liom fosta fáilte mhór a chur roimh na daoine ó PDFORRA agus na clanna atá i láthair. I welcome the Minister of State. I also extend a warm welcome to the members of the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association, PDFORRA, and their families in...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. He seems to have spent most of the day here.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank and compliment Senator Bacik and our colleagues in the Labour Party for bringing forward this legislation. I am glad to report that Fianna Fáil will support the Bill, which requires certain employers to publish information on the pay of their employees for the purpose of showing that there is no difference in the pay of male and female employees and that if there is, they have...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I would like to again raise the issue of Brexit. Recent evidence that has emerged from the Irish Exporters Association clearly shows Government inaction in regard to preparing Irish business for what lies ahead. The Irish Exporters Association has described business as "woefully unprepared for Brexit", which is very worrying and is something the Government would need to sit up and take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: I too enjoyed the contributions of all speakers. It is unique in this building to get so much consensus in a room and it is very welcome. The first thing I note is that a few phrases kept repeating themselves, things like resources in respect of overload, on which Deputy Nolan just touched. That is a key issue and a point worth making. When one talks to principals, they all complain of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (31 May 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach seo ar maidin. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House this morning and I thank him for his presence. I want to discuss the issue of rural sewerage schemes. The Minister of State's Department has a multi-annual rural water programme that runs from 2016 to 2018. It is due to expire at...