Results 161-180 of 786 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I would like to put it on record that it is absolutely outrageous that the Tánaiste-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: -----who was the Tánaiste last week and who is the Tánaiste today, and who is the lady who drafted the memo in Cabinet last week-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: -----and who is still a member of the Cabinet today, cannot come to this House and address-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: -----the House to tell us exactly what happened regarding the appointment of Máire Whelan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: It is absolutely outrageous.
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I do not know what type of point Senator Devine is trying to make.
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I sat on the council and my views on the eighth amendment are very clear. My colleagues in Fianna Fáil and I all have differing views.
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: To what was Senator Devine referring?
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: What exactly is Senator Devine inferring?
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: What was Senator Devine inferring when she said we were trying to slip away?
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Members of my party all have different views. We are a broad church and everyone is welcome to have whatever opinion they like. Unfortunately we will not be supporting the amendment. We will be supporting the Government on this amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Today, I wish to raise two short issues. First, it is with great regret that I rise again today to raise the issue of the Garda Commissioner. We have learned that the irregularities in Templemore are much more severe than we originally thought. We learned yesterday that the Garda Commissioner has confirmed there is reasonable cause to suspect fraud has been committed regarding Garda bank...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: My apologies. I extend the sympathies of the Fianna Fáil Party to Bernadette, the wife of Mr. Thomas Power, who died during the week in an ambulance on his way to Cork University Hospital. Mr. Power was only 40. He was due to be a first-time father and he passed away, as we know, because there was no specialist cardiac facilities in Waterford. I wish to amend the Order of Business to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: No. We are going to accept the Leader's offer for the Minister to come in on Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Tuesday is fine.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I wish to address the issue of health insurance and the revelation that many people over the age of 60 are paying more than €1,000 more than they ought to be for health cover. The report compiled by TotalHealthCover.ieconcluded that at least two out of every five people are on outdated and overpriced plans. A lady who came to my office was paying nearly €4,000. When she rang...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: It was very sad yesterday listening to Michael and Kathleen Devereaux's son on Joe Duffy's "Liveline" radio show. Their son gave us a detailed narrative of how his parents, who are 63 years married, were separated by the HSE. His father was permitted a bed in a nursing home while his mother was not. This couple have been together for 63 years and, on the back of the State, were being...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I raise an issue that I raised in this House before and that is the dangers of cycling on our roads. So far this year five cyclists have died on our roads, including the much loved principal of St. Louis Senior Primary School, Mr. Pádraic Carney. Last week he died on his way to work at the age of 53. Earlier this month the international consultancy firm, Copenhagenize, removed Dublin...
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I start by congratulating Senator Norris on bringing this Bill before the Seanad. I also commend my colleague, Deputy John McGuinness of Fianna Fáil, who has been promoting this cause since before 2011. I do not think a month or a week goes by that he does not bring this cause to the fore. I also echo the sentiments of many of my colleagues that the spirit of the Bill cannot be...
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I move:That Seanad Éireann: noting that: the Department of Health contends that home care can be a cost-effective alternative to long-term residential care for some older people; despite significant increases between 2008 and 2015 in those aged 65 years and over and those aged 85 years and over, there was a decrease in the number of people receiving home help and home care...