Results 181-200 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Universities (Development and Innovation) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister. Listening to Senator David Norris and his comments on past pupils and lecturers at Trinity College Dublin, I feel I am in the minority, in which I am joined by Senators Feargal Quinn and John Crown, in that we attended UCD on the southside.

Seanad: Universities (Development and Innovation) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I commend Senator Sean D. Barrett for bringing the Bill before the House and his work on it. He must be commended for his comprehensive explanatory note which was kindly circulated to all Senators. I would welcome if Senators from both sides of the House would circulate any information which they feel would be helpful in progressing an educational or other idea or Bill through the House. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: Mr. Daly should be honoured. Senator O'Donnell does not give compliments freely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the witnesses for attending. One of my reasons for inviting them was how impressed I was when I visited their base and saw the excellent work Camara Education was doing in ensuring ICT education, not just elsewhere in the world, but in Ireland. I will address the three "statics" to which Senator O'Donnell referred. The survey dates from 2012. When I left my school in 2011, I did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: This is what the proposed junior cycle reform is trying to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I also need to ask one supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: To revert to teacher training, I am sorry to be hounding back on this point, the witnesses should provide the joint committee with their experience as to how and when this training goes on. Does it go on after school or during the school day? What kind of reception or co-operation does the organisation get within each school? Do the witnesses find there are problems within schools when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I would second that. What Camara Ireland does is fantastic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I am thinking of people who will never read or write and what they can achieve. It has opened up worlds for people with special needs.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: Last Sunday marked the second anniversary of the brutal and callous murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. At the weekend a vigil was held at Lordship, the site where he had been callously murdered, while an anniversary mass was held in Dundalk, both of which were attended by throngs of people from all around the area who had come out to support the Donohoe family and gardaí. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: There is a common thread across all of these matters - it was mentioned this morning when the mother of Paul Quinn was interviewed on radio - that people in Sinn Féin know what is going on and have information on all four items I have raised. I ask that where people offer to be mediators, those with information come out publicly and provide it.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Disability Activation Projects (27 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State on whom I can always rely for a straight answer to a straight question when he attends the House. I thank him for his reply notwithstanding that I am disappointed. I take his point when he says that there was a specific time for the project, but when something is working everything that can be done should be done to ensure that it continues. On that, what is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Disability Activation Projects (27 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection, Deputy Kevin Humphreys. As he knows, funding for projects under the Disability Activation Project, DACT, is due to end in April. In 2012, approximately €7 million was approved for a range of projects, including the Walk Peer programme in County Louth. It was a great day for disability and people in the Dundalk...

Seanad: Improving the Quality of Early Years Education: Statements (21 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Sullivan, to the House to debate how we can improve the quality of early years education, which is a key priority and of great importance to her. She has clearly and publicly outlined areas of particular focus in her portfolio, including increasing investment and making early years education a priority in our education system. I welcome her statement that...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: Earlier today, I had the absolute pleasure and honour of visiting Showcase: Ireland's Creative Expo in the RDS, which celebrates all Irish design. It was a truly impressive exhibition and I recommend that everybody pay a visit to it over the next couple of days. It is the largest international trade fair in Ireland, welcoming buyers from over 26 countries. The 2015 showcase marks an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Mary Moran: How effective is the employability service for people with disabilities? I also ask the witnesses for their views on the youth guarantee and whether it will assist in getting people used to a work environment.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Mary Moran: I beg the Senator's pardon. I was sitting there.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Mary Moran: For the last three quarters of an hour.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Mary Moran: The debate began at 12 p.m.