Results 401-420 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care Services (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House for this debate. I wish to raise the case of an individual with locked-in syndrome who would like to be moved from hospital so as to be cared for in the family home. This is a particularly sad case on which I have been working for the past year. The man in question has been an inpatient in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care Services (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. As I stated, I understand the complexity of the case. The extent of care required has been explained to me. I welcome the fact that the meeting will take place next week. I am glad the Minister of State has taken an interest in this, as I knew she would. It, too, hope a resolution can be found and I will continue to work in that vein.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care Services (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Moran: Brilliant.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care Services (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Moran: That is great and I appreciate it. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Moran: I raise the proposed closure of a vital service in my local area of Dundalk. Women's Aid proposes to close its Dundalk centre in June due to financial constraints. If the closure goes ahead, the Louth, Cavan and Monaghan region will be operating at 57% below the Council of Europe's recommended level of refuge provision, which is extremely serious. I met representatives from Women's Aid to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Entitlements for Self-Employed: ISME, SEA and SFA (26 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the delegates for their contributions. I am particularly pleased to see the witnesses who have come from my own part of the country and who do valuable work in the Dundalk area. My colleagues, Deputy Butler and Senator Moloney, are very passionate about this issue and have done a great deal of work on it. My husband is self-employed and I absolutely appreciate the difficulties and...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the Mulroy family on the loss of Jimmy. As a fellow Louth person, I welcome Deputy Seamus Kirk to the House for these tributes. I did not have the good fortune to know Jimmy Mulroy personally but anybody from County Louth will have grown up knowing his name and reputation. Senator Mooney's lovely tribute highlights the exacting world of...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: Our day will come.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I did not say that. Jimmy played for Louth from 1959 until 1971. Getting to play for one's county team at the young age of 19 is some achievement. Jimmy was elected to Drogheda Corporation and Louth County Council in 1995. Senator Paschal Mooney pointed out Jimmy's general election battles and the very disappointing race in which he lost his seat in 1989. However, Jimmy was very fair and...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome students from St. Joseph's national school in Dundalk, 70 of whom came through the House this morning. I extend my sympathies to the former Senator and Deputy, Nicky McFadden. I did not know Nicky until I became a Senator but was immediately struck by the warmth and friendliness of her personality. She was a person who was always smiling, always in good form and always had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Support: Special Olympics Ireland (6 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: Like Deputy Smith, I welcome the witnesses and thank them for attending and divulging the excellent work that is done across the island. It is a great example to have representatives from both Ulster and the South present. Following the previous debate, it is brilliant to see that the common good is central and that both organisations are working for that. The reason we are here today is...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I have the height of respect for the work that the Minister of State has been doing. However, I can only be honest and say that I am completely disappointed with this response. Saying that progression is in at an early stage is fine, but how long more will that take for the 16 year old child? The psychiatrist who was there retired a year ago. He was an adult psychiatrist who kindly took...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I cannot get an answer as to how many child psychiatrists there are. If the Minister of State could get that answer, I would appreciate it.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, for taking this Adjournment matter. Previously, I have raised the issue of the lack of a child psychiatrist for children with an intellectual disability in the mental health services in Louth. I have been perturbed lately to find that there is no child psychiatrist. I was in touch with the HSE and I was informed that interviews have taken place...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister. I echo the many tributes paid to Senator van Turnhout in the context of her tabling of this motion. When she e-mailed Senators last week, I replied immediately because this is a matter about which I, as a parent, feel strongly. I have found it purely sickening to listen to some aspects of this debate, particularly in the context of children being exploited. We...

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: However, it must be recognised that major changes in the structure and culture of further education and training and the apprenticeship system are under way. This is welcome. I look forward to the continued progress and development of further opportunities for the long-term unemployed, school leavers, early school leavers, people with disabilities and those who wish to upskill.

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: Ministers are always delighted to come to the Seanad.

Seanad: Reform of Further Education and Training: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, to the House to discuss the reform of further education and training and the apprenticeship system. The review group was set up in May 2013 with the remit to examine the future of apprenticeships and to consult with the relevant stakeholders such as training-providers, employers and unions. We are still struggling to transition from an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Mary Moran: Perhaps towards the end of first year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role and Potential of Community and Vocational Education: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Mary Moran: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. Their presentations contained a wealth of information. I wish to ask about the learning outcomes and the need for more knowledge for younger people. One of the suggestions was to bring it in for 13 year olds, so do the witnesses envisage that being so from first year in education? What would be the effect of bringing it in prior to...