Results 541-560 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I call on Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill to withdraw the comment and apologise to the House.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, for coming here to answer my Adjournment matter. Can he explain the long delay in dealing with appeals for the disability allowance? I made inquiries and have been told that over 300 people have had to wait over a year for a decision on their appeal. Also, 4,169 appeals were heard last year but 2,513 of those people had waited over four months....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State for his comments. I noted that the present waiting time for disability allowance is seven weeks but I asked about appeals. The other day a member of the Department informed me, on the telephone, that staff are now examining the backlog of appeals that date back to November. However, I have taken the positive message from the Minister's statement that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I agree.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I agree with the Minister of State. I welcome the improvements and hope it continues.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: The reason I proposed this motion was to highlight the excellent work that has been done by Special Olympics Ireland. There is no political reason for this. I merely stated that since I have come into the House, I was fortunate enough to meet with representatives of Special Olympics Ireland, and was so impressed with the work they were doing. I had already been involved on a very local...

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: No I did not. I have not opened my mouth during this debate.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I hope time will not be taken off me for this.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: Thank you. I have not politicised this. I certainly did not invite representatives of Special Olympics Ireland in here to hear an argument. This is a good day to reflect, ten years after the Special Olympics, to see how the movement has grown, even with less resources. We could turn around and say that there have been cuts since 2008. Who was in power in 2008? We can turn it around....

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I would like to thank Peter O'Brien from Special Olympics Ireland, and would like to thank Jim and James for coming in. I sincerely hope that this debate will lead to more people becoming volunteers in the Special Olympics, that it will make more people go to a local community event, that they will become involved, and that they will see the excellent work that is being done with the Special...

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I move: That Seanad Éireann:- notes the commitment of the Government in the Programme for Government to ensure that the quality of life for people with disabilities is enhanced; - notes in particular that Ireland has the highest participation rate of any country in the world in terms of Special Olympics Ireland, with around one-third of persons with an intellectual disability...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: On a point of order, the amendment has nothing to do with disability.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: It concerns fatal foetal abnormality.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: The amendment has nothing to do with disability or the whole issue of disability.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: On a point of order. Nobody disagrees with him and everybody has a right.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: Absolutely. Everybody with a disability. That is not what this amendment is about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: May I ask a supplementary question? It may have been covered already. I apologise, as I needed to leave. It relates to the pupil-teacher ratio in private secondary schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I was wondering. Does the Minister propose further changes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Moran: I have received several representations from Protestant schools and the committee received a briefing recently. Parents have told me of people’s presumption that, since their children attend private schools, they are wealthy or that money is not an issue for them. The school that I have in mind is in Dundalk, is a fee paying boarding school with a Protestant ethos and has a wide...