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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Student Access to Higher Education: Discussion (30 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I think is £3,300 sterling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Student Access to Higher Education: Discussion (30 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I, too, commend the witnesses on their work. I apologise for not being here for their briefing but I have a fair idea of what they are proposing and I wholeheartedly pledge my support for it. Coming from Dundalk, DKIT is the one with which I am most familiar. I see it growing from strength to strength. In my area of music I studied my masters course in DKIT, which I would not have been...

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I also welcome the Minister and thank her for attending the House. I thank Senator van Turnhout for having the foresight to ensure the debate took place today. I was shocked and horrified by the events I witnessed on the television programme. Certain crèches were highlighted. I watched it with a particular interest because my son was in respite care that night and my initial reaction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Exploring Education and Overcoming Social Disconnection: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (30 May 2013)

Mary Moran: This follows on from the debate we had in the Seanad yesterday. I really welcome the Bill that is to come before the House on admissions policy. It will assure us of the existence of an open system for including people with special educational needs, those with different ethnic backgrounds and religions, and people who move to another area during the school year. With regard to the...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs Services Provision: Motion (29 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister. I second the amendment and I hope Senator Mullen will accept it. I commend the Minister on his decision and forward thinking last year when he asked the NCSE to review and make recommendations on the supports provided to children with special educational needs and how they are allocated to ensure we are delivering the best educational experience and outcomes for...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Mary Moran: Is the Senator referring to Mr. Paddy Malone?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I want to welcome the photography society from St. Mary's, Drumcar, and Drumcar Park Enterprises, who are visiting the Houses today. I commend my fellow Louth man, Senator Brennan, for his work over the past several years and that of others on the Narrow Water bridge in Carlingford. Yesterday, the Minister for Finance in Northern Ireland, Sammy Wilson, agreed to sanction funding for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I also add my voice to the concerns about the "Prime Time" programme shown last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: On a point or order, I wish to clarify what I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I did not say the church should not debate matters, with which I have no problem. I asked that both sides have equal opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I wish to say, on a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: What I called for was an equal debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: It should involve both sides.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I have always respected both sides of the argument in the forthcoming Bill on legislation for the X case, namely, the protection of life during pregnancy Bill 2013. I have listened very carefully to and have attended briefings from those on both sides of the House. I have thought long and hard about it. As a practising Catholic and resident organist in my local church on Sundays, I was...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I say this as somebody who has supported life and listened to both sides of the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I am asking that when the debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I do not want to silence the church.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I ask that the church give both sides-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: I ask that the debate be fair and equal. The Primate of All Ireland has said the life of the child is sacrosanct, with which I agree.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Mary Moran: Yet, at the same time that same person can be present in a room where a child was abused, that was known and nothing was done about it. The abuse was not reported. I ask that both sides be given equal opportunity and time to speak on the matter.