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Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Strangely, Vicky Phelan told us that the Taoiseach invited her to meet him but she politely and kindly refused his invitation.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Nobody, including Vicky Phelan, is discouraging women from getting a smear test using the current system. What we as politicians are advocating is accountability, transparency and reliability from this service. Helplines and general practitioner offices around the country are inundated with calls today and have been for the past week since this scandal emerged.To date, GPs and practice...

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I also thank Senator Warfield for drafting the Bill and putting it forward. I commend the Senator and look up to him as he has been a great advocate for LGBTQ rights, which is something that should be acknowledged. I want to put on the record, on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, that we are grateful for his leadership on this...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I congratulate our two new colleagues, Senators Ian Marshall and Anthony Lawlor. I welcome both to the 25th Seanad. I wish my former colleagues Denis Landy and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh well in their new endeavours. I would like to mention the CervicalCheck scandal. I commend Vicky Phelan and her family on their bravery in shining a light on this...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Today, I wish to mention three issues. The first is the horrific case aired on "Prime Time" last night which showed the bravery of a young woman who was raped as a child, along with two other children, in a foster home in Galway. This heroic and brave young woman waved her anonymity so that the perpetrator, Keith Walsh, could be named. The heinous and cruel acts she and other children were...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Yes, Keith Burke. My apologies. When children are placed in foster care they are essentially placed in the care of the State through the mechanism of the HSE. Those children are the most vulnerable children in the State and are due the best protection and safeguards the State can afford. The children in Galway were cruelly let down by the State, not 70 years ago, but in the past two...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I send my personal condolences and those of the Fianna Fáil group to the people of Toronto, especially the families of the ten people who were killed and the 15 people who were injured when a man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians yesterday. I have family members in Toronto, which I visited last summer. It is an ethnically diverse and very safe city. One of the victims has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Tá Scoil Mobhí, Scoil Chaitríona agus naíonra Tír na nÓg ar an gcampas seo.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Today I raise again the escalating problem of recruitment and retention of staff in schools. I have met many principals in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 recently and the common theme I hear is that unless this issue is tackled head-on many schools will have to close. They have particular difficulty obtaining language and home economics teachers. I have heard anecdotally teachers in training are...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I would like to raise two issues, both of which relate to education. The first relates to DEIS status allocation and the second relates to home school liaison teachers. We learned from the Department of Education and Skills that the process for DEIS identification uses data from the DEIS primary online database, the post-primary online databases and the CSO data, when measuring disadvantage...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: The hidden homeless, in particular.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Ar dtús báire gabhaim buíochas le gach ball den chomhcoiste um an ochtú leasú ar an mBunreacht, go háirithe, an Seanadóir Ned O'Sullivan, an Seanadóir Noone mar Chathaoirleach, an Seanadóir Ruane, an Seanadóir Buttimer, agus an Seanadóir Mullen, agus mo comhghleacaithe sa Dáil, go háirithe na Teachtaí Lisa Chambers,...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I rise to commend the Trojan work and bravery of the Dublin Fire Brigade who spent all last night and this morning extinguishing a fire at the Metro Hotel in Ballymun. Thanks to their swift action, nobody has been harmed and there are no reports of casualties thus far. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party and Fianna Fáil group, we are in awe and we are thankful to Dublin Fire...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to start by congratulating the Irish rugby team on its grand slam victory in the Six Nations Championship. In the wake of Brexit and the talk of a hard border, our rugby team gives us hope and promise of what we can do when we work together on an all-Ireland basis.We were able to celebrate this amazing achievement thanks to the sacrifices made by the members of the team, their support...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (21 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Ar dtús báire, cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uasal Ó Muircheartaigh agus a chlann sa Ghailearaí uaimse féin agus ó Ghrúpa Fhianna Fáil sa Seanad. Tógadh mé ag éisteacht leis an Uasal Ó Muircheartaigh ar an raidió gach Domhnach. Tá guth álainn suaimhneach aige agus lean a ghuth gach clann, mo chlann fein san...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: In the aftermath of Storm Emma we have been left with considerable chaos with respect to two topics I wish to raise today. Both relate to shortages, the first a shortage of water and the second a shortage of blood. Regarding water shortages, we have learned from the Kennedy analysis that we have a 57% leakage rate in Dublin. We know that Dublin's pipes are ancient, corroded, full of holes...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Irish Water did not need to be set up to do such work. A local authority could have fixed the pipes.

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit agus cuirim fáilte go dtí an Seanad roimhe arís. Tá rath mór tagtha ar Sheachtain na Gaeilge ón am agus a raibh mé i mo ghasúr. Caithfimid iarracht a dhéanamh sa Seanad agus i dTeach Laighean an tseachtain a choimeád mar sheachtain gur fiú í a chéiliúradh. Ba chóir...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I raise the issue of inpatient beds for mental health services, in particular, for people who are suffering from anorexia nervosa. We have learned by way of the reply to a parliamentary question tabled by the leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, Deputy Micheál Martin, that the State provides a mere three specialist beds at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin for adults with this condition...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to raise the abysmal delivery of apprenticeships by the Government. Last week, a well choreographed national development plan, NDP, was rolled out in Sligo with a promise of large-scale capital projects being rolled out nationwide. The truth is, however, that these will never be delivered because there is a huge shortage of labour in the country not just in the construction industry,...