Results 741-760 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Special Needs Education: Discussion with Special Needs Parents Association (7 Nov 2012)

Mary Moran: I would like to hear our guests' views on that matter. There are many other issues I would like to discuss with them, but perhaps we might do so at another time.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, back to the House. I also commend the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White, on his excellent speech. He pointed us in the right direction by outlining what is being done and what was outlined in the programme for Government. I welcome the cross-party support by Senators. This is a great day for the Seanad and we...

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Well said.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Well said.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, back to the House. I also commend the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White, on his excellent speech. He pointed us in the right direction by outlining what is being done and what was outlined in the programme for Government. I welcome the cross-party support by Senators. This is a great day for the Seanad and we...

Seanad: Junior Certificate Reform and the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: Statements (23 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister. I will use that phrase the next time. I am acutely aware of how the current system is failing many of our students and I look forward with great enthusiasm to the imminent changes.

Seanad: Junior Certificate Reform and the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: Statements (23 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister to the House and welcome the opportunity to participate in this valuable debate. The mission of the Department of Education and Skills is to enable learners to achieve their full potential and contribute to Ireland's economic, social and cultural development. What is wrong with the junior certificate examination? When the results come out every year we read about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I, too, would like to extend my sympathies to the families of all those who tragically lost their lives on the roads last weekend. I warmly welcome the news at the weekend of the complete exoneration of the parish priest in my parish of Blackrock, County Louth. Fr. Oliver Brennan's name was completely exonerated-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I would just like to say that I welcome the news. I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien in that I, too, would like the Minister for Health to come to the House to discuss several health issues which are very pertinent and need to be discussed at the first possible opportunity. Last night, I attended a meeting run by Patient Focus in regard to the women who were excluded from the original...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I wish to share time with Senator O'Keeffe.

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and wish him every success in his new role. Many of my colleagues have made reference to the national substance misuse strategy report and I will not go through all of that again. However, one cannot read it without being shocked and horrified at some of the statistics it contains. In particular, I wish to refer to the statistics relating to...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I wished to say more about the marketing and advertising of alcohol. Children and young people are bombarded with positive images of alcohol through marketing of the product, as was referred to earlier. In effect, the alcohol industry is the child?s primary educator on alcohol. A recent report by a leading youth organisation in Ireland revealed that young people were highly aware of...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: It is great to see my colleagues in such fine form on a Tuesday afternoon. It is a great start to the week.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Last Friday the Seanad Chamber hosted the inaugural meeting of the North-South Inter-Parliamentary Association, which was a great indication of the progress made on the island. The establishment of this association stems from the Good Friday and St. Andrew's Agreements. It was an historic moment and I look forward to working closely with the association for years to come. I give a warm...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I also welcome the Minister of State back to the House and sincerely apologise for delivering my speech in English as my Irish is not up to scratch. My tutor has also gone west. My tutor is my daughter and she has just completed her degree in journalism through Irish and is now undertaking a masters in léann na teanga. I know the caighdeán oifigiúil has been pertinent and I have heard a...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I add my support to World Mental Health Day. While I acknowledge the support and services available, much more could be done particularly in the area of young people committing suicide and self-harm among those aged under 25. I support the call for an afternoon to be set aside to discuss positive ways in which we can move forward. There have been some great debates on mental health in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Entitlements for Self-Employed: Discussion with Self-Employed Alliance Dundalk (3 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: We needed to leave the meeting to vote. I apologise for having missed some of Mr. McArdle's presentation. Like my colleague, I read it in the Seanad Chamber. We are all singing from the same hymn sheet and well aware of the issues. I am married to a self-employed man. The mention of being unable to take a holiday was particularly poignant. The employees are paid and well looked after in...