Results 761-780 of 935 for speaker:Mary Moran

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

Mary Moran: As employees.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I am not a member of the committee, but I came when I heard that the representatives of Self-Employed Alliance Dundalk were attending. I add my voice to welcoming them. Is there any possibility of providing the credit system? My husband is self-employed. I appreciate what the officials have said about posting the recent information to the website. However, more needs to be done to...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill. I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and congratulate her on the excellent work she has done to date in bringing this Bill to a referendum on 10 November. I welcome and acknowledge the cross-party support as well as support from many children's...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: I wish to raise awareness of the fact that the period from 1 to 7 October has been designated as both Simon Week and Positive Ageing Week. Simon Week is now in its fifth year. As Members will be aware, the Simon Community continues to do excellent work in tackling homelessness throughout the country. This year it is asking people to "Take a Step for Simon to help tackle homelessness",...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Mary Moran: Yes. Mrs. Egan's efforts resulted in DKIT becoming the country's first age-friendly third level campus. I ask the Leader to ensure that the House will continue to engage in lively debates with regard to the issue of how we can improve the lot of older people in this country.

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I echo Senator Mac Conghail's sentiments. While he was speaking I glanced around the House and it was clear that Senators from all parties were in agreement. All Senators only have the best interests of children at heart, whether they be terminally ill or have a life-threatening condition, or are in the whole of their health. We all agree on that. I echo the sentiments expressed by...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I was not listed to speak in the debate but as I have raised the topic several times on the Order of Business and the Adjournment, I felt I should contribute. I concur with Senator O'Neill's call for a review of the scheme. Other Senators have argued that there can be no discretion but in the special needs area, we must show a little discretion. The Minister of State would be well aware of...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: As one does on a Sunday morning.

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are all aware of her commitment to and support for LGBT issues. In a message delivered at a UN global consultation on homophobic bullying in Rio de Janeiro last December, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, referred to homophobic bullying as follows:This is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a public health...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. We are all aware of her commitment to and support for LGBT issues. In a message delivered at a UN global consultation on homophobic bullying in Rio de Janeiro last December, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, referred to homophobic bullying as follows:This is a moral outrage, a grave violation of human rights and a public health...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: As one does on a Sunday morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I wish to raise an issue I raised on Thursday last in an Adjournment debate concerning a ghost estate where two families live in houses that are not properly connected to the main sewer. The estate was built as an eco-friendly, state-of-the art facility with high class woodchip burning equipment, but the heating system has not worked. In his reply, the Minister said all remediation work had...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I am very disappointed with that answer. I have met the people concerned and seen the suffering they are going through. They paid huge sums of money for these houses. NAMA has said that the receiver notified it that the works were completed in mid-February but I visited the site last Friday and saw how one house is connected to another via a plasterboard wall that is not insulated. I want...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Sep 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and I am pleased to note a fellow Louth person will take this debate which relates to the appalling living conditions being endured by two families on a ghost estate known as Carlinn Hall in Dundalk. I will briefly explain the position of the families. They bought houses at opposite ends of the estate and out of sight of each other. This is...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I thank him for his speech today which I found powerful and for his work throughout the year in the Seanad. The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill provides for the establishment of the statutory fund to support the needs of former residents of residential institutions as endorsed in the unanimous motion of the Dáil following the...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business: "That the Minister be allowed to speak for whatever length of time he considers appropriate."

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: While I know I said it last week, I again offer my sympathy to the trainee pilots who have been landed in a dreadful situation through no fault of their own. Last night I spoke to the mother of one of the trainee pilots affected. She related to me harrowing tales of the sacrifices they had made for their children in terms of money, investments, remortgaging the house, etc. They will...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I understand that and I know that has been in.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Mary Moran: I am just saying that we are all in sympathy with them.