Results 781-800 of 1,979 for speaker:Nicky McFadden
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I ask the Minister for Education and Science to come to the House to discuss the â¬330 million left in her Department's capital fund for building projects, given that there are only two months in which to spend it. I agree with Senator Harris that no heads will roll and that this is immoral. A school in my parish has eight prefabs which means children are being taught in substandard...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I rise having had conversations with a number of people in my constituency about how out of touch politicians are with people on the ground. I noted that when Mr. Cameron took power in the UK he immediately got rid of the state cars for Ministers living in the London area. I know that of the â¬15 billion we have to find it would be a small drop in the ocean but it would be a symbol and it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: They were in their posh Mercs. It is Mercs and perks for the boys.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: And the girls. This is the perception. Tony Blair's pension is â¬66,000.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: Deputy Bertie Ahern's is â¬166,000-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: -----plus a car and a driver. If we are to show solidarity and care for our people and tune into the public mood, we must get rid of these perks for the boys.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I did not say that. I stated the symbolic gesture of getting rid of the cars-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I commend the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, for the way in which she continued with her duties yesterday, despite having been treated so discourteously. I abhor such action. It is outrageous that people stoop so low. I also welcome the fact that she has put in place a plan to seek 4,000 voluntary redundancies which I hope will be taken up. However, the timescale is very...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I referred to HIQA.
- Seanad: Diabetes Treatment and Management: Motion. (27 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. While I think it is important to debate this issue, I found the wording of the motion quite strange. I acknowledge the improvements in this area and the fact that a strategic policy has been developed to tackle diabetes, but I find it strange that it is the Government that intends to encourage the HSE to continue to develop and roll out the...
- Seanad: Diabetes Treatment and Management: Motion. (27 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I hope not.
- Seanad: Diabetes Treatment and Management: Motion. (27 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I want to raise my serious concern about the â¬15 billion in cuts that we must make. I understand that we are in challenging times, however what worries me is that front-line services, such as local hospitals, will be cut. I would ask that the Croke Park agreement be renegotiated and that we would have a serious debate about that in this House and make ourselves relevant. I read an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: -----a wonderful person who never sought the limelight or employed public relations people to spin on his behalf. He worked in a voluntary capacity and gave many hours of his time. I question why he resigned. The way all this has happened seems clandestine and underhanded and I would like a proper, transparent explanation. A 16-floor hospital in the middle of the city where there is barely...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: That is what the Government here has done.
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and welcome his positive demeanour although I wonder whether we live in the same country. I also am pleased his children are young because it will take so long for the country to recover from the mismanagement of the Celtic tiger that it is to be hoped that they will benefit from the recovery that will take place in years to come. The Minister of...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I did not interrupt the Minister of State. The Government begrudges bailing out small businesses that provide revenue and sustain the economy in small villages or towns. This proposal is about keeping small, incidental jobs, not those of big bankers or the Galway tent people about whom the Minister of State has been congratulatory. In addition, he congratulated the Minister for Finance...
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: Not long ago.
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)
Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady. I was in my office and became outraged when I heard the proposal. I am angry because my learned colleague on the opposite side has always spoken about the rolling out the policy, A Vision for Change. I seethe with rage because the Government is clapping itself on the back about introducing the national advocacy service when it is cutting...