Results 801-820 of 987 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh
- Seanad: National Housing Co-operative Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I start by congratulating Senator Norris on bringing this Bill before the Seanad. I also commend my colleague, Deputy John McGuinness of Fianna Fáil, who has been promoting this cause since before 2011. I do not think a month or a week goes by that he does not bring this cause to the fore. I also echo the sentiments of many of my colleagues that the spirit of the Bill cannot be...
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I move:That Seanad Éireann: noting that: the Department of Health contends that home care can be a cost-effective alternative to long-term residential care for some older people; despite significant increases between 2008 and 2015 in those aged 65 years and over and those aged 85 years and over, there was a decrease in the number of people receiving home help and home care...
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and I thank all of my colleagues who have contributed. It is not personal, but the fact Senator Conway-Walsh gave Fianna Fáil a lecture was quite disingenuous when all we have to do is look up North at the shambolic home care services package provided there.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: People are getting home care packages in 15 minute segments and Sinn Féin is giving us lectures. It is outrageous.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: If newspaper reports are to be believed-----
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I understand a long-standing member of Sinn Féin is being bullied so the Senators should really start-----
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Sinn Féin does not have a monopoly of being the fairest and most humane party. We are all on the same page. We are all ad idemthat home care packages are the way forward. Any cuts to services are regrettable.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Any cuts to services are regrettable. That is a reasonable statement. Senator Devine should look at her own party and recent media reports that there have been allegations of bullying against long-standing members of that party.
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Those in glass houses should not-----
- Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister of State and I look forward to the support we might receive for the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: It was very sad yesterday listening to Michael and Kathleen Devereaux's son on Joe Duffy's "Liveline" radio show. Their son gave us a detailed narrative of how his parents, who are 63 years married, were separated by the HSE. His father was permitted a bed in a nursing home while his mother was not. This couple have been together for 63 years and, on the back of the State, were being...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I wish to address the issue of health insurance and the revelation that many people over the age of 60 are paying more than €1,000 more than they ought to be for health cover. The report compiled by TotalHealthCover.ieconcluded that at least two out of every five people are on outdated and overpriced plans. A lady who came to my office was paying nearly €4,000. When she rang...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Today, I wish to raise two short issues. First, it is with great regret that I rise again today to raise the issue of the Garda Commissioner. We have learned that the irregularities in Templemore are much more severe than we originally thought. We learned yesterday that the Garda Commissioner has confirmed there is reasonable cause to suspect fraud has been committed regarding Garda bank...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: My apologies. I extend the sympathies of the Fianna Fáil Party to Bernadette, the wife of Mr. Thomas Power, who died during the week in an ambulance on his way to Cork University Hospital. Mr. Power was only 40. He was due to be a first-time father and he passed away, as we know, because there was no specialist cardiac facilities in Waterford. I wish to amend the Order of Business to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: No. We are going to accept the Leader's offer for the Minister to come in on Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Tuesday is fine.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: Today I would like to use my time to raise the issue of the appointment of Máire Whelan to the Court of Appeal. What we have seen in the past week is ducking and diving by the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet. All they seem to pivot back to is the line that Máire Whelan is that eminently qualified for the post. I am sure that the three High Court judges who formally expressed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I would like to address that matter and the Leas-Chathaoirleach's refusal in ruling it out of order and the Leader's offer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: I would like to put it on record that it is absolutely outrageous that the Tánaiste-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Catherine Ardagh: -----who was the Tánaiste last week and who is the Tánaiste today, and who is the lady who drafted the memo in Cabinet last week-----