Results 881-900 of 1,979 for speaker:Nicky McFadden

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (13 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I extend my sympathy to Brian and the family of the late Nuala Fennell. When I met her here on the day set aside for female parliamentarians, I asked her if she would be good enough to meet me for a cup of coffee because I had always admired her. She said she would love to and it is a matter of regret that I did not have the opportunity. As a young mother, I will always remember her...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: No.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Yesterday at my clinic in Mullingar I met an elderly lady with osteoporosis who told me she had to attend a hospital appointment. However, because no transport is provided by the HSE for patients from Longford, Mullingar and Athlone who must attend hospital appointments in Tullamore, she had to cancel the appointment, for which she had waited a long time. She subsequently rearranged it and...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The horse has bolted.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: It is valuable.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I commend Professor Hollywood and the staff at St. Luke's, and I also commend Fine Gael and Labour for putting down worthwhile amendments. However, as politicians, we are afraid that people who have cancer will not be cared for properly and, as a result, we are also afraid to suggest that there should not be such firm adherence to the policy relating to centres of excellence. What...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I wish the Minister well in his new portfolio. This is the first occasion on which I have dealt with him face to face since he moved to his new Department. I thank him for the revisions he made in respect of farm women. In making these revisions he displayed both compassion and insight. The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 introduces reduced rates of jobseeker's benefit,...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: No, I do not accept that.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I said the targets are not being met.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Targets are not being met.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I ask the Leader to accommodate a debate on how we treat asylum seekers. I understand we are in very challenging times and we need to be conscious of how we spend every single euro. However, some asylum seekers are not being processed for five years and some may have been here for as long as ten years. They are in concentration-like camps. We need to review how we are treating people....

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The recession is at an end and this is to be welcomed. Sadly, we are in for a long period of growth in the numbers unemployed. The new live register figures reveal that 452,882 people are out of work. Unemployment has risen to a staggering 13.4%. I accuse the Fianna Fáil and Green parties of having no jobs strategy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Yesterday the House witnessed the appalling self-congratulatory exercise of the Government's Private Members' motion, in which the Government complimented itself on introducing our policy of exempting employers from PRSI, with the highest number of people unemployed and the staggering rate of suicide, as was mentioned yesterday, with 527 poor unfortunate people losing their lives to suicide...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I apologise, I meant to say 600 jobs. I thank the Leader for the correction.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: He has also been asked to deal with the issue of waste. It is time for the Taoiseach to restore our reputation with this US company, to intervene to implement Government policy and to remove the Minister, Deputy Gormley so that he does not have a conflict in this matter. Another issue which really saddened me today is the new data from a leading financial journal stating that losses at Anglo...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I have a lot to say because Members on this side of the House must represent the voiceless and the sick. Fianna Fáil and the Green Party should not be as exercised about animal rights and welfare but about the rights and welfare of people.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.