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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: How long has Fine Gael now been in government?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Today I will not call on the Minister to address the House because I know the Minister has no respect for it. I will leave it there.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The Leader did not answer my questions.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I do not doubt the Leader's commitment, but none of my questions were answered.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: On a point of order, this a matter of public-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: This is a matter of public importance. There are simple questions. I do not doubt the Leader's commitment-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: -----or any representative's commitment to this project.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I read today in The Irish Timesand saw yesterday at the health care committee that the chief of the HSE made a statement that the HSE cannot progress the national children's hospital at the St. James's site. This is absolutely shocking. This Government knew about this hospital being constructed before the general election. It waved the site around. It has already spent money on...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I am proposing that the Minister for Health attend the Seanad today to address us and give us a proper detailed update on what is going on with the children's hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I will put an amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The second matter I would like to raise is the job losses in Leixlip at the Hewlett Packard plant. It was confirmed just before we came into the Seanad today that these job losses will go ahead. It is a massive blow to the local economy, which has apparently been in recovery since 2014. I have worries that this may be a sign of one of Mr. Donald Trump's protectionist policies. However,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The amendment is being pressed.

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister for being present in the House. I agree with all the sentiments that my colleagues have expressed. I was very proud to be elected to Dublin City Council in 2014, having run in 2009. I was doing the work of a councillor for many years without being an elected councillor. I enjoyed the work and did it with pride. Being a public representative and being elected to the...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for attending. It is disappointing that the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, has not come to this House this evening to clarify the comment made by the HSE's director general, Mr. Tony O'Brien, at the meeting of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare yesterday. Given that it fell to Mr. O'Brien to tell members of the...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I do not think the Minister of State can question our commitment to the hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Like many others, last night I watched "RTE Investigates: Living on the List" and was shocked and horrified by the programme's content. It is unbelievable that, in this day and age, people are left to suffer on hospital waiting lists to the extent that they contemplate suicide. Last night's programme unveiled that waiting lists may be significantly longer than those published by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to raise two matters. The first matter relates to Brexit. Last week, I raised serious concerns about the threat of a hard Brexit and the serious effect this would have on the Irish economy. Yesterday, MPs in Westminster voted to invoke Article 50. A hard Brexit is no longer a threat but, in fact, a reality. To compound the severity of this development, earlier in the week, the UK...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I would like to convey the sympathies of the Fianna Fáil Party to Mr. Gowan-Smyth's family and, in particular, to his wife. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. I wish to mention a matter I have raised many times in this Chamber, that is, the housing crisis and this Government's lack of action on it. The issues relating to the crisis include spiralling rent costs, a rushed and...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I congratulate Martin Groves and his family on the appointment. I look forward to working with him and it has been a pleasure so far working with him, so we will continue in that fashion. On 9 November 2016, I entered this House and raised concerns for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America after it became apparent that Mr. Donald Trump had won the election and would become...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I would like to raise two issues today. The first is that of rental housing supply in the market. A report published today by the Simon Community has shown the gap widening between rent supplement and actual market rents. The report illustrates that 83% of rental properties are beyond the reach of rent supplement. The Simon Community supports over 8,300 individuals and families at risk of...