Results 921-940 of 1,214 for speaker:Ann Ormonde

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I support the two causes set out by Senator Terry. I would like us to discuss the CSO report early in the new year. This is an important issue regarding opportunity for women in employment and whether the glass ceiling still exists; according to the report it does. It is also an important issue regarding family life, in particular child care. Like Senator Bohan, I am concerned about the...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, and wish the new Department team well with the important task ahead. Listening to the previous speaker one would wonder whether the Labour Party is the panacea for reform. She seems to have concluded that the Labour Party is exclusively right and that everything it suggests should be done and that our thinking processes do not function in...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I was not here to interrupt the Senator. I hope he allows me the courtesy of having my say.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: It is all about the patient.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I come from a medical background and can tell the Senator that. I started there and will finish there. On the issue of value for money, we all agree significant funding has been put into the health service, but we did not get great value for it. We do not know where the money went. It seems to have gone towards administrative costs and got lost in administration. It is important that the...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: A start has been made. All will not be right overnight.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: The Senator is permanently interrupting. He should know better.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: The Senator is in bad taste. All I am saying is that we should start on a positive note. This is a new reform and much work remains to be done. We call on all the professionals, consultants, health professionals and staff to make the system better. We want priority given to patients so there will be no delays in accident and emergency units and beds will be available for the elderly and the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I, too, call for a debate on Northern Ireland particularly given there may be a full and final settlement tomorrow. I welcome the OECD report. Ireland has the finest professionals in its teachers but, unfortunately, they are unable to do their job given the lack of discipline in our schools. Teachers are unable to fulfil the curriculum as a result of the conditions laid down. We need to...

Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements (Resumed). (2 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and I am delighted to contribute to this debate. I was shocked by the report of the strategic task force on alcohol. We are now the second highest country in Europe in terms of alcohol consumption. The report categorises the different styles of drinking. There are binge drinkers, those who drink until they cannot take any more and then there...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I support Senator O'Toole's call for a debate on housing. The report reads very badly given that money has been allocated to local authorities. It is extraordinary that some local authorities have reached their targets while others have not. Questions need to be asked as to why this is so.

Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage. (25 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, and wish him well in his new brief. I am delighted to contribute to this debate. I will not talk about the overseas development aid scheme.

Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage. (25 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: The scheme seems to be part of this whole contribution. It is not related to this particular subject. Ireland is becoming a member state of the Council of Europe Development Bank, an old established institution that is under the authority of the Council of Europe. As a new member of the Council of Europe I am still trying to familiarise myself with its workings. I am still looking at the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: It has not gone back to the drawing board.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I wish to share time with Senator Maurice Hayes.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I congratulate the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, for introducing a quality Book of Estimates. It is based on having money and deciding how to allocate the resources. I am pleased that there will be increases in the areas about which Senator Terry has expressed concern. I, too, would be concerned if the disadvantaged were not looked after, if...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: The statements are in the Book of Estimates. More than €460 million will be spent on disadvantage next year. That is a colossal amount by any standards. There is an 8% increase in spending on adult education. There will be an increase in the quality of adult guidance, adult literacy, the VTOS programme and child care facilities. This is mentioned in the Estimates. I worked in that sector...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I make no bones about that. I come from a medical background and I am aware of the consequences of not having a radiotherapy unit in Waterford and not being able to provide this necessary service. The Tánaiste is sensitive about this matter and is giving it detailed consideration. Another matter that deserves consideration is the interaction between the Department of Health and Children and...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (10 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I had not intended speaking on this Bill but I felt obliged to say a few words having listened to the debate. We are all aware of people working in the area of therapy against whom complaints have been made. It is important to have a statutory establishment of a professional council. The registration boards would give a curriculum vitae of their professional qualifications, education and...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (10 Nov 2004)

Ann Ormonde: We always liked the Minister of State.