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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I support the call for a debate on banking. I also agree with Senator Ross that we need action. I wish to raise the issue of the faceless bondholders because their names should be published. We need to see who these people are and how we are bailing them out. The other issue I wish to raise is the €15 million top-up for Mr. Boucher's pension which should either not be paid or else...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I join with colleagues who have called for a debate on funding for the John Paul Centre in Galway. I fully endorse what Senator Ó Brolcháin has said. There should be all-party support for people with special needs. These people are voiceless, and that was the analogy made by Senator Healy Eames. We can bail out the developers, the bankers and Fianna Fáil, but we cannot provide money...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Nicky McFadden: We want the voices of children with special needs heard.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: That is all right.

Seanad: Health Service Staff (31 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I apologise to the Minister of State for the mix-up last week and thank her. At present, while nurses are retiring in abundance due to pension incentives and having achieved full years of service, they are not being replaced. For example, in Longford-Westmeath hospital, of the 11 nurses who are retiring this year, two are doing so on grounds of ill-health while the rest are leaving simply...

Seanad: Health Service Staff (31 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State. According to her, the Government's decision allows for key services to be maintained, specifically those relating to the elderly. Will she investigate the two issues I have raised concerning St. Vincent's Hospital, the hospice unit and St. Mary's centre in Mullingar?

Seanad: Health Service Staff (31 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I will leave it at that. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister and thank her for being here. I wish her well in her brief. This is an issue close to my heart because we, in Athlone, have no primary care centre and there are doctors working from inadequate premises. This is the only way the people of the town and its environs will have a service with psychiatry, psychology, warfarin and diabetic clinics all being provided under...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (25 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: That is true. With Senators Bradford and Twomey, I have attended briefings by general practitioners. They are sincere in what they are trying to do in investing substantial amounts of money. I urge the Minister to accept this reasonable amendment. We are not advocating that we go back to giving tax-free allowances to businesses as happened in the past which, as we all know, was an abject...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Another delaying tactic.

Seanad: Health Services (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I refer to St. Mary's day care centre in Mullingar because so many elderly people and their families have contacted me about it. Some 245 elderly people use this well respected and loved day care service which covers a large area of County Westmeath, including Streamstown, Castletown Geoghegan, Horseleap, Clonmellon, Dalystown and Mullingar. The service provided in this homely and warm day...

Seanad: Health Services (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The Minister of State's response is unacceptable and raises again the issue of responsibility and accountability. On the Order of Business this morning Senators described the Health Service Executive as being a law unto itself and asked where the buck stopped and who was responsible for it. Is the Minister running the health service? I am not satisfied with the reply. It is an outrage and...

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (Resumed) (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his keen interest in this matter. I believe he has adopted a hands-on approach and is highly attuned to this serious issue. I raised this issue in the House approximately two years ago. I recounted how a mother had told me that her 14-year-old son had been about to take his own life in the River Shannon when she, for a reason...

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (Resumed) (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I referred to the revenue generated for the Exchequer by head shops and the fact that many people were employed in them. Will the Minister of State comment on how this issue can be addressed? I acknowledge it is complex. Athlone Drug Awareness is holding a public meeting tonight. I agree with the Minister of State that the drug awareness groups and drug task forces are doing excellent work.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I come from there too.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: All my family come from Mullingar.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I wish to raise three issues. The most striking and profound of these is the very serious debacle that has emerged with regard to patients' X-rays in Tallaght hospital. What is quite shocking is that HIQA, the watchdog for our health service, has been trying to communicate with Tallaght hospital since as far back as last October. I find it extraordinary that the Minister for Health and...