Results 1,021-1,040 of 1,979 for speaker:Nicky McFadden

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The Minister of State with responsibility for this area, Deputy Moloney, recently attended the House but it was for criminal insanity legislation, a completely different issue. Wards in St. Loman's are unfit for human habitation and it is difficult for staff to work in such conditions. However, it is home to the hospital's residents. It is not right that someone suffering from a mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I call for an urgent debate on what constitutes Irish produce from the point of view of packaging. If food is brought in from the rest of Europe and packaged in Ireland, that does not necessarily mean it is an Irish product.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I referred to food labelling.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The money is going to the UK Exchequer; that is the point.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: For how long has the Minister's party been in power?

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: He never lost the teacher.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State. I acknowledge the 73% increase in the number of SNAs between 2003 and 2008 who were employed in post-primary, primary and special schools. That is an impressive investment but prior to 2003 there had been no investment and the Minister cannot take this wonderful quality service that they have become used to and need from our schools and children. It is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I did not have an opportunity to contribute on the Order of Business yesterday and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to speak today. I join my colleagues in calling for a debate on banking. In this regard, Mr. Honohan gave me some encouragement when he spoke about jailing the bankers involved in criminal activities. Today, however, I read that AIB which has been bailed out by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: He is the best at it.

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The boys.

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for her indulgence. I raise the issue of screening for women under 50 years of age. While I accept research tells us the disease affects older people, I have serious concerns about women under 50 years of age. This morning Dr. Juliet McAleese and Professor Arnold Hill debated the issue succinctly on "Today with Pat Kenny". I raised it yesterday on the...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (16 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Women aged under 50 are being neglected in breast cancer screening. I reject the reasons given by the National Cancer Screening Service for not providing breast screening for women under 50. The service states that pre-menopausal women are unsuitable for routine screening because they would be exposed to excessive radiation as they would need...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (16 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Will the Minister please reply to my question as to whether BreastCheck could provide an hour's walk-in appointments service for women under 50? I believe that is a reasonable request. I accept all the Minister of State has said on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. Really, she has reiterated just how good BreastCheck is, and how important is early detection. I also accept...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: While I share Senator Harris's view on the media, today I regretfully must criticise the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coughlan, on yet another totally separate issue. I am not being either fanatical or controversial. I am merely representing two constituents who visited my office yesterday who both were made redundant on 18 November last and who have...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Always helpful.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Finally following years of campaigning and advocacy, BreastCheck has been rolled out throughout the country but, unfortunately, it is only available to women aged over 50. Surveys were compiled recently by Dr. Juliet McAleese and it is extraordinary that out of 600 unfortunate women who received the devastating news that they had been diagnosed with breast cancer, 400 were aged under 50....

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I thank the Deputy Leader.