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Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I thank Senator Donohoe and welcome the Minister of State. I would like to touch on two groups — lone parents and young farmers. Lone parents have always been an issue and a problem but I am more concerned now because it is even more difficult for them to find a job. One Family, the organisation that advocates on behalf of lone parents, conducted a survey, about which the Minister for...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I raised this issue last week but as I was sick, I could not attend the House to discuss it. I feel very strongly about the difference between making money from dog breeding in puppy farms — to use that awful phrase — and breeding dogs for hunting. From my experience in the midlands, those who breed dogs for hunting care for them and breed them only to replace dogs when they pass away...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: We do not have dogs in our pet shop.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: No, I said the hunting fraternity——

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: I am familiar with the hunting fraternity.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: We own it.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Three weeks ago, I raised the issue in the House of mental health based on the review of the mental health inspectorate. I referred to two wards in St. Loman's Hospital in Mullingar that have been deemed by the inspectorate as being unfit for human habitation. It described the wards as desolate and depressing, with paint peeling from the walls. The House has discussed the matter of mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Then why has the inspectorate, the watchdog, stated that the buildings are not fit for human habitation? That is the bottom line. Let us do something about it. Let the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, have a frank discussion with the House on where the money has gone.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: The Government closed them down.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: That is a disparaging comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Senator Glynn has provoked comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Such as public transport.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: They are open 24 hours.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: Excellent.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Nicky McFadden: What about the town service?