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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister. This budget is anti-family, anti-poor and anti-children. In our budget plan last Friday, we in Fine Gael specifically excluded those who could not work, namely, children, pensioners, carers, the disabled and the blind. However, Fianna Fáil and the Minister have failed to protect the most vulnerable. In the words of Fr. Seán Healy, the wonderful campaigner for...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: -----hanging on to his every word. Fianna Fáil and the Green Party now seem to have disregarded completely CORI's campaigning. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and One Parent are all singing from the same hymn sheet. It is the most socially damaging budget our country has ever seen. The budget has failed our people. It is discriminatory and wholly unfair. The Government is asking the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: They really represent the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: He is the only one.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I am usually a positive person, so I will start by welcoming the mortgage relief provided in the budget for people in negative equity and the fact that the moratorium is to be extended to 12 months. I hope the banks will apply this provision and I look forward to it being put into action. When I was canvassing for my friend, Senator Paschal Donohoe, in the by-election earlier this year, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Yes. I thank the Leader for the correction.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I continued the thought this morning. When I googled the situation, I read Alfie Byrne's striking contribution in the Dáil. The elderly, the so-called grey brigade, stood up against the Government about the medical card. For this reason, the Government was afraid to touch them yesterday. However, I remind the Leader that each old age pensioner the Government has not touched has children...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Taoiseach recently stated in the Dáil that Fianna Fáil parliamentarians supported him and his legislation unconditionally.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Does the Leader support cuts of €8.20 in the widow's and widower's pension and €16 in child benefit? I do not believe he does, as he is a decent person.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: It is time that Senators on the Government side stopped talking from both sides of their mouths.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Leader is provoking them.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Athlone.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: We note the impact on the poor.

Seanad: Farming and Agrifood Sector: Statements (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I will never allow the heartache of those affected by flooding, the biggest issue I would like to discuss, to go off the agenda. I have witnessed at first hand the flooding of farms, farm dwellings, farm yards and milking parlours under two metres of water. It is psychologically stressful and detrimental to the well-being of Irish farming to see, for example, silage bales floating in flood...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Senator's party is in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: How many were on trolleys last week?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Ambulances were turned away.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Ambulances were turned away. Forty-one beds were closed.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Nicky McFadden: For how long have we been waiting for them?