Results 101-116 of 116 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...get serious about this in Ireland. It will not go away. People are very angry and people are very upset. When people are very angry and upset, it is easy for people to pray on those vulnerable feelings. I put it to the Leader of the House that maybe we need to have - a debate is not the right word because it is not a debate - clear actions about what we are going to do and clear plans...

Seanad: Student Nurses (Pay) Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: .... When offered the opportunity to stay at home or find work elsewhere, many have gone back into hospitals, which is incredibly admirable. A student described it to me as: Terrifying, stressful, feel unsupported, feel as if I am a staff nurse and not an intern - 8 of my patients tested positive for covid, all staff nurses present were identified as close contacts and told to isolate - I...

Seanad: Student Nurses (Pay) Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...campaigns to recruit nurses from abroad. Even from a basic business perspective, we have got to get this right because student nurses, whether we agree with them or not, want to be paid and feel the need to be paid. Since they are not being paid, they are making plans to leave this country. In 2014, when I was the president of the Union of Students in Ireland, we carried out a survey of...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...struggled over that time and found it exceptionally difficult. To anyone listening to this debate, reading about it tomorrow or perhaps watching online, I point out they are certainly not alone in feeling strain on their mental health. There is no shame in feeling tired and low during this time. We have been faced with an incredibly difficult task of isolating from loved ones and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...a written response. Members of the public had only one week within which to make a written submission. There were only 60 submissions from members of the public. Given the very strong public feeling about what has happened in nursing homes, that seems to be an extraordinarily small number. Can anyone offer any commentary on that? Reference has been made to the need for a public...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (26 Jan 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...'s control, but there is a need to believe the Minister of State and her colleagues have things in hand, insofar as that is possible. That belief will come from clear, honest communication and from people feeling they trust that there is leadership in steering us through what has been an extraordinary situation. None of us thought the pandemic would go on for this long and I do not think...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...and staff here are very patient with me. When I do not know where I am going, they walk me to rooms and tell me what is happening. Of course, I thank my Labour Party colleagues who have made me feel welcome. As Senator Dolan said, we have only been in here for six months. I did not realise it was possible to ask so many questions and be so befuddled by things. It is great to be in a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...much about the consequences of dropping out from a course. There is no shame in dropping out of a course if it is not the right course for one. The knock-on consequences, however, for those who feel they have to drop out because of financial reasons or because the course was not right for them often mean they are not able to continue on with their learning. It is important that students...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...discourse around it became very mean-spirited at the time. It really stoked a lot of fears in people and created a kind of thinking about migrants in Ireland whose knock-on effects we are still feeling. This is a positive and good Bill. We have seen a lot of material online over recent weeks. There have been a lot of hand-wringers in the comments sections saying that we voted for this...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...reference to mental health already. An interesting point that came up was around accessing mental health services at present. The group talking to the sub-committee was Mental Health Reform. It feels that those with mental health difficulties are less likely currently during Covid to reach out to seek help with pre-existing mental health conditions. I was taken aback by that. This is a...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)

Annie Hoey: I have a timer so I can stay within my time. The Members will have to bear with me as I jump from page to page. I feel for the poor people who have to take note of my speeches. The Minister of State said in his speech that more than 45% of the Irish population holds private health insurance. In light of Senator Kyne's point, I find this an interesting figure. For the last five years or...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (10 Nov 2020)

Annie Hoey: I have a timer with me so, hopefully, I will not take too long. I welcome the Minister of State. We all appreciate the reality of the situation. We have been doing this for what feels like forever. People almost do not know another way. We are just living with Covid and in and out of things. I commend the efforts of everybody doing their bit to tackle this virus. I particularly wish to...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...understand the reasoning. If only the Government would respond with such speed, support and strong action to any other life-threatening societal woe that it does to Covid-19. I will raise for what feels like the hundredth time since being elected to the 26th Seanad my annoyance and anger at how this Government treats the Opposition. We may as well have empty seats on this side of the...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...education, and now, with the very first piece of environmental legislation, giving Senators barely 12 hours between the official publication of the Bill and the submission deadline for amendments. It feels perhaps that it has been decided the contributions we in this House make on the issue are not actually worthy of a substantive debate. I am particularly disappointed at this attitude...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jul 2020)

Annie Hoey: I would like to offer my thanks to the ushers and to the other staff of the Oireachtas. They have shown great kindness and have made me feel very welcome, as have many people in this Chamber. I hope everyone working here also gets a wonderful break. The Boyne valley is less than an hour away, so they might zip up there and have a look-see. I would like to take a moment to refer to the...

Seanad: Education: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Annie Hoey: ...direct provision accommodation are valued students in our educational system at primary and secondary levels and sit our State examinations with their leaving certificate friends and yet cannot go on to further and higher education like their peers and the divide they feel is driven further. Has the Minister any plans to address this anomaly to ensure that those who have come through...