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- Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (25 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: As a country, we are far behind in this area and, despite plan after plan and promise after promise, we are doing no better now than when the Government first took office 15 years ago. To suggest we should in any way congratulate the Government on its constant rehashing of the same plans is ludicrous and disgraceful. There is a perception that broadband rates in Ireland are awful, and the...
- Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (25 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: The Minister, Deputy Ryan, is in touch. He is aspirational and wants to connect people but his comment that schools should be connected and his comments on the global village are questionable. How many schools have interactive whiteboards? The plan to invest â¬223 million was launched in the middle of January and it is to result in full coverage by September 2010. I fear this is a promise...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: In view of the fact that we are not a talk shop and that the Leader has the ear of the Taoiseach, will the Leader highlight the Private Members' motion tabled by Fine Gael last week on how we could save the country â¬34 million to â¬40 million by reducing the number of Ministers of State by eight and the number of Oireachtas committees by ten and by not allowing serving Members to avail of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: She is a bit disconnected.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: The issue that the public has most problem with is how we do our business. We should extend the working hours of the Seanad to four days a week as proposed by Fine Gael. We should invite former taoisigh or MEPs to address the House and have a consultative role, especially if we are abolishing committees. This would give more power to the Seanad. The value of the Seanad is that we tease...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: They do not know what they missed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: Only the Irish part.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I join Senator Buttimer in paying tribute to John Bowman for the impartial way in which he chaired so many interesting political debates over the years and for his encouragement of audience participation. This is not the right way for RTE to claw back its budgetary shortfall of â¬68 million. Eliminating some of the American trash on our screens or imposing cuts in the salaries of some its...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: Well done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (10 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I raise this issue which has become very woolly recently because there has been rumour upon rumour in the Mullingar area. As late as three weeks ago, I spoke to the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, who informed me he would meet senior management at St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar, and then, lo and behold, there was a big headline in the local...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (10 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Most of it concerned A Vision for Change, which we all accept is a very good document. However, the Minister of State mentioned a development control plan. Is it possible to get a copy of that plan? I am sure it is freely available. Does the Minister of State know what it contains? That was the bones of my Adjournment matter. The Minister of...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (10 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I fully endorse what Senator Harris said and I agree with him about posturing. The priority is that these people should be apprehended and brought to justice. The Continuity IRA has stated that as long as there is British involvement in Ireland its members will continue to murder people. The Senator is correct that there will be further murders. These people seem to attach no value to...
- Seanad: Industrial Disputes. (5 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I am asking that the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, intervene in the serious dispute at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, ongoing since September 2008. I raise the issue because much is at stake for the health of the people of the midlands and Galway area. The hospital is integral to the health services for the area because Athlone, with a population of...
- Seanad: Industrial Disputes. (5 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the position. However, I am already familiar with the complexities of the situation. His reply did not really provide much comfort, particularly as I asked that the Minister for Health and Children should become involved. The toing and froing involving the HSE and the INO has been taking place since September last and a satisfactory resolution...
- Seanad: Industrial Disputes. (5 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: I wish toââ
- Seanad: Industrial Disputes. (5 Mar 2009)
Nicky McFadden: The question of health and safety is one of the issues of contention in this dispute, but the Minister of State did not refer to it. Perhaps he will bring that aspect of the matter to the attention of the HSE.