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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The most important issue is that we should be honest and level with one another in the House. The Opposition knows how bad circumstances are and that is why Fine Gael tabled the Private Members' motion. Will the Leader ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to come to the House for a debate on the VAT and pricing differentials between the North and the South and...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: While not losing sight of the banking issue I wish to follow Senator Fitzgerald who referred to the €1 billion that must be found for the health service. Professor Drumm is blaming the poor unfortunates who have lost their jobs who are now signing on the dole because they are now having to take up medical cards and the Health Service Executive is also at the loss of the 1% health levy. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: This morning we all received a survey from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association suggesting that 48% of those in small and medium businesses who were surveyed had been refused credit by the banks we are discussing today. I completely agree with Senator Ross that it is a culmination of all the crises which will cause our country to go down the tubes. The banks have a huge role...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I cannot wait.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As I have said before, I find it funny that Senator Butler is commending the Government in any motion at this stage considering the mess it has made of everything. None the less, I believe the Senator's heart is in the right place. He has worked for a long time on this scheme. I would have asked the same questions last week that I am going to...

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: We do not know the budget.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I do not want to be lectured by the Senator.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: On a point of order, I have been misquoted.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I made a legitimate criticism.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Senator is agreeing with me.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I do not want to be lectured.

Seanad: National Insulation Programme: Motion (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Senator is provoking me.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Portiuncula Hospital provides a very important service for our area. The HSE's trite comments on the news last night amounted to scaremongering and I ask the Leader to ensure the HSE intervenes, gets the people back to work and stops this silly carry on because that is all it is. It needs to speak to the people and resolve the issue because it is not a major issue. I was shocked and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Yesterday, we had the serious revelation about the continuing strike at our local hospital, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. The HSE is trying to downgrade this hospital because it has let the issue go on for so long. I call on the Leader to ask the Minister, Deputy Harney, to intervene. There is extraordinary scaremongering going on on behalf of the HSE. The hospital employs over 700...

Seanad: Child Poverty: Motion (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State but I regret that the Minister of State with responsibility for children could not find the time to attend. I commend the Labour Party on a fine, detailed motion in which it calls on the Government to "develop a clear strategy to address child poverty and to set a date in law by which child poverty will be eliminated in Ireland". As natural as this request...

Seanad: Child Poverty: Motion (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: If one life was saved, it would be worth spending this money. Will the Minister of State reconsider that decision? Last week the Independent Senators tabled a motion on human rights and I referred to mental health issues for children. All the children in one institution were surveyed and three different mental health illnesses were found to be present in some of them but none was being...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I have a number of issues to raise, with the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach, because I did not speak yesterday. The issue of the banks today does not inspire confidence when one considers that many people are losing their jobs and the public service has to deal with an extraordinary pension levy. Yesterday we discussed the antagonism that can arise between the public sector and the private...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: There is no information about the scheme on the SEI website or from local authorities. In fact, older people are waiting for two years for heating and grants for essential repairs from local authorities. Older people will be dead before they receive their grants, even for existing essential repairs, yet we have a big announcement about this scheme. Senator Butler was correct to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: We cannot take money from them and condemn them in the same breath.