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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: It took us so long to get him here in the first place.

Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for being here and for his indulgence. I know he is very busy. My slant on this is with regard to social and family affairs, which is my brief. I am concerned about children in poverty and 76,000 children in this country are in poverty. Education is a proven route out of poverty. However, for children in poor families full participation...

Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I acknowledge warmly the goodness among services such as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and community groups, and the funding from the Department of Education and Science to provide breakfast and warmth before school for these children. This is a very good initiative and I call on the Minister to continue to fund it. Colleagues have referred to the sad phenomenon of the removal of the...

Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The money could be better spent. Will the Minister consider behavioural training for special needs assistants to help the children in their care reach their full potential? I have strong views on funding of Protestant schools. There is an excellent school in Mullingar, namely, Wilson's Hospital School. Very negative aspersions were cast on these schools on "Today with Pat Kenny" such as...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: He is honest.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: It is a childish point.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: I want to raise the issue of the 350,000 public servants who are €3,000 worse off today than they were yesterday. People have contacted me who are very concerned about how they will pay their bills. These are people who are keeping money in circulation through spending, which is what we need to do in the economy. These people are terrified as to how they will make ends meet. I resent...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: No, he bought the election by saying that if people did not vote for Fianna Fáil, the economy would suffer. That is how that election was bought. Look at what has happened to our country. I resent the patronising way the Government side is speaking to us. Only yesterday, our leader, Senator Fitzgerald——

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: ——spoke about supporting good decisions and good leadership from the Government, as has our party leader, Deputy Enda Kenny. Deputy Richard Bruton has been giving suggestions to the Government for at least a year and has not been heeded. I resent that entirely.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: In regard to children's mental health, a frightening recent statistic indicates that 83% of children in a particular detention centre face an average of three forms of mental health difficulty, for which none of them is receiving dedicated treatment. In 2006, €11.2 million was allocated to mental health services for children but this provision was subsequently deferred to another area in...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: It would add an independent voice.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: What is the Senator's point?

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Who has the funding?

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Who has the funding?

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: The Senator is provoking me, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Nicky McFadden: Not at all.