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Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. She is very welcome and is a regular visitor. I would also like to thank the Leader, Senator Cummins, because this is a debate for which I have asked for several months. I am delighted that we have the opportunity to discuss this. There are many areas that need to be addressed when we speak about services for people with intellectual...

Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I have loads more to say and I hope I get the opportunity to say it.

Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: He would not be going to Senator Cullinane's party anyway.

Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: It is the Department of Social Protection.

Seanad: Springboard Programme: Motion (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, to the House and I commend my Fine Gael colleagues on their introduction of this Private Members' motion. As has been said, it is an excellent motion. It shows that Springboard is working. It is one of the big successes of this Government. Since it was launched in 2011, as has been said, more than 21,000 people have participated in...

Seanad: Springboard Programme: Motion (27 May 2015)

Mary Moran: We would not understand them.

Seanad: Early Child Care: Statements (13 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Reilly, back to the House and thank him for his comprehensive statement. One message that is clear from all the contributions today is that if we invest in our children, our future will be safe. As Senator Keane said, we must make sure the foundations are very strong when we are building the house. There is plenty of room for improvement in the early...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I wholeheartedly agree with Senator Craughwell. I too have heard stories of people in my home town who have been escorted to Mountjoy in taxis paid for by taxpayers, but on reaching the prison they are sent home, sometimes arriving home before their taxi driver. I too agree that perhaps such people who are before the courts could do community service. There is plenty of litter. We are...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2015)

Mary Moran: Yes I am, as I have stated. How is the HSE funding being used for the six weeks during which no respite services are being provided? A full and broad debate is needed as a matter of urgency on the HSE-funded disability services that are provided nationwide.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I welcome the visitors from Monksland national school to the House today. I am delighted that they have come up from County Louth and I hope they enjoy their tour of the Houses. I wish to raise some matters to do with the health service pertaining to my county of Louth. In recent days we have heard news of three events. This morning, yet again, we heard alarming news of overcrowding in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the representatives of the Carers Association, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Department of Social Protection for their attendance. I welcome the holding of this meeting which presents a great opportunity for members. It is great to see my colleagues all going through the same issues and I back absolutely everything that has been said. People with a disability have...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank Senator Colm Burke for allowing me to contribute. I know we are pressed for time, having started 20 minutes late. Much of what I wanted to discuss has been raised by my colleagues, so I will not deal with that. I will concentrate yet again on an area in which the Minister of State knows I have a major interest, namely, the mental health of children with a disability. I have...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I will. I would like us to talk about adult mental health when we talk about children's mental health. It is about local services. I do not apologise for making it local, but in my area, Drumcar respite facility for children and adults with an intellectual disability closed its doors last week to facilitate training for the next six weeks. I believe there is a HIQA inspection going on....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Third Level Student Grant System: Union of Students in Ireland (22 Apr 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank Ms Hoey for the detailed presentation. It is great when people come in here to give such a comprehensive report and come up with practical solutions. I am wearing two hats because I am listening to the USI as a parent who currently has three children in third-level education. Hopefully, I will have a fourth in third-level in September. I concur with what the USI is seeking, which...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I, too, would like to welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in to discuss a very serious issue concerning the HSE drugs counselling services and programmes for those under 18 in Dundalk. I have been in contact with local people who are acutely aware of the situation since the closure of the drugs counselling services for those under 18 in December last and I am led to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately, I can tell him categorically that the HSE service on Market Street, Dundalk which dealt specifically with under-18s ceased before Christmas. I ask that he look into this matter. Telling somebody who is living at the far end of County Louth, has a drug problem and does not have support at home to attend the Meath Jigsaw programme is causing...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I draw attention to two wonderful education events in Dundalk which have taken place since Friday. This morning I had the pleasure and honour to present certificates to more than 100 graduates of the National Learning Network, NLN, in Dundalk. It was brilliant to be there. I commend the Education and Training Board and the HSE which provided the funding for the programmes aimed at people...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Mary Moran: I will be brief. I could not let the comments made by Senator Mullen go without reacting to them. I think everybody has reacted in much the same way to some of the comments. That is the big thing. I will also be opposing the amendments. One cannot say that one is in favour of equality on one hand for one thing, as long as people do things the way one wants them to do those things and as...