Results 141-145 of 145 for speaker:Gillian Toole
- Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)
Gillian Toole: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheann Comhairle. I wish the Minister of State and her team the best of luck on this issue on which there is great unity across the House. In essence, we must listen to the voices, the lived experiences and the needs of children and adults with intellectual, sensory and physical disabilities. We must enact and implement personalised budgets that are...
- Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)
Gillian Toole: Ba chóir dom labhairt go tapaidh anois. I wish the Minister, the Ministers of State and their teams the very best of luck and success in what is probably one of the most important portfolios. I will try not to repeat what colleagues have said. The significance of agriculture and agrifood to our economy is nothing to be sniffed at. The word "vital" is used. That is derived from...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)
Gillian Toole: I congratulate the Minister. Many of the solutions around apprenticeships, training for special needs assistants, entry courses to occupational therapy and speech and language therapy can be delivered by Dunboyne College of Further Education. The Tánaiste visited the college in February 2022 in his then role as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...
- Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)
Gillian Toole: I wish the Ministers of State the very best of luck. The greatest wealth is health and the greatest health is mental and emotional health. We can be a little flippant in this House with the use of the word "resilience". We use it in connection with things when it actually derives from the ability to successfully adapt to stressors, to maintain psychological well-being in the face of...
- Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)
Gillian Toole: Go raibh maith ag an gCeann Comhairle. Táim fíorbhuíoch do mo chairde, mo chlann agus do mhuintir Chontae na Mí as a dtacaíocht dom le mo bheith anseo i nDáil Éireann. I am also very grateful to the team here in Leinster House and indeed my new colleagues here in Dáil Éireann. There was a slight baptism of fire over the past two months....