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Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. Last month 10,000 farmers converged outside Leinster House to demonstrate their strong opposition to Commissioner Mandelson's World Trade Organisation deal. I have attended several meetings of farming organisations in my constituency and the biggest issue on the agenda is the request for the Government to make clear its position on...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: They will not consider that good news.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I raise the issue of turbary rights and the reaction of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, to the report on the protection of our habitats and the most vulnerable and rare species. Nobody is more protective of the flora and fauna of rural Ireland than the people who live in it and use it. I ask for a very urgent debate on turf cutting for...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: The Minister, Deputy Gormley, seems to lay the blame for the damage and danger to these wildlife species squarely on the people who cut turf and I find that objectionable. My telephone was hopping yesterday with calls from people who have spent years cutting turf, as did their families before them, without damaging the environment to the extent the Minister suggests. It would be more in his...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I support the comments of Senators Fitzgerald and Alex White on the way children are being treated and not looked after because of the staff embargo in the Health Service Executive. We hear the words "staff embargo" but we do not focus on what they mean and the neglect that results for the most vulnerable in our society, which was apparent in last night's "Prime Time Investigates" television...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Like the Leader of the House and me.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I call on the Ministers for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House to discuss the issue of anti-social behaviour on housing estates. Who holds responsibility in this area? Is it the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, because there has been a breakdown in law and order, is it local authorities, which do not appear...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Nicky McFadden: And private homes.

Seanad: Child Care Services (30 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I am glad the Minister of State with responsibility for children is present to listen to this motion. I want to acknowledge his presence recently in Longford-Westmeath, where we did a tour of the very fine capital projects. In that context, the sum of money being spent on child care is to be commended. I have tabled this motion on the Adjournment because of the confusion and insecurity...

Seanad: Child Care Services (30 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I look forward to the Minister of State's visit. I welcome his clarification that funding will be made available in the next 15 days.

Seanad: Child Care Services (30 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I also raised points on how difficult it is for small providers to form limited companies and the cost of audited accounts, which are necessary. Can the Minister of State comment on these matters?

Seanad: Child Care Services (30 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: That would help.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Lisbon Treaty: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I wish to share my time with Senator Joe O'Reilly.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, but I am somewhat disappointed the Minister had to leave as only she can understand what I have to say. I support the motion moved by the Independent Senators and commend them on tabling it. I have raised the matter of the band ratings of schools several times on the Adjournment. While the Minister was in the House she spoke about schools in...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: Can the Minister of State find out and inform me in writing the situation with regard to the devolved building programme scheme? Funding was made available through this scheme to local communities so that they could get involved in building their own schools. This scheme would work well in an area such as Killucan which is a developing area with significant numbers of new houses. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Nicky McFadden: I raised it on the Adjournment in February.