Results 161-174 of 174 for long speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Feb 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. The Minister is welcome and I thank him for his attendance. I refer to phase 3 of a project to remove bad bends on the N2, the Dublin to Derry road, along the stretch from Monaghan town to Emyvale.In 2017, Transport Infrastructure Ireland allocated €600,000 towards this project, which will be phase 3 up as far as Emyvale village....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Response Times (31 Jan 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: ...a delay of two hours in one case and two and a half hours in the other case while those involved waited for an ambulance to arrive. It subsequently transpired that the ambulance had to travel from County Longford. An ambulance was called last week in Killeshandra, County Cavan after a young pupil took unwell. The school was informed that it would take 45 minutes for the ambulance to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...address the shortage of substitute primary teachers in our primary schools. School principals are reporting that they are finding it increasingly difficult to get substitute teachers on a short or long-term basis. Last week, a number of principals highlighted that in the case of maternity leave cover some 25 texts were sent but, apparently, only one reply was received. Another principal...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...country. They do their duty without the right to take industrial action and they do it willingly and without rancour or complaint. It is fair to say that the credit they received last weekend is long overdue. It is great to see them finally being recognised. In addition, I welcome that the Garda Representative Association, GRA, voted yesterday to accept the Labour Court recommendation....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, to the House. As Senator Daly has outlined, this issue has been floating around for a while, and some would say for too long. I appeal to the Minister of State, and the Minister to grasp the nettle. We have all recognised that the workload and travel has increased significantly for councillors. Effectively it has become a full-time job....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...a negative impact on our economy, which is very much exposed to outside factors, as we all know. It would appear to be the fairest way if we could get a commitment that this funding would be increased long-term rather than being year to year, but therein lies the challenge. The job of this committee is to debate after we have heard all the contributions and try to find a solution or a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...in this respect. A report issued today by Switcher.ie, a price comparison website, shows broadband speeds in rural Ireland are 36 times slower than in towns and cities. This is a serious issue. Longford and Monaghan, to name but a few, were listed as black spots. To give a practical example of this divide, downloading a two-hour film in Dublin would take approximately six minutes,...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to both sides to put their heads together and try to find a solution. I welcome some media reports today suggesting that progress is being made with An Garda Síochána and I hope it will not be long before the media is also reporting progress with regard to the ASTI so that students can get on with their lives.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries (20 Oct 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...The decision came as a result of massive opposition from anglers throughout the country and I compliment them on their campaign. We need a firm commitment to provide the resources necessary to guarantee the long-term future and viability of these hatcheries. IFI infrastructure has been fractured by continuous downgrading. At one point it had almost 500 staff members, but today this has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 26 – Department of Education and Skills (29 Sep 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...projects will be substantially completed by the end of the year. Is the Minister happy with the timescale involved in delivering these projects? It is a bugbear of some schools that the process takes so long from the moment it is accepted that a facility is required to the provision of that facility. School transport is a big problem and is causing difficulties throughout the country....

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...see how some students must commit to leases they simply cannot afford. Some have to sleep on the floor in friends' accommodation, some must live in poor-quality accommodation and some must travel long distances to get to college. The USI recently commissioned a survey of students that found that 58% miss a meal each day to try to stay in college. Some 38% go hungry in order to stay in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (12 Jul 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...that different sites had been explored and examined and that a site at the current campus of Monaghan General Hospital had been selected. We expected a lot more progress would have been made long before now and I am sad to say that I have nothing to report at this point. I ask the Minister of State to update me on the current situation and explain the reason for the delay.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister and wish her well in role. I also welcome those in the Visitors Gallery and compliment the work they have done over a long period of time. I also compliment Senators Bacik and Nash on the work they have done. They deserve great credit for having brought the Bill this far. It is not often we speak with one voice in the House, but today is one of those occasions and I...

Seanad: Poverty and Homelessness: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: .... Families today are much smaller than they were 20 or 30 years ago. There are more separations and divorce, partners move out and need accommodation. Those are all factors. We need to consider long-term leases on property. For a long time the mentality in this State was that renting a house was a short-term measure, for six months or a year. Now people can end up renting for 20...