Results 201-204 of 204 for speaker:Lisa McDonald

Seanad: Suicide Prevention Strategy: Statements. (24 Oct 2007)

Lisa McDonald: I greatly welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. We should continue to highlight the issue, rather than considering that our commitment has been achieved by concluding the debate today. In the past, society tended to sweep the suicide issue under the carpet, which led to it being stigmatised. Recently, a mother whose son is suffering from depression told me that if he was...

Seanad: Serious Crime: Motion (17 Oct 2007)

Lisa McDonald: There is a tendency on the part of Opposition parties to conjure up a crime crisis following a spate of individual murders, despite the fact that there is no statistical basis for so doing. The Fine Gael Party recently called for the Army to be drafted in to deal with crime. In reality, however, this year's homicide rate is lower than that which obtained last year, with some deaths...

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Lisa McDonald: I welcome the Bill. Unfortunately, unexplained deaths, murders and accidental deaths have become commonplace in our society. There were days in the not too distant past when people would have been shocked and the whole country would have reeled at the circumstances of such deaths. Nowadays we have become more and more attuned to modern day living and accidental deaths. It is obvious that...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Lisa McDonald: I call for a debate on the important issue of a university for the south-east region. Waterford Institute of Technology is ready to become a university. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Education and Science to the Seanad to debate this matter? Approximately 40% of the workforce of my home county of Wexford is dependent on the construction industry. It is unhealthy for any area to...