Results 1-20 of 63 for speaker:Kate Walsh

Seanad: Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements. (7 Nov 2002)

Kate Walsh: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to the Seanad. I am happy to be a Member of Seanad Éireann. It is a great honour to be among and to serve with so many lovely people. My community in Celbridge is unique. We have Grove House, a wing of St. Loman's there. There is extreme integration and participation by the community with the...

Seanad: Report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals, 2001: Statements. (7 Nov 2002)

Kate Walsh: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption by Young People: Statements. (11 Dec 2002)

Kate Walsh: I wish to share time with Senator Hanafin.

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption by Young People: Statements. (11 Dec 2002)

Kate Walsh: I thank the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach, the Leader and fellow Senators for their loyalty, support and encouragement since I entered the House, which has been very much appreciated. With regard to the issue of alcohol abuse among young people, parents must become more involved in the lives of their children. Teenagers are forced to be independent and cannot cope. They are given...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Motion for Earlier Signature. (17 Dec 2002)

Kate Walsh: It has been a pleasure to be here and I am delighted to meet the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy. It has also been a pleasure to witness all Stages of this Bill being passed in the Seanad. Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Kate Walsh: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy McDaid, for coming to the House to address this important issue. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Brennan, and the officials in the Department of Transport for tackling the important issue of road safety. The wonderful role played by the Garda must be acknowledged. When the penalty points system for speeding was introduced, critics wondered if the Garda...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Kate Walsh: This scourge must be dealt with soon and it must be done through the courts. It is unacceptable that a young boy or girl of 12 years of age can rob a car and kill or endanger lives.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Feb 2003)

Kate Walsh: I am honoured to be here for the Minister's address. I add my voice to that of Senator Minihan. By allocating just over €9 billion to health this year alone, the Government must now institute change in the State's health services. We have established that the problems besetting our system are not financial but managerial and administrative. As we examine ways in which the health system can...

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (3 Apr 2003)

Kate Walsh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (3 Apr 2003)

Kate Walsh: I wish to share my time with Senator Morrissey.

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (3 Apr 2003)

Kate Walsh: I pay tribute to my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, for the reforms he has carried out since his appointment. I support the sterling work being done by members of the Garda Síochána, often in extremely difficult circumstances. Too often the gardaí are easy targets for criticism. I believe they deserve more praise than they receive and, more importantly, they...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Kate Walsh: As a proud member of the Progressive Democrats, I hope I do not disappoint my friend, Senator Bannon, on the Opposition benches. Education is the key to our future opportunities as a society and as individuals. For this reason, the Progressive Democrats support free primary, secondary and third level education and seek to ensure each is well funded, effective and open to all. To achieve these...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)

Kate Walsh: To bring back fees would be unfair and disruptive to thousands of students and families. People have made plans many years in advance on the basis of free education and it will not only be students who hope to attend third level this year who would suffer. Students already there as well as those in secondary education would also pay.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 May 2003)

Kate Walsh: I wish Commissioner Pat Byrne every success and a long and happy retirement. I wish his successor, Mr. Noel Conroy, a very happy term of office.

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 May 2003)

Kate Walsh: I welcome this opportunity to give my support to this important Bill and I thank the Minister of State for coming before the House. The Bill amends the Maternity Protection Act 1994 to give effect to the outstanding recommendations of the working group on the maternity protection legislation which were published in February 2001. When it is signed into law, Ireland will have some of the most...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Kate Walsh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Kate Walsh: I thank Senator Feeney. I wish to share some time with my better half, Senator Maurice Hayes.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Kate Walsh: I wish to praise my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, for having the courage to bring forward this legislation. For many years, successive Ministers have vowed to tackle the problem of excessive under age drinking and failed, either because the measures enacted did not go far enough or were watered down at the behest of certain powerful interest groups. Upon taking...

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion. - Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (7 Oct 2003)

Kate Walsh: I wish to share my time with Senator Maurice Hayes.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion. - Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (7 Oct 2003)

Kate Walsh: The issue of child abuse in institutions represents a dark period in the history of the State. The victims and survivors of this terrible period must not be forgotten. In the controversy that erupted last week, there was a real danger that the victims and our obligations to them would be forgotten. Rather than engage in useless political finger pointing, we should remember that the State...