Results 221-240 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: It is true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: The money went out of our account on 29 May and the passport arrived in the post last Thursday. It was done online.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Government's announcement last week of €4 billion for Project Ireland 2040. I was interested in how Members in this House and the Lower House called Project Ireland 2040 a glossy brochure with nothing behind it. The Government has put its money where its mouth is with this announcement. Of particular interest is the €2 billion for urban regeneration. For some...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: A Leas-Chathaoirleach,-----
- Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State. As has been said, 2017 was the best year ever for tourism, with record numbers of visitors and expenditure. They followed the previous records in 2016 and 2015. In fact, tourist numbers and expenditure have grown every year since 2012. Last year, excluding fares, foreign tourists delivered expenditure of €1,021 for each man, woman and child in the...
- Seanad: Local Property Tax: Motion (30 May 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I take serious exception to Senator Rose Conway-Walsh's comments about the Minister, Deputy Harris, who is one of the most sincere, hard-working politicians this country has ever had. It is a disgrace for her to have said that about him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I ask her to withdraw it. I also have a question for her. Does Sinn Féin actually believe that Gerry Adams was never a member of the IRA? I wanted to speak this morning because I am very concerned about Claire Byrne's RTÉ programme on Monday night. A lot was said about it yesterday but I was horrified at some of the comments I saw on Facebook last night. The Taoiseach and the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: No, I did not indicate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I also raise the issue of the CervicalCheck helpline which has been raised. Between 11,000 and 12,000 calls have been made to the helpline but only about one third of these calls have been returned. The helpline has stated calls from women who had a diagnosis of cancer are given priority, which is proper order. In recent days, 500 calls were made to people who were concerned about their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Could I ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I have to leave early as the Commissioner, Mr. Phil Hogan is in the Seanad Chamber at 11 a.m. We are here today to discuss matters raised at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on defence and related matters. I refer to the Minister of State's opening statement on Operation Sophia. That work epitomises all that the Defence Forces stand for....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: As a politician I have always done whatever I can to support the Minister of State, or whoever is the Minister, and the Defence Forces. I do, however, need to ask some of the questions. I never doubt the Minister of State's pride in the Defence Forces, and I never doubt his or Fine Gael's commitment to the Defence Forces. We all know that pay and conditions are obviously a huge issue. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Are efforts being made to speed that up?
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: We will remind the Senator of that.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: As I always say, eight minutes is a ceiling, not a target. The Minister will be relieved to hear that. I thank him for attending again. The Fianna Fáil Senator who last contributed said that we were "not playing a history game."
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I will remember that quote and remind her of it in the years to come. She is probably not playing the history game because we all remember that Fianna Fáil caused the recession, put too many eggs in one basket and did not build a sufficient number of houses during the Celtic tiger-----
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: -----when the country was awash-----
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: If the Senator would only listen-----