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Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

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Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----that we are taking responsibility. However, she is talking about not playing the history game. Back during the Celtic tiger when the country was awash with money, Fianna Fáil was in the Galway tent drinking champagne when it should have been building houses.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I was not going to contribute on this debate because, to be honest, I did not know what to say. I constantly go around in circles on this topic trying to figure out solutions. I hate to hear other parties and the media claiming that Fine Gael does not have a social conscience and that other parties have the monopoly on concern and care for people who are struggling with the housing crisis....

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I propose we suspend the House until 4.40 p.m.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am very pleased to speak on this Bill. I commend my colleague Senator Reilly. I acknowledge his absolute passion for this topic and moreover for protecting people. That comes, I suppose, from being a doctor as his life revolves around looking after and protecting people. I commend his work. This proposal to ban smoking where food is served will "de-normalise" the use of cancer-causing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Chair for allowing me to substitute for Senator Conway. I support Irish Water in what it is endeavouring to do. The Government recently launched Project Ireland 2040, which is planning for the future. For too long, successive Governments batted problems away. We built houses and transport systems where we needed them when we had population explosions, etc. I welcome that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Absolutely not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Could I ask for a copy of the report? All I have is the witnesses' opening statement as I am not a member of the committee but am only a visitor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Unless funding is found.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Will the witnesses also revert to me with information on landowners, possible routes and engagement in that regard? It is an important issue. One cannot split a farm or field because it would not be right to do so. I would appreciate some information on that matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: Before I raise my issue I want to support Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell on the issue of the orchestras. I agree with her that this is not about politics; it is about our culture. I raise the issue of the announcement by Irish Water that it plans to submit a planning application for a new pipeline connecting water from the River Shannon to Dublin. The water will be taken from Parteen,...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House again. Before I start giving out, I acknowledge the work he has done for councillors' pay and conditions. It is great to see him here but I cannot help but feel that we should not be having this debate again.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: One councillor said to me recently that never has so much been said about so little money. In the 21 months since this Seanad convened, this is the third time we have discussed this matter, not to mention the times I and other Senators in the House have raised it on the Order of Business or at our own parliamentary party meetings. Most of us have been councillors, including the Minister of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I wish to raise the issue of funding for research. In an article in The Irish Timesduring the week Professor Orla Hardiman spoke about her research on motor neurone disease. It is not a good diagnosis to be told that one has motor neurone disease and the prognosis is always bad. They call it a 1,000 day illness, so most people will live for up to 1,000 days but one never knows when one...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I have just come back from Baldonnel Aerodrome and want to refer to the Air Corps. Everybody knows that its primary focus is on looking after the security of the State. However, many do not realise it has other secondary jobs such as providing the air ambulance service which based in my home town of Athlone, supporting the Garda and dealing with hazardous chemicals. There are 870 members...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: I concur with the sentiments expressed earlier by Senator Craughwell. What happened at the weekend falls far below the standard expected of anybody in elected office. In recent years Mr. Austin Stack has been engaged in a long-running battle to find out what happened to his father. As everybody knows, Deputy Adams facilitated a meeting in 2013, and he was taken to that meeting in a...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: On International Women's Day we were asked to think of the women who have inspired us. In my case it was my wonderful and beautiful sister, Nicky, who died four years ago this month.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: She was one of the kindest and most compassionate people I have ever had the privilege to know yet she was also one of the toughest and most determined women I have ever met. Her toughness and determination helped her win a general election in 2011, for which she had fought for a very long time. Unfortunately, she did not have enough time to enjoy it. It also allowed her to fight a most...