Results 261-280 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: She fought it with great bravery and great dignity. We need more people like Nicky McFadden in politics and in business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Given that yesterday was Research Day, I ask the Leader to call on the Minister for Health to look at budgets for research. Motor neurone disease is an unknown quantity. Nobody knows what causes it or anything about it. There is no cure for it. A lot of research is being done in Trinity College and Beaumont Hospital with Professor Orla Hardiman but as with everything of that nature money...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 21 March.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Seven minutes is a limit, not a target and, therefore, I will stick to that. I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for giving of their time. Their opening statement was depressing and negative. Despite that, almost €1 billion was spent over the past year on mental health services, with an additional €59 million to be spent in 2018 and a further €55 million in 2019,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: What about the Departments of Education and Skills and Children and Youth Affairs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: In that case, the figure is higher than 6.6%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I am sorry, but can I just-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: May I come back in to ask Dr. Browne a question? He made reference to a salary of €185,000 for a senior consultant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Is that within the HSE?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: That figure does not include income a consultant may earn from private practice. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I am sorry, but I find that absolutely-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: The person who works solely for the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: He or she earns a salary of €185,000. Dr. Browne says that while the salaries appear to be generous, they are not, but I argue that they are exceptionally generous. Expectations are very high-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I want to ask one more question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I have one more quick question. They are very high salaries, yet we cannot get people to take the jobs. For what are they looking? For what salaries are psychiatrists looking to come back to work here? The delegates referred to the high cost of living and so forth. That also applies to nurses, psychologists and so forth who have to live here too. I want to know what psychiatrists want...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: Yes, we are aware of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: May I, please, receive an answer to my last question?
- Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: On 19 March 1911, the first International Women's Day event took place. One of the key themes of the early years of International Women's Day was the campaign for women's suffrage. In 1918, the Representation of the People Act gave some women in Ireland the right to vote and we celebrate that centenary this year. Equally significantly, in 1918, women were for the first time allowed to...
- Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I am well able to shout for Athlone in 51 seconds.
- Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Gabrielle McFadden: I may be a national Senator but I am from Athlone. I warmly welcome Project Ireland 2040, which is a great idea. We have long been batting for such an initiative. The pattern has been that we build houses, schools and hospitals after an area experiences population growth. Project Ireland 2040 is a plan for where people will live and work and how they will travel to work, which is to be...