Results 441-460 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am deeply concerned about the process in which school building projects are progressed through construction and the order on which they appear on the final list. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Education and Skills, or a representative on his behalf, to outline these procedures to the House? The new school building project for Coosan national school in Athlone is a matter close to...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Leader.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the witnesses for their time. A lot of what I would like to have said has already been said, so I will not go over a lot of it. Initially when this came up for the Committee on Public Accounts, I thought it was not the appropriate place for this type of situation but when one looks at it, the whistleblower was so desperate to get anything done this is the path the person had to come...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: Were any alarm bells raised by the assessment?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: How is Ann now?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: Where does Mr. Healy think the three missing clients are?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: It is hard to believe that somebody who is vulnerable and needs a service would not be traceable. It is not that big a country.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: So the records are not right.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: If everybody was doing their job right and fulfilling their moral obligation, there would not be a need for reports and that money would not have been wasted. It is wasted.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I asked whether staff ever do appraisals. Has anybody been held accountable for this?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: Are any of those people still working in the HSE or have they been moved on? Are they still working with children or adults who are vulnerable? Have we learned nothing from the past?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: They are named in the report or the investigations and they are still working with children?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: Are they working with children? It is a very specific question and a "Yes" or "No" will be fine

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: So we have not learned anything from the past. The headed paper refers to care, compassion and something else. What was the other thing?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I suggest that those words need to be on more than the headed paper-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----because absolutely no care or compassion has come out in this whole story or in Mr. O'Brien's replies or tone with us today. There is absolutely no care or compassion there at all from what I can gather. I thank him for his time but I do not see any care or compassion.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4165/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Cycling Facilities Funding (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application for funding to develop a cycleway by a community group (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4164/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (2 Feb 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an Irish emigrant (details supplied) with 17 years driving experience and a full clean licence from the US, has to resit a driving test here, and incur the expenses associated with securing an Irish driving licence; if Irish persons in these circumstances can be accommodated in a better way; and if he will make a statement...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jan 2016)

Gabrielle McFadden: I do not want to repeat everything everybody else said. It is appalling that it is the HSE versus the Waterford Intellectual Disability Association, when both groups should be looking out for people with intellectual or physical disabilities and not fighting with each other. As Deputy McDonald said, there has been no apology. We are sitting here while money and man hours are wasted toing...