Results 41-60 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I ask the Leader to use his good office to request that the Senator divulge to the House where he got his information, because his information was incorrect.He made a broad statement, expressing how disappointed he was and how low a move it was. Anybody who knows me knows how passionate I am about the Defence Forces. I, of all people, would be very disappointed if I thought-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Excuse me, I am speaking. If I thought that the Taoiseach did that on purpose, I would be very disappointed. I checked my facts and I think that every Senator in the House who stands up to speak should check their facts before they do.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I ask that the Senator clarify for the House where he got his information. If he agrees with me that his information is incorrect, I ask that he withdraw it from the record.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I got my Commencement matter in before 10 a.m. yesterday.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Senator cannot have it every way.

Seanad: Emergency Aeromedical Support Service: Statements (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, for coming to the House again. I will not rehash everything I said earlier when I sought and received assurances from him that the air ambulance service would continue to operate fully from Custume Barracks in Athlone, something I feared would not happen. There has been reference to the number of lives saved by the air ambulance service. I...

Seanad: Emergency Aeromedical Support Service: Statements (19 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I did not use all my time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Telling the Leader to shut up is not a good way to conduct a debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Hopefully, I will behave a bit better.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I said, hopefully, I will behave a bit better and not tell anyone to shut up. I think it was outrageous of the Senator to do so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I would not take it from my children so I do not think I would take it from a grown adult. The UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be held on 25 November - less than two weeks away. To coincide with this day, Safe Ireland, whose headquarters is in Athlone, will host a national conference in Westport. The theme of the conference is safe homes, safe...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: It is in Westport.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Will I let others go before me?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: We can do the rebuttal if you do it before us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: We are all concerned about the housing crisis.Nobody thinks it is okay for families to live in hotels or bed and breakfasts. It is not okay for parents to have to get their children up at 6.30 a.m. in a hotel, put them in civvy clothes, bring them downstairs to the dining room, feed them their breakfast, then bring them back upstairs, put on their uniforms and take them on two buses to get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Athlone Institute of Technology has always been hugely progressive, an ambitious institution and a key driver for the development of the midlands. My family and I have long been associated with the institute and I am a former member of its governing body. I very much welcome the announcement that the Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology have come together to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The world could not take more than one.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Good lawyers are expensive.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Opposition talked enough about them going.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 is 30 years old. The Ryan family from County Meath, who appeared in a recent Lidl advertisement, have left this country as a result of receiving death threats. The Ryans are what the media like to call a mixed race couple and they have a beautiful baby boy. I did not realise they were mixed race until I read that they were in the media...