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Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: That is unparliamentary language.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

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

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (27 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Albert Einstein is attributed with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Today I will do something over again that I have done scores of times previously. I was hoping the Minister of State would rescue my sanity by providing us with a different outcome. Since becoming a Member of the Oireachtas almost five years ago, I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: As we approach full employment, people are looking for more choice in their employment and for opportunities that contribute to a more positive work-life balance. For many the idea of working from rural Ireland is increasingly attractive. There are some who would love to return to their home place, and others who desire to get away from the traffic and higher costs associated with city...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: At the same time, they do not actually want to partake-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----and keep the system running. They are often outside the door in the anteroom sniggering and laughing when they have called a quorum-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: -----while members of the Government are running from committee meetings, leaving the very valuable work they are doing there, to run up here to provide a quorum. We should be more professional.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: It is a legitimate tool of Parliament, but this change does not stop Senators from calling a quorum. It would just mean we would only need six Members rather than 12.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: The Senator's facility would still be there.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Senator Craughwell wants new politics.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: New politics, when it suits Senator Craughwell.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Notwithstanding anything in today's Order of Business, it is proposed that No. 4 will be taken at 7 p.m. and will adjourn no later than 9 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: By three quarters of an hour.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: To facilitate the Minister.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Absolutely not.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I report progress.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Notwithstanding the Order of Business today, I propose that the House suspends until voting in the Dáil has concluded.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the UK from the EU on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (14 Feb 2019)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister for taking the time to attend. I commend the work he, the Taoiseach, the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and all of the officials have been doing so far. It is great that the work commenced right after the referendum. They set to work to have us as ready as possible for something so unknown. The potential impact of a no-deal Brexit is very severe. The legislation...