Results 1-7 of 7 for other and baby speaker:Catherine Ardagh

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: I also wish to convey my sympathies to the family of Damien O'Reilly, in particular his fiancé Lisa, his children, Carly and Kyle, and his wider circle. Damien was a friend, and a colleague of many of us. He was a really happy-go-lucky guy and he will be sorely missed around this House by his colleagues and everyone in the Fianna Fáil Party. I also want to raise the issue of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: I congratulate my colleagues on Dublin City Council who approved the scheme to build 853 homes on the Oscar Traynor site. It includes 40% cost-rental, 40% social and 20% affordable housing and is a physical manifestation of the legislation that was passed in these Houses, so we should congratulate the Minister on that. It is a hugely welcome development but there are other really important...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: I join in expressing sympathy to the family of our former colleague, Deputy and Senator, Professor Brian J. Hillery. I offer my condolences to his family who are grieving at this time. It is great to see Senator Norris back in the House and I am glad that he is recovering well. I must point out that the same loophole on fobbing in applies to Members who have had a baby recently, or what...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: All of us waited for the publication of the report, but no one more so than the survivors and relatives of the survivors of the mother and baby homes.The treatment of women in Ireland in recent history and, obviously, in the timeframe of the mother and baby homes can only be described as one of abandonment, distress, grief, loneliness, heartbreak, trauma and pure unkindness. The sight of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: I refer to the autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units attached to schools and the lack thereof. There is a serious lack of these units in schools in Dublin 6, Dublin 6W, Dublin 8 and Dublin 12. I asked my colleague Deputy James Browne to table a question to the Minister to ask how many persons were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the south central area of Dublin. We received a...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...to include "parent" on a birth certificate. At present birth certificates issued in respect of children conceived through donor assistance born to same-sex couples only allow for the recording of the mother's details. As a consequence only the woman who gives birth to a baby can register as a parent on the child's birth certificate. These changes will facilitate the registrations and...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I welcome the establishment of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and hope its work can take place as soon as possible. I wish to raise two issues, the first of which relates to the maternity services group which was charged with developing a maternity strategy for 2016. It has met only once in the past 18 months. It was set up by the Taoiseach-in-waiting,...