Results 1-8 of 8 for lottery speaker:Mary Seery Kearney

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...who yearn for their child to have a full, meaningful life and live their best life, and for carers themselves to have some comfort. They are not being served. They may be served in parts of the country and I acknowledge some parts of the country are very good, but we have a postcode lottery which means that, depending on where people live or what CHO they have the misfortune to find...

Seanad: Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People: Statements (9 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...12, they certainly will not. At present, in that entire Dublin postcode area, no child is receiving that service. I have raised this matter with the Minister of State before. There is a postcode lottery as to who, when and what services they receive. I get emails from parents who cannot understand why early intervention windows are missed or that someone has the gall to send them a...

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...her best to intervene, to have a say and to increase the number of places in schools for children with special education needs. We cannot have a situation where service provision is a postcode lottery and access to supports depends on where one lives in the country. We cannot have resistance at school level for whatever reason, be it league tables or otherwise.We certainly cannot have...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...are on drugs, they will eventually pass out. However, somebody could be gambling away food and the roof over the head of someone else. I appreciate and value the social dividend from the national lottery. I have been involved in an organisation that was a recipient of the sports capital grant and very grateful for it. I appreciate all of that and the role it plays, but I wonder about...

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...entire lives. They found themselves disadvantaged just as the German school was. That was disappointing. I would like to see a red circling of them because they have been thrown back into the lottery that will be the CAO results system next August. It is important that we do or consider doing something for them. I appreciate that this may be more a matter for the Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Future of Gambling Regulation: Statements (23 Apr 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...it seem so fantastic to be part of this. There are attractive, fluffy ads aimed at people who are lonely and isolated. We need to make sure these are shown only after the watershed. The national lottery should not be advertised in the middle of a family film on a Saturday evening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...of Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W. In that there seems to be exceptionally long waiting lists and it has been considered quite the black hole. One of my emails to the witnesses argued there is a postcode lottery and this area is particularly badly hit with very long waiting lists. I welcome comments on where we are at in that regard. I received a briefing from the Minister of State, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Assessments of Needs for Children with Disabilities: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...and supports then fall away. A medical card needs to be applied for. There is a delay in assessment by a child psychologist. People are advised to go to private services because they may be in a postcode lottery for whether they will get a child psychologist. When it comes to crèches, they need to fight for an access and inclusion model worker to work alongside the child. I am...