Results 41-60 of 240 for speaker:Maria Corrigan
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I rise to bring to the House the issue of cuts within disability services. I appreciate that there may not be time in the remainder of the term to have the Minister before us as a matter of urgency. I ask the Leader to organise a debate for the early days of the next term. I appreciate the Minister of State intends to speak to service providers in the coming days about the implementation...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. The legislation has profound implications for the families. I thank him for the empathic way in which he approached the Bill, which will move us on to a better and safer place. There will be challenges ahead, especially with the countries with whom we have a previous relationship that are not yet signatories to the Hague Convention. I wish...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: If the Minister of State intends to address this matter, my understanding is that it is not simply an issue in which the HSE has not completed post-placement reports. Is it not also an issue that when the HSE completes such post-placement reports, it forwards them to the parents involved and that thereafter it is their responsibility to forward them to the Russian Embassy? If, for some...
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I wish to share time with Senator Dearey.
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady. As other colleagues have done, I pay tribute to all the staff in St. Luke's Hospital for their enormous work, dedication and commitment to patients which are not alone evident in the treatment outcomes for patients but also in the confidence, security and comfort with which they have been able to receive treatment. This can only have come...
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jul 2010)
Maria Corrigan: On Tuesday next, 6 July 2010.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach allowing me to speak so I will be brief. As a country and a State we depend completely on the role of carers in the home. As Government policy has shifted towards keeping people in their own homes we depend on carers even more. I appreciate that the Leader has indicated that should the pressure of business allow he will try to facilitate a debate on carers...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: On a point of order, Senator Fitzgerald should be asked to withdraw the word "crime". It is too serious.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: It is not a political charge. The Senator said "crime".
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: It was not a political charge.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: The Senator can substitute the words "political charge" for the word "crime".
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: The Senator said "crime". It is a point of order.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I ask that Senator Fitzgerald withdraw the word "crime". If she wishes to substitute it with the words "political charge", I will accept that. She should not use the word "crime".
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: On point of orderââ
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: Senator Fitzgerald said the Taoiseach is guilty of these crimes.
- Seanad: Statutory Registration (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for giving me the opportunity to raise this important matter and the Minister of State for her attendance in the Chamber. I speak about the regulation of the health and social care worker professions, as provided for in the Health and Social Care Professionals Act. While I welcome this important legislation, I acknowledge its implementation with regard to the 12...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: With the permission of the House, I would like to share two minutes of time with Senator Carty and two minutes with Senator McDonald.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach might let me know when I have one minute left. I welcomeââ
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: Would Senator Mary White like to share my time?
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
Maria Corrigan: I could share a minute with Senator Mary White.