Results 1-7 of 7 for carers speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the encouraging news earlier this week that the young girl and her carer who were viciously attacked in the north inner city on Parnell Square over a week ago are making a good recovery. I want to wish them well and wish their families well. I hope they make a full recovery soon and that the young girl is at home for Santa visiting this Christmas. I absolutely and utterly condemn...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...I want to speak to the appalling events that took place in my constituency and my community last Thursday. I want to start by talking and thinking about the children, their families and their carers and everybody at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. It has been so shocking and upsetting for everybody. As a parent, it is just unimaginable to think of your child at that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...wish it well. This is very positive news. It would be really helpful if the Minister and the City of Dublin ETB could facilitate a meeting with parents in the area. These parents, guardians and carers are obviously very committed to their young people and want this school to be a success and to support its opening. If the Minister could be asked be asked to facilitate an engagement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...developments and debates. They provide an incredibly important role and they are ordinary people, men and women, from whatever their background, be it professional, a teacher, a nurse or carer, who come forward and contribute. The contribution they make to our democracy and to the delivery of government at a local level is invaluable. It is only right they would enjoy the basic rights...

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

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...like thousands of other people who give of their time voluntarily for the society and cancer research. This has been a hard year for all of us, and particularly hard for cancer sufferers and their carers, be they family members or professional carers. Cancer research is incredibly important. As a House, let us encourage everyone to support Daffodil Day today and cancer research. We are...

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 Fitzpatrick: ...Minister of State for giving her time and engaging with the committee. The report from the ombudsman was a real indictment of the State's failure of children with special needs, their families, carers and supporters. I really welcome the Minister of State's appointment. As a spokesperson for the Opposition she demonstrated passion and energy and she has brought that to her office. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ..., visible and invisible, but today is a day for those with specific disabilities. We should all be mindful of them. A related matter is those who care for people with disabilities. Many are carers, family carers and friends who care in an informal way, but also the nurses, midwives and those in formal care settings. The Leader raised this as a Commencement matter earlier this week and...