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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Feb 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...more than the post-mastectomy support, there seems to be a postcode lottery for what women would receive. For example, in Kildare, they would receive €750 worth of scalp therapy, wigs, etc. In Cork, it is €450 and in Kilkenny it is €550.Obviously, it is important that we standardise the amount right across the country. It should not be a postcode lottery, no more...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...years in existence in 2026. Ahead of that, the charity, which does tremendous work, will open five new veteran homes nationally, employing three new support workers. One of these will be in Newbridge, with the others in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Louth. There are 145,000 veterans of the Defence Forces on the island of Ireland and many of them live in my county, Kildare. ONE does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in particular obviously is important to ensure that people have good employment opportunities and so forth. I appreciate that the accommodation situation is difficult in Dublin, Galway and in Cork and policies are being put in place to rectify that. I am unsure as to what the situation is like in Belfast, for example. Is it better and are there better opportunities there that students...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...and part of one's story. It is difficult. We are thinking of all of those who have lost a sibling today. As Chair of the all-party Oireachtas group on dementia, I want to focus on Mahon Point in Cork. It has just introduced the first dementia-friendly shopping centre in Ireland. All of the staff have gone through training. It is important so that those with dementia and their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...and homes. As the Senator noted, the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, has spoken about funding available for sports facilities.That is really important. We obviously want that extended. While Cork and Waterford certainly got the brunt, I was speaking to somebody yesterday from Edenderry Golf Club, who spoke about the flooding there and how, when any sports grounds like that are...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: .... In her short time, she gave an all-embracing speech on the strength of the Irish-American connections and her personal connections, which were interesting to listen to, extending from Galway to Cork and Kerry to Newry. It was also lovely to have her mum, who is originally from Ballinasloe, in the Gallery. Her talk was on inclusion and it was particularly significant given that it is...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Tánaiste about what is and is not allowed. The freedom to protest and free speech are important to us all in Leinster House and it is absolutely a constitutional right. The issue that arose in Cork was that the Tánaiste was interrupted while he was speaking. The point he made was that there is and always should be a place for an alternative point of view, but it should be...

Seanad: National Parks: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in accessing services for her own child to build a one-of-a-kind social enterprise. It now has bases not just in its original location in Kildare but also in counties Mayo and Monaghan, west Cork and an outreach centre at Athlone. It is a real success story. We all know the issues facing the HSE in terms of waiting lists. Children and their families suffer most when they languish on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (9 May 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...of course still goes on, the training of horses. which still goes on, and as an assembly and training ground by armies. The very first sub-division of the Curragh was in the 1840s. The Dublin to Cork railway was built right across the Curragh. In the 1860s, the Curragh camp was built and there was a large appropriation for rifle ranges. There is still a very vibrant and active barracks...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: .... The Cathaoirleach absolutely embodies all those qualities, as I know from the time in which I have got to know him and from stories I have heard about him from my brother-in-law, Jim Ryan, from Cork and, of course, my Fine Gael colleagues. He has the gravitas, presence and dignity to represent the Seanad at home and abroad. Added to that, he has great vision and a creative sense as to...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...for doing price analysis comparison in the particular areas we are talking about. When I make a comparison, if we were to extend to 50 km outside Dublin, and this could also be applied to Galway or Cork, the new areas that would be included would be Gormanston, Laytown and Enfield in County Meath, Newbridge and Kildare town in County Kildare, and Wicklow town in County Wicklow. Looking...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...on issues that shock us to the core and raise them in the House. For me this week, the issue was the story about organ incineration and the realisation that the organs of 18 babies delivered at Cork University Maternity Hospital had been sent to Belgium in 2020 along with clinical waste, without the knowledge or consent of bereaved parents. We can only begin to imagine what those parents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...what she heard is grim. Nevertheless, these views must be heard by everybody, including the HSE. I know the HSE did not even send representatives to one of those meetings, which I believe was in Cork. That is appalling. We must absolutely call the HSE out on that. I have listened to what the witnesses described as happening to them during the Covid-19 pandemic. They had to give up...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Areas of Conservation (12 May 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Before the I bring the Senator in, I would like to add my voice of welcome to the boys, girls and teachers of Glandore National School from west Cork, who are being hosted today by Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan. They have had a very long journey to come up here. I was in Glandore last summer and it is just such a beautiful part of the world. We appreciate that they have taken the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...rising fertiliser prices. That should be an absolute priority for us. I express my condolences to the family and friends of Paulina, who died in the Ashbourne House direct provision centre in Cork. There are concerns that she may have died four days before she was found. There must be an investigation into this.

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ..., Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in Government in terms of delivering the enhanced memory technology resource rooms on nine sites, dementia diagnostic services delivered through a specialist regional memory clinic in Cork, four new memory assessment and support services in Mayo, Wexford, Waterford and Sligo, and the enhancement of acute care pathways for people with dementia through the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, who has done a lot of work in the area. We will look for that debate. Senator Boylan spoke about the conservation of bats, particularly in Emo Court and in Cork. It is quite wrong that she had to resort to a freedom of information request to get the information she requested. She also pointed out that licences were retrospectively granted. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I add my voice to the welcome for my esteemed colleague and friend, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Colm Kelleher, and his son. It is a great pleasure to have them in the Chamber for today's business. Stoyu z ukrayinoyu: stand with Ukraine. I was on the phone this morning to my esteemed friend and colleague, Yevheniya Kravchuk, who is a Ukrainian parliamentarian, speaking about the current...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...and I addressed this with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, when he spoke in the House yesterday. The Senator also spoke about the need to add an extra service from Dublin to Cork to ensure young and old people can get into Cork for work or college. That is certainly something we should take up with the National Transport Authority. We will support that. Senator Ahearn...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...felt around the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy. We have all vowed and committed to do better and I have no doubt that we will. Hearing of the random attacks that have happened since then, in Cork, in Kilkenny and yesterday in St. Stephen's Green, brought me back to last summer when my 12-year-old niece was walking through St. Stephen's Green on a sunny day and was attacked by older...