Results 1-20 of 32 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Kathleen O'Meara

Seanad: Occupational Injuries Benefits Scheme. (28 Feb 2007)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...these miners' experiences would include tinnitus, for instance, which is a degree of deafness, and numbness in the extremities including fingers. I refer to a group of approximately ten men. They feel strongly that their pensions are entirely inadequate and, more importantly, do not recognise the level of disease and suffering from which they are suffering. Having met a number of the men...

Seanad: Competition Authority Ruling. (13 Feb 2007)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...the best possible outcome would be that the entire operation in Thurles would be sold as a going concern, and as a single unit rather than breaking it up into its separate component parts, which we feel would be difficult and dangerous. We do not know if that will happen but Premier Foods is a very successful commercial company which offers much in employment and economic terms to the...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...about how the US is conducting itself on this issue, and especially how the Government is conducting itself in this regard. This is an important matter for us as a sovereign State. Many people feel we need to assert ourselves in order that our values are not undermined by our involvement, at whatever level, in the activities of the US Government in the matter of rendition. That is why a...

Seanad: UN Committee Report on Children in Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...on doors, as are I and all the other Members who wish to serve in the Dáil after the next general election. It is a feature of many estates, and local authority estates in particular, that people feel terrorised by gangs of children. Hallowe'en was a nightmare for a lot of people, although the fact that children were off school for a week puts the matter in context. I am referring not...

Seanad: Petitions Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2006)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...the decision making process. This kind of approach is regressive and is having a negative impact. Large numbers of people protest in places such as Monaghan, Ennis and Nenagh partly because they feel the decisions made by bodies such as the HSE are undemocratic and that those in charge cannot be held to account. This engenders a sense of frustration and powerlessness in communities....

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Kathleen O'Meara: .... We cannot underestimate public concern around the implications for the Garda force of what has been revealed to have happened in Donegal. As enunciated in the House during this debate, many feel that in some way the case of Donegal was an isolated incident, or that it happened up there but is not happening anywhere else. There is a sense that a small number of gardaí have sullied the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...-centred. However, even in an ideal world this does not always happen. The amendment is designed to provide for the rare occasion when somebody is not happy with the contents of the assessment and feels that it does not adequately or correctly reflect his or her situation. It gives people the right to appeal. The Minister claims this is taken care of in the overall context of the Bill, but...

Seanad: Report of National Task Force on Obesity: Statements. (24 May 2005)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...and these should be people known to have high regard for a healthy body. We do not have a high regard for what healthiness is, namely, a healthy body, a healthy mind and the confidence and better feeling that results from taking exercise. Such healthiness is not actively promoted. It might be promoted a little in schools but this does not work through all the messages that children, in...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2005)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...to ensure that aspect is covered. It is to be hoped that the impact of the scheme will be to generate some relief on the pressures facing the hospitals' accident and emergency units. If people feel they have greater access to their GPs they will be less likely to attend an accident and emergency unit or to wait until such time as they need to do so rather than having it dealt with early...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I do not believe they will. We must wait and see. Communities feel strongly about the level of health services available to them. They also quite rightly feel they should have some say and their opinion should be taken into account. This legislation is not about the Hanly report. However, in fairness to Mr. Hanly, he came to a public meeting in Nenagh over a year ago to roll out his proposed...

Seanad: Children Act 2001: Statements. (20 Oct 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...have murdered people. It confronts society and we need to consider it as a society. I do not agree that we should simply be blaming parents. We need to examine the circumstances in which parents feel unsupported and in which children commit murder. Regardless of whether one is a parent one knows that children do not arrive in the world with a gene that turns them into psychopaths or...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Motion (13 Oct 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...Vincent de Paul, the Children's Rights Alliance, etc. They have already made their budget submission and they consider it an absolute priority that the medical card income limits be extended. They feel the medical card should be widely available to children and they state that we can afford to make them available. Poor families suffer from ill-health and that has been so in this country...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (13 Oct 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: .... It is possible that something could emerge from what clearly is a closed environment, and perhaps by its nature it needs to be so, that an individual or groups within the Defence Forces feel for whatever reason cannot be the subject of a complaint. It is not enough that a matter is investigated inside the military, although that is important and essential. If it is a matter of major...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I had a feeling that might be the case.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...is investigating backstreet abortions involving foreign women in Ireland I, like many others, was appalled. Refugees and asylum seekers existing on €19 per week and illegal workers who clearly feel they cannot leave the country now form part of what can only be described as a hidden Ireland. They lack social protection to such an extent that they feel it necessary to have illegal,...

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...informed of what is going on, but must also be accountable. It is difficult to get the balance right. I accept that professional standards in journalism have fallen in some areas and that we do not feel as confident as we used to regarding how matters are reported. I ask the Minister to retain a good balance as far as is possible when he is framing law in this area.

Seanad: Civil Liability and Courts Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: We are opposed to this section for the reasons set out in the amendments. There is no point reiterating them but we feel there is an inherent unfairness in the section as drafted.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...in recent months, that we are being used in a duplicitous fashion. Public reaction to any notice of the release of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe's killers is indicative of how strongly people feel on the issue. In negotiations there is a line beyond which one cannot go. While the Taoiseach rightly says that we want to see the end of paramilitarism and must move towards that goal, one can...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...the democratic process, standing for election like everyone else in the constitutional tent but it does not come all the way in. It keeps one foot outside and one inside and there are times when we feel that it is making fools of us all. We must hold the line on this issue. Let us remind ourselves of what happened in Adare; it was a post office robbery. To dress it up as anything more than...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: ...recently by the media. There is a perception among people that only big, well-connected developers have real access to planners and the planning process, while the ordinary person in the street feels his or her case is not being heard. That is a matter of concern because it is inaccurate, but that perception is abroad and should be addressed. It is seriously undermining any sense that the...