Results 1-20 of 21 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Róisín Shortall

Patient Redress Scheme (26 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy Nash for raising this issue. I recognise that he feels strongly about it and has raised it in the House on a number of occasions previously. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health. The programme for Government commits to finding a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes hospital redress scheme. I am conscious...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...group will produce the White Paper, sooner rather than later, because there is a need to carry out the relevant groundwork in respect of this matter. Senator Bradford voiced many people's feelings on this subject. I welcome his comments and would concur with many of them. In the context of trying to introduce fundamental reforms to the health system, the Government is attempting to move...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (21 Jul 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...the GMS contract in 2009 is also available on this website. There is no defined termination period for the renewal of these contracts, however GPs have a right to terminate their contracts, as they feel appropriate and the HSE can also terminate the contracts in certain circumstances. I have no function in schemes provided by the Department of Social Protection. The other information...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...we have little data in this regard. It is positive that Irish trained doctors spend time abroad and experience other systems and that needs to encouraged but it is regrettable that many of them feel they have to leave the country because of the lack of satisfactory opportunities to continue their training or the failure to be given an acceptable status within our hospital system. I am...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: ...such a plan and they should do the patriotic thing now and go to the country. For everyone's sake, they should allow a new Government with a fresh mandate to bring about recovery. The prevailing feeling among the public now is fear - fear for their jobs, their homes, the welfare of their families and about what the Government will do to them in the budget in December. That fear is a...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: ...much in favour of young people having access to training, education and work opportunities.We do not believe any young person should go directly from school on to the dole. That is our view and we feel that many other opportunities should be provided for them to increase their chances of being able to secure employment. Whatever about the original thinking behind the approach last April,...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: ...FIS, particularly so when the Minister is relying on it as a targeted measure. It is quite clear that many of the people in families where the head of the household works for a low income will feel the brunt of the cut in child benefit and will not have the benefit of the proposed compensating measures because they do not claim FIS. Everybody knows FIS has a low take up and those...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: .... A number of problems arise because local authorities have no role in the maintenance of such privately owned areas. I am sure other Members of the House are familiar with the frustration one feels when one encounters this problem and learns that one cannot deal with it in an effective way. Obviously, it leads to an increase in the number of dangerous footpaths that are not maintained....

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: ...present. What guidelines will the Minister put in place for this scheme? As Deputies, we all get very mixed opinions from the public about individual job liaison personnel. Some claimants get the feeling they are simply being processed, especially when staff are dealing with people in such large numbers, as at present. This reform will be a disaster if that attitude remains. Guidelines...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: ...the Government's spin machines were in action over recent weeks. They do not accept that. There is no reason families on low and middle incomes, which are struggling to get by, should have to feel pain in contributing to solving a problem that has nothing to do with them. The Minister is not staying. He is slipping out again. The amount of time he spends in the Chamber is minute.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is talking rubbish. She has no feel for her brief and is simply trotting out lines.

Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: It is hard to believe that a Government that once prided itself on having its finger on the pulse of the people should now be so clearly out of touch with what old people feel about their health. I could not help smiling last week when I heard Councillor Maurice Ahern say that his brother Bertie would never have done this. There are many things about Deputy Ahern I bitterly disagreed with...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Feb 2008)

Róisín Shortall: ...Party. However, the Bill is more remarkable for its omissions than its provisions. The three major areas in social welfare relate to pensions, lone parents and carers and, with these in mind, I feel this Bill represents a missed opportunity because no attempt has been made to seek progress on these big ticket issues. Progress could have been made in the areas on which there is agreement...

Social Welfare Benefits. (31 Oct 2007)

Róisín Shortall: ...are drawing the dole is an indictment of the education system. It is also an indictment of the Minister's Department because there has not been adequate intervention in those cases. Many parents feel strongly that it should not be so easy for teenagers to move from school or training to the dole. What is the policy in respect of this matter? Does the Minister accept it is not generally...

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Róisín Shortall: ...on our motorway system is that there are no rest areas for them at present. Therefore, there is always the temptation to go that extra 100 km to get to the next town to take the break when they feel tired. Given that such a facility is not available, it is remiss of the Department and previous Ministers not to have provided for it sooner. The parking provisions deal only with the Croke...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Róisín Shortall: ...is presuming that the parliamentary procedures we are supposed to respect in this House will be complied with and assumes people have very short memories. Sometimes, as public representatives, we feel people have short memories but the Minister is obviously staking a lot on this belief and on the fact that his tough talking this week will influence the electorate in the upcoming general...

Proposed Legislation. (21 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: ...plans at all to introduce legislation at this late stage? What kind of support can he offer those who are in the front line of aviation and have serious concerns about safety and security? They feel helpless when trying to take action on those concerns.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (6 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: ...from the DEIS Programme, in view of the fact that all other 11 disadvantaged schools in the local area have been included; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that staff in the school feel they are being penalised because of the success of their work to date; and if she will agree to review this decision on the grounds of fairness to the pupils and staff concerned. [28069/06]

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: ...on any non-national road in respect of which a local authority has not specified any alternative limit, whether before or after the commencement of this section, is 60 kilometres per hour.". I feel strongly that the default speed limit on our roads is too high at 80 km/h. Given that there are many more country roads and lanes than there are decent roads, it makes more sense to have a lower...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Róisín Shortall: ...who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for 12 months or to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or both.". Again, I feel strongly about this. Since I met the father of the late Aisling Gallagher, I have been exercised by this issue. He spent a lot of time explaining the circumstances in the untimely death of...