Results 1-20 of 180 for long speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Frances Black: ...can be a lifeline for people who are experiencing loneliness. I have seen this at first hand. When my mother was living on her own, it was often the postman who would stop to talk to her for a long time, and it really broke up the day for her. As the interfaces of public services become more digitised, we need to consider the impact of self-service terminals, unmanned train stations and...

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: ...flooding, that supports residents and the local environment. We cannot lurch from crisis to crisis, responding to issues as they arise. That is why I am here today. We need to have joined-up, long-term thinking to prevent people having to leave their homes in a crisis like this. The idea that was put forward by Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice for an emergency order to be signed is...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: ...the years to come when they are employees, given that they are not entitled to PRSI contributions and, therefore, are denied relevant employment protections and rights such as parental leave, maternity leave and sick leave. Importantly, they are disadvantaged in the long term in respect of pension contributions. They also experience low pay. Research from the Postgraduate Workers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: ...commend our guests on the work they are doing and thank them for it. It is very important work. They have highlighted the dismissal, minimisation and gaslighting they have experienced, on top of long Covid itself. That must be horrific. I really acknowledge what they have said. I agree with Ms O'Donovan that it should not be treated as a psychological issue, although its effect on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: I thank all the witnesses for being here. The witnesses mentioned that general paediatric consultants should be diagnosing and managing children with suspected long Covid. Parents who have connected with LCAI are saying that consultants do not really have the knowledge because they have not been trained. What should parents do when they feel that consultants are not really able to diagnose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: We heard from LCAI that no data had been collected by long Covid clinics about why patients stop attending the clinics. It was mentioned this morning that the clinic was not busy enough. Is that because people have stopped attending? What is the reason behind that? How can we expect improvements in our understand of long Covid and service provision without this data? That needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: With so many patients suffering neurological symptoms, why is there only one neurologist in the country - located in Dublin - for long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Frances Black: When we consider that there are 350,000 people with long Covid and that there is one neurologist in Dublin, it is quite harrowing. I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Frances Black: ...solution. However, Israel has done everything in its power to make that outcome impossible. It refuses to recognise the legitimacy of the ICJ, which is currently ruling on the legality of its 56-year-long occupation. Israel has expanded illegal settlement construction since the Oslo Accords, making daily life in the West Bank impossible for indigenous Palestinians. There are now four...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Frances Black: ...as the aerial bombardment of civilian infrastructure and its imposition of starvation conditions. It is in clear violation of the ICJ's interim measures and it is despicable that many western governments have gone along with it. I feel compelled to address certain misleading and disingenuous statements I have heard from the Government since the beginning of the recent conflict in Gaza....

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I wish him and his family a very happy Christmas. This legislation has been a long time coming. I am glad that it has finally come before the Seanad. I pay tribute to the incredible work of the Together for Safety campaigners. Their dedication and persistence have helped get us through to this crucial stage. I also commend the Minister on his...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: .... Refaat Alareer's poem called If I Must Die, which I shall read out: If I must die you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: .... I also thank him for all the phenomenal work he does on behalf of bereaved families. It is important that we hear from people like him who have been working at the coalface of this issue for such a long time. Before Relatives for Justice’s attendance here, I was not aware that there was a timeframe for the Irish Government to make a decision on this matter. I wish to ask Mr....

Seanad: Local Government Matters and City and County Councillors: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: ...should all be able to get behind. Devoted people working under stressful and frustrating conditions because they care about representing their communities have been waiting for change for far too long. I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and I have never seen anything like the dedication that councillors give. It is a vocation, really, because it is not done for the...

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Frances Black: ...Roma Centre; and Dr. Salome Mbugua, CEO of AkiDwA. From Doras, I welcome: Ms Sue Windle, welfare co-ordinator; and Ms Tahereh Fardin Tabrizi, project co-ordinator. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or otherwise...

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Frances Black: ...mentioned earlier the cross-departmental working together piece and the difficulties when a worker is working with two Departments. Can she say a little more about the problems and why it takes so long? Why is it not quicker to get stuff done from a cross-departmental point of view?

Seanad: The Political Situation in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Frances Black: ...stated, "The scale and nature of the crises now unfolding will have profound political consequences." He adds that basic social functions are beginning to break down as the people of the North no longer have a devolved administration that could shield them from the worst excesses of the Tory Government's drive to cut social spending with no regard for human dignity or community cohesion....

Seanad: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (11 Oct 2023)

Frances Black: ...weapons to the Occupied Territories, a subject the Minister of State understands is very close to my heart. As the Minister of State will be aware, the issue of our trading relationship with the Occupied Territories has long been of interest to me. This set of amendments seeks to address an important issue within our legal framework for weapons export controls by ensuring that weapons or...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Frances Black: ...if anybody has seen that film but it is very powerful and it would be awful to think that would happen in Ireland. As the original motion lays out in great detail, people with disabilities are being failed in terms of the long waits for medical interventions, a lack of consistent access to personal assistants to allow them to live independently and the existing disability allowance being...