Results 1-10 of 10 for other and baby speaker:Mary Ann O'Brien

Seanad: Fluoridation of Water: Motion (1 Oct 2014)

Mary Ann O'Brien: ...of citizens to choose whether or not they have their water medicated with fluoride given that from today, 1 October, they are paying for it. It is inarguably a breach of the European human rights and biomedicine directive Article 1 which states, "Parties to this Convention shall....guarantee everyone...respect for their integrity and other rights and fundamental freedoms with respect to...

Seanad: End-of-Life Care and Bereavement: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank Senators O'Donnell and Norris for tabling this motion. I am naturally going to focus on the sad story of end-of-life care for young children because I represent the Jack and Jill Foundation, which was set up in 1997 to provide specialist care to children with life-limiting conditions. It is a nationwide service serving the Twenty-six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I know we are nearly out of time so I will brief. I really feel we are coexisting in two completely different realities. While the Taoiseach, various Ministers and the HSE still claim there is no problem with the allocation of discretionary cards, I speak on behalf of the Jack & Jill Foundation's nurses who are faced with the reality on the ground. We can say with certainty that...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (25 Sep 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: Like my colleagues, I sympathise greatly with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I am very upset to hear she is still unwell. I thank Senators Averil Power and Darragh O'Brien for tabling the motion. It covers an area in which we all have a great interest. I am sorry there are not more Members present; I do not know where they are. We know we are in hard times and face...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: ...weeks gestation in the second report. I have done a lot of research on this topic since we first tabled the amendment. I have 22 pages of information from the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, and doctors from all over the world who have given different opinions and different scientific views. There is disagreement with some of the research science stating 18 weeks while others state...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for attending to listen to us today. I also thank Deputy Jerry Buttimer and the health committee for all of the work put into this Bill. The Bill has been the subject of much debate during recent months and dominated the political agenda. The abortion issue is one that always causes heated debate, with extreme voices on all sides preventing a mature...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Mary Ann O'Brien: To take up Senator O'Brien's comment about the special needs assistants, SNAs, and the resource teaching hours, which I welcome, am I right in assuming that SNAs help people with special needs to be there to be educated? It is wonderful that we have the resource teachers in place but the SNAs help those people in great need to take part in the education. The Minister has made a mistake. He...

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I move: That Seanad Éireann: - recognises that there are 1,400 children in Ireland with life-limiting conditions, who have complex needs throughout life and additional needs as they near death, with 350 such child deaths each year; - commends the tremendous work being done by organisations such as the Jack and Jill Children?s Foundation and the Irish Hospice Foundation on behalf of many of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I, too, commend Senator Mullen, who was the catalyst for this morning's One Day More event. The elephant in the room is the word "abortion". The lives of the babies we heard about this morning would have been terminated. I did not speak myself this morning because it was a time for the parents but I too had a baby that died at two years of age, who I could have terminated when he was in my...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Mary Ann O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his in-depth presentation. I refer to this issue in passing during other debates in this Chamber. I usually bring it up in the context of some cut that is adversely affecting individuals and groups in the State. I welcome the opportunity to discuss specifically the Croke Park agreement. As a business owner in the private sector, I am fully...