Results 1-15 of 15 for sligo speaker:Robbie Gallagher

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...fifth unit. There are other problems too, including the policing model where Cavan-Monaghan is lumped in with County Louth. I do not think that will work. I welcome the fact that a review is ongoing and the decision has been reversed for a number of counties, namely, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. Donegal has been left on its own and that is positive. In Monaghan, and indeed, in Cavan,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)

Robbie Gallagher: ...availability of primary eye care within communities. There is evidence to support the belief that their plan is working because a pilot scheme is under way, and has been for some time, in Sligo. That scheme has worked very well. I have raised this issue on a number of occasions. Optometrists appear to have a solution to this problem. They want the HSE and the Department of Health to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (14 Dec 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...update regarding the transport charge that is being levied on service users who are attending HSE day services in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO 1, which includes counties Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. As the Minister of State knows well, disability is strongly associated with poverty. People with disabilities are twice as likely to be unable to afford to heat...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (14 Dec 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...work she has done to try to progress this matter. The word "inequality" keeps popping up. All we are looking for is fairness and a level playing field for the people of Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. We want those people with disabilities to be treated no differently from anyone in any other part of the country. That is all we are looking for. I note that discussions are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (25 May 2022)

Robbie Gallagher: ...charge that is being levelled at several juniors who are attending HSE day services in the community healthcare organisation, CHO, 1 area, which includes the counties of Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. As the Minister of State will know, disability is unfortunately strongly associated with poverty in this country. Among people who are unable to work due to long-standing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to engage with such professionals to the same extent as many colleagues across other European countries do, and I believe this is a major mistake on the part of the HSE. I recently mentioned the Sligo cataract scheme, which was a joint operation between the HSE and optometrists in the area who tackled the long waiting lists for cataracts.It was a success. I believe what is being proposed...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Irish and UK Businesses: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (17 May 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...of the woods, I can confirm that we would dearly like to see that project advanced. In addition to that, for the central Border counties, that is, for the likes of Monaghan, Cavan, across to Sligo and that region of the North, there is a need for development of road infrastructure because it is out on a limb there at present. As someone who comes from north Donegal originally, I can...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Robbie Gallagher: ...each county. The statistics also illustrate the number of people who do not turn up for Covid tests. In Monaghan, for example, this figure was as high as 11%; in Donegal it was in excess of 10%; and in Sligo, for some reason, it was greater than 20%. That is very disappointing. We need to know why those people are not turning up. Is it because they have no transport? Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Letterkenny Institute of Technology: Chairperson Designate (6 Nov 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ...he see it playing in the development of the facility? What does he believe is the growth area for employment? Does he feel the institute's need will be the economic activity in the Donegal and Sligo catchment area? I am sure Letterkenny is no different to other towns whereby housing is becoming an issue for students. How significant an issue is it? Does Mr. Moloney feel institutes of...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: .... It is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. While we have great sympathy for those students having to travel two to three hours a day each way, what about students from places like Donegal or Sligo where commuting is not an option. Third level education will not happen for them because of the lack of accommodation and the cost of it. It is time we grasped this issue. I ask the...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ..., €42 billion worth have already been announced and there is nothing new in them. The manner in which the Government used the plan to promote itself and the way the plan was presented to the Irish people in Sligo that weekend were regrettable. It ended up being a project for promoting the Government, rather than a project for 2040. When the draft plan came out, we discovered that...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Robbie Gallagher: ...to have this addressed. I imagine Senators will agree that this is both cruel and heartless and that something needs to be done about it.I would like to commend and compliment the people in Sligo on the initiative they have undertaken. It is something we could roll out throughout the country. There was a joint approach by the public and private sectors to try to address the issue of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Response Times (24 Oct 2017)

Robbie Gallagher: ...the nearest vehicle to attend the scene, and that this is what we are moving towards. In many areas, however, people are left with little ambulance cover, including in counties Monaghan, Laois and Sligo, an entire county that is only covered by two vehicles. This is a serious issue and it must be addressed. When accident and emergency units in local hospitals were closed, including in...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...European Union is deeply disappointing. The referendum result is one the vast majority of people in this country did not want. If one lives in a Border town such as Monaghan, Letterkenny, or in Sligo or Louth, something fundamental changed last week. On Thursday night, most of us went to sleep thinking the result would be close but that everything would be okay in the morning. When we...

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Robbie Gallagher: ...families. Farms, businesses and property straddle the Border as well. Thousands of people from our Border counties work across the Border and vice versa. People in Border counties like Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth are waiting anxiously to see the outcome of the Brexit referendum. The "Remain" camp in the referendum, including Chancellor George Osborne, have warned...