Results 121-140 of 240 for speaker:Maria Corrigan

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I support the call by Senator O'Malley and Senator McDonald for a debate on domestic violence. A huge number of people in the State, many of whom are women, live every day of their lives in fear in a place that should be their refuge, their home. Holding a debate in this Chamber would be another step in raising awareness of this issue and sending a message to the people concerned, mainly...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: When is it proposed to resume the debate on the Multi-Unit Developments Bill? Has a date been agreed for the debate requested by a number of colleagues regarding domestic violence? Would it be possible to hold it before the end of the session? I refer to the comments of colleagues on next week's budget. We do not have sufficient money for the next few years. The budget will represent an...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I welcome the opportunity the Bill provides to debate this crucial and, at times, very distressing aspect of care for people. The amendment that a programme of electroconvulsive therapy shall not be administered to a patient unless the patient gives his or her informed consent in writing to the administration is one with which we are all in agreement where the patient has capacity to...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I support Senator Boyle's proposal to adjourn the debate on Committee Stage. I pay tribute to the work done by the Members of the Green Party in bringing this Bill forward and giving us the opportunity to focus on what needs to be done and take time to look at the issue as a whole. Senators Boyle and de Búrca were initially very clear that they were focusing on a particular area but we...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: On the Order of Business yesterday I asked the Leader when the Multi-Unit Developments Bill would be brought back to the House. He indicated that he would respond this morning. Will he give us an update on the matter? We discussed the Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill yesterday evening. In his response the Minister of State indicated he would undertake and announce...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I congratulate Senator Ó Brolcháin and his family on his election on this special day. I add my voice to the sympathies extended by colleagues to the family of Garda McLoughlin. In last week's budget the Minister announced €47 million for mental health services. Additional funding will be allocated from the sale of assets and separate funding will be provided for the new central mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: Following from the comments of Senator Healy Eames, I am conscious this House has spoken in regard to the Ryan report and the Murphy report. However, the suggestion she makes with regard to a specific debate on the implementation report is very useful. In that context and given that this is the month when the new Children First guidelines are scheduled to be produced by the Minister,...

Seanad: Census of Population (17 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter. There is currently a significant information deficit regarding the number of people who have been diagnosed with autism or as being on the autistic spectrum disorder. A group has proposed that the most cost-effective way of capturing the national statistics for autism and ASD within the country would be the inclusion of a...

Seanad: Census of Population (17 Dec 2009)

Maria Corrigan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. He is the Minister who has been dealing with this issue and I thank him for coming to the Chamber to respond to this matter. I appreciate that. I thank him for his detailed response, especially the outline of the process that has been gone through. I have some reservations about the wording the Minister of State has decided...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I refer to A Vision for Change. As I indicated previously, 2010 will be a landmark year for mental health services. The Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, is to be congratulated on securing an extra €43 million for the services, in addition to separate funding for the provision of a new national central mental hospital. I welcome the Leader's commitment to bring the Minister before the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I support Senators MacDonald and Bacik in their requests for a debate on domestic violence. A high-profile campaign was run before Christmas by Women's Aid and the Leader attempted to facilitate a debate in this House. However, pressure of business did not allow it to take place. Unfortunately, domestic violence does not end with that 16-day campaign. Everyday in houses throughout our...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I support the calls for the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, to be invited to appear before the House following the articles that have appeared in today's edition of The Irish Times. I have no doubt that not only would the Minister of State come before the House as soon as possible, but that he would also welcome the House doing so to hear Members' views, opinions and thoughts on how...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the Bill. As other colleagues said, the children for whom this legislation provides are ones who experience very challenging needs and can find themselves in very challenging situations. For our children for whom everything else has at that moment failed this legislation only applies as an absolute last resort where other less secure forms of...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: Next Tuesday, 9 February.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: One of today's newspapers reported that the study that had raised concerns about the use of the MMR vaccine has now been retracted. Over the past 12 months serious questions have been raised regarding the reliability of the study's findings. While it was initially accepted a number of years ago, it has had a very detrimental impact on the uptake of the MMR vaccine, particularly in Ireland,...

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Curran to the Chamber and join colleagues in paying tribute to his tremendous work and commitment in this area. I also pay tribute to my colleague, Senator Wilson, for ensuring this debate took place so as to raise this very important topic. Head shops and their products have generated a new set of challenges for us in the fight against dangerous...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I want to clarify a statement I made on the Order of Business yesterday. The level of MMR vaccination among the population is insufficient. The impact is that there are children who will contract measles, mumps and rubella. We are in the midst of an outbreak of measles and the consequences can be devastating for some children. Some will die and others will acquire an intellectual...

Seanad: Missing Persons (4 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this very important issue and thank the Minister of State for coming into the House respond. In the past few years in excess of 500 children in the care of the HSE have gone missing. The children to whom I refer specifically are non-nationals or unaccompanied minors. In excess of 70 have been located and determined to be safe. However, in...

Seanad: Missing Persons (4 Feb 2010)

Maria Corrigan: I welcome the response of the Minister of State. In my opening comments I welcomed all the advances and the new steps which had been taken. However, I am still concerned that we still do not know for sure what has happened to each of the 424 children concerned. As long as even one child is missing, we need to satisfy ourselves that he or she is safe. I take the Minister of State's point...