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Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I stand again today for my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. It is always great to see her. She has done some super work in mental health and in her portfolio. I wish her the best of luck. Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill. The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022 is somewhat akin to the Finance Bill and Social Welfare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: Many of the points I was going to make have been raised, particularly on the reasonable accommodation passport and its use in the education sector for children going from early intervention ASD classes onto secondary school and university. It seems like a no-brainer and hopefully it will be in our recommendations in our report. To Mr. Brabazon, I know myself the benefits of the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I welcome the Minister to the House. Fianna Fáil welcomes and supports this Bill, which is designed to give legislative effect to a range of social welfare measures that were announced in September. The cost-of-living budget helps families to cope with the ultimate impact of huge rising prices and inflation across Europe. There is no trickle-down side to this budget; it is direct and...

Seanad: Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 Nov 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for coming to the House. I thank everyone present, especially our guests in the Gallery: Ms Rachel Morrogh from the Irish Cancer Society; Ms Suzanne Dowd from the Irish Cancer Society; and Mr. Sam Russell, who is a cancer survivor. These guests are most welcome. I thank them for everything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the groups for coming in today and for the advocacy work they have done over the past two years on behalf of the parents of autistic children. There are other groups, like the Dublin 12 Campaign for Inclusion, that have been doing similar work and, as Ms Kenny has stated, have raised issues concerning access to dental care. We, as a committee, can make comparisons. Today we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank our guests for coming in today. I appreciate Mr. O'Regan's comments conveying regret to families. Many families who are at their wits' end are watching proceedings. They feel helpless because they have not been able to get services for their children. They do not know to where to turn. They are turning to us politicians and we do not have the answers either. Our guests have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: It is great to sit with the Joint Committee on Disability today. It is an honour to be here. The autistic community is probably a lot further behind the blind community. We take for granted all the advances with Braille, the beeping traffic lights and different advances in assistive technology. Members of the blind community are therefore somewhat more able to go about their lives, have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: It is great to sit with the Joint Committee on Disability today. It is an honour to be here. The autistic community is probably a lot further behind the blind community. We take for granted all the advances with Braille, the beeping traffic lights and different advances in assistive technology. Members of the blind community are therefore somewhat more able to go about their lives, have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I will be brief because I am conscious the Minister of State is low on time. I thank her for coming and thank her for her commitment to disabilities. She has moved to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and I look forward to seeing huge gains while she works with her new line Minister. It is a really exciting time and we are putting our trust in her to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...their recent collaboration with the Department of Education. They are really leading the way, and I hope other educational organisations will follow suit. The Minister of State has done a lot of work in this field. I thank her for opening Our Lady of Hope School, in my area, Dublin 12, with the Minister, Deputy Foley, earlier in the year. As we know, there is still a lot of work that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: Mr. Kearney has not been in his role for long so it is great to hear his language. It is very refreshing, especially when he discusses local schools and says it is very important for children to attend their local school. I counted and believe he said it three or four times. It is new language the NCSE is using, and it is noted, so I thank Mr. Kearney for that. SEN education has come in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I, too, would like to raise the report by the ombudsman, Mr. Niall Muldoon. The website of the Ombudsman for Children states it is Mr. Muldoon’s job to make sure the children in Ireland are treated fairly. The report, published yesterday, is probably one we all know and have heard stories about. It is now formally on the Government’s record that children with additional needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission from Dóchas and Global Food Crisis: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Chairman for indulging me and allowing me in. I thank the presenters. This is Ms McKenna's third or fourth time here, so none of the delegates have shirked their responsibility to ensure their organisations are considered favourably in the budget negotiations. Much of this is about the Irish public and where it is at. Many people probably do not know there is such a crisis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I will be brief. I have been listening in to the discussion. I thank all of the contributors today. I want to particularly thank the Polish ambassador. Poland has led the way in terms of opening its doors to Ukrainian refugees. In the first few days of the war, we watched as many Ukrainian people were welcome into Poland. In terms of Poland's attitude to that of our neighbours, the UK,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Russia's Foreign Policy and Security in Europe: Engagement with Ambassador of Russia (2 Feb 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the ambassador for coming before the committee. It is H.E. Mr. Filatov's second time before us in the new Dáil and Seanad. It was great to see the ambassador speak so fondly of his diplomatic incident with the Irish fishermen. It is clear from the ambassador's demeanour today that he was taken by them, their work ethos and their commitment to their communities and to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with Representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières (25 Jan 2022)

Catherine Ardagh: ...them on the anniversary of the organisation they represent. One of them used the term "feeding centres". As a mother of two children in Ireland, that is not a word I come across when I bring them to a children's hospital. Nutrition is something we take completely for granted in this country. It hit home when our guests narrated the story of the doctor, Mohammed, saying the feeding...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Dec 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It is great to see her here. I think she comes to the Seanad once a year and Senators usually have a list of asks for her. My asks will come at the very end of my contribution. It is important to recognise why we have a Department of Social Protection. I will rely on statistics compiled by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Special Representative: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (14 Dec 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: Apologies; my laptop is not working. I thank Mr. Gilmore for his presentation. I was listening. I want to put on record my horror at the serious erosion of democracy in Belarus. I cannot believe that Ms Tsikhanouskaya's husband was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. She is nine days older than me and has two young children like me. It strikes me that as a committee, we should make...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: It is a genuine honour to be on the Taoiseach's Fianna Fáil team in the Seanad. I have a few small issues to raise. I commend the Taoiseach and his team on all the women's health initiatives. The shared island unit is a huge part of our tradition as members of Fianna Fáil and a huge part of our republican ethos of treating children equally, but it would be remiss of me to stand...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: Today, I wish to raise two issues. First, I seek a meaningful debate on the St. Michael's House rejuvenation project. This is not just any development; it is one of the State's flagship cost-rental developments. At this stage we do not have a meaningful update from the Minister on where exactly we are with the project in terms of the budget envisaged and the timeframes. I would like the...