Results 1-20 of 216 for speaker:Margaret Conlon

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Margaret Conlon: That is a matter of opinion.

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Margaret Conlon: I hope you will be able to protect me, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, from the Members on the Opposition benches.

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Margaret Conlon: I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a brief contribution. I want to focus on two aspects, the first of which is the increases the VHI announced over Christmas. Everybody was shocked, dismayed and disgusted by its decision to impose increases ranging from 15% to 45% from 1 February. That level of price increase is unacceptable and I believe it will prohibit many people from taking...

Quinn Insurance Group (18 Jan 2011)

Margaret Conlon: I welcome the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this Adjournment debate. Everybody knows that since April 2010 Quinn Insurance has been placed in administration. That decision changed the lives of many people who became worried and fearful about their employment prospects, and with good reason. Following that decision, 1,000 redundancies were announced of which 700 have taken...

Water Utilities: Motion (13 Jan 2011)

Margaret Conlon: I am pleased to make a brief contribution to this debate. Like others, I pay tribute to the men and women employed by local authorities who worked tirelessly during the recent cold spell. They did so not alone to ensure we had water in our homes but to ensure the roads were safe for travel. They were looking forward to having time off and spending it with their families over Christmas but...

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: I hope I will not have to beg for the Chair's assistance to make my contribution.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: I support the amendment. I am pleased to be able to make a brief contribution to the debate. Like many others in the class of 2007, I never imagined the country's finances could deteriorate so sharply and quickly.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: We are not the only country suffering these difficulties and, as each day passes, a few more are mentioned. While I accept our country is in a perilous position, we are not banjaxed but we have to take radical decisions to safeguard the future. Deputy Sherlock referred to anger. A few weeks ago President Obama said nobody has a monopoly on wisdom. Neither does anybody have a monopoly on...

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: People say we have not accepted mistakes were made but I do and I hope they will never be repeated. However, we are debating economic and political stability. We also have a duty to be politically responsible. The national recovery plan and the EU-IMF-Commission programme have been published and the budget will be announced next week. When they are put in place, they will help us to...

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: That will not be on the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers. Next week will be important. It is the duty of Government to take the difficult but correct decisions in the national interest and not the populist decisions. We will do our duty and I ask Opposition Members to support the budget in the national interest. It has been said many times that it is not time for politics as usual....

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the value of the recently announced changes in brucellosis testing to Irish farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/10]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Dec 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to introduce further changes in brucellosis testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45048/10]

Nursing Home Care: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: I propose to share time with Deputies Dooley, Johnny Brady, Power, O'Brien and O'Rourke. The majority of our older people want to stay in their homes for as long as possible with their independence, dignity and family and community support. We wish that for ourselves and for the older members of our families but in some cases that is not possible and it is then incumbent on us to ensure...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the ambulance base in Monaghan will have access to services at the new hospital that is currently under construction in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42857/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Irish Government has made any financial contribution to the new radiotherapy unit in Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42858/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information in relation to the provision of broadband to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information in relation to the provision of broadband to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42860/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is in a position to provide information in relation to provision of broadband to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42861/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information in relation to the provision of broadband to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42862/10]

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Margaret Conlon: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. While I would not agree with everything Deputy Seán Power said, I do agree with his comments on the broad nature of the motion and the difficulties relating to dealing with it in detail in the amount of time available. There are aspects of the motion on which I wish to focus. The first of these relates to the rules and standards which...