Results 521-540 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Yes, it was.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: It was submitted in all our names.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: However, I submitted it in all of our names.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I will speak on behalf of everybody else, but we all signed and it was an idea that came from the group.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: We have it worked that way.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: We appreciate the Leas-Chathaoirleach's largesse.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Clerk of the Seanad for allowing us the opportunity to raise this important issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. Dementia is an issue that affects every community throughout Ireland. An estimated 55,000 people live with the condition with this figure expected to more than double in the next 20 years. People with...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I am disappointed that all the Minister of State can say is that dementia advisers are being "considered" rather than committed to. This is after several budget submissions on our behalf and a clear evaluation by University College Cork. The national dementia strategy is welcome but it does not go far or fast enough. It is time for the Government to make good on dementia commitments and...
- Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and commend the Government for this important legislation. As a former member of Mandate, I also commend its work in pushing for this legislation. Other trade unions have been involved too. It is a long overdue step in promoting workers' rights and a realisation of the plight that many workers in our workplaces, in the services, retail, hospitality, care, cleaning...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I do not often get to talk about business but I am delighted to be here. I come from a long line of small farmers and shopkeepers so I have an appreciation of that sector. I was delighted to hear Mr. Walsh and Ms O'Toole kicking off the discussion. It is particularly commendable that they located their businesses near where they live. I also congratulate Senator Ó Céidigh on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I, like many in this Chamber and around the world, was shocked by recent announcements coming out of Tanzania. Last week showed us that it is still not safe to be gay in our world.Homosexuality remains a crime punishable by 30 years imprisonment in Tanzania and, last week, Paul Makonda, the governor of Dar es Salaam - the country's economic hub - established squads dedicated to rounding up...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I echo many of the points made by Deputy Ó Broin. What specific work does the working group envisage in a root and branch examination of the role of local authorities? Deputy Ó Broin referred to the underspend. I wish to put on record the underspend in Tipperary, the local authority in the eye of the storm. In the past 18 years they underspent by €4.7 million. That is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: It is over 18 years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: It was not out in the public domain during all the heat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Peter Drucker is a well-known business guru who says culture eats strategy for breakfast every day and in the expert group's considerations and proposals on the law and policy, it is very important to be mindful of the kinds of things that undermine implementation at a very ordinary level, as alluded to by Deputy Ó Broin. One may have the perfect structures and the perfect law. The law...
- Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 12, to delete "traveller" and substitute "Traveller". I welcome the newly-appointed Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, to his first week in the job, or first week in school as it were. I acknowledge the work of his predecessor, Deputy Bruton, whose support was evident in the progressing of this Bill. We have many visitors from the...
- Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for being here. I am delighted that his first day as Minister for Education and Skills is an interesting one. As a fellow community and youth worker in the past we have much in common already. The Minister spoke about the concerns raised by Senator Gallagher regarding the potential politicisation of the curriculum suggested in this Bill. I took on board these points...
- Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, line 16, to delete “traveller” and substitute “Traveller”.