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Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: It led to queues, a black market, quangos and other things. I would welcome a debate on that issue alone to see where we could go on.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. I thank him for the work he has done to date on this case, of which the family is appreciative. As the Minister is aware, Mr. Ibrahim Halawa has now been in an Egyptian prison for 554 days. For any teenager to be locked up for that length of time is not easy. It is be bad enough being locked up in one's own...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I do not think there is anything extra for me to say. I thank the Minister for what he has done and for his commitment to keeping up the pressure. I hope it will not take too long, that the trial will not be postponed again or that Ibrahim Halawa might be released before the trial.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I agree with Senator Leyden's comments on Hartmann's jewellers in Galway. I had a plate engraved there on my retirement from UCG many years ago so I know the shop well. I compliment the gardaí involved. We have heard so much criticism of An Garda Síochána in recent times but it is a priceless force and it is important that we would acknowledge the work it does. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I think I have said enough ---

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I support the remarks of Senators Quinn, and also the remarks made by Senator White yesterday or the day before, about the obesity issue. I draw the attention of Senators to the claim being made by restaurants that someone will have to sit down and calculate the number of calories in every meal on every menu. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has an online tool, menucal.ie, which will...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: Yes. If one types in exactly what is on the menu, one can get the calorie content at the touch of a button. It is not necessary to reinvent the wheel to get the calorie content of each item. It is possible to get the information on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland menucal.iefacility. I rise today to call for a full debate in this House on the drugs issue. At a meeting yesterday of...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I also wish to support the call made by Senator Comiskey in respect of rates. This matter does not just relate to rural areas and I raised it when we debated the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill. There are three businesses in Tallaght - one of the first areas in which rateable valuation was introduced - which were rated at the height of the boom and which are not making in revenues what...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I congratulate Senator David Norris. If we had more people like him in politics, there would be less aggro. It is good when politicians recognise and acknowledge the reality, whether they are in opposition or in government. The Senator is showing the way in that regard and others could learn a good lesson from what he said. Cheap populism lets everybody down, as he said. The Taoiseach is...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: Did I say anything about emigration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (3 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Gabh mo leithscéal, bhí mé ag cruinniú eile. Comhghairdeas le gach duine anseo as ucht an Ghaeilge a labhairt sa seomra seo. Úsáidtear í anseo uaireanta, nuair atá mise ag caint, nó nuair atáthar ag plé straitéis na Gaeilge nó mar sin ach is Béarla is mó a úsáidtear anseo. Caithfidh daoine óga teacht...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (3 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Baineann an bhuncheist le measúnú leanúnach i gcomparáid le scrúdú amháin - exams-based assessment versus continuous assessment. Which would you prefer?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Senator Kelly stated how good the ambulance service is, and it is good. I heard about a case in Knocklyon, in my constituency, last week in which one person was waiting three and a half hours for an ambulance. I presume it is something like this that garners attention, whether it is based on the correct evidence or not.Something must be done about that because it is not right given that it...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: I move: “That Seanad Éireann notes the Consultation Paper on the Establishment of an Electoral Commission in Ireland published by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in January, 2015.” I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, to the House. The electoral commission has been spoken about,...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: This involves a wide remit but enforcement and resources are important because this cannot be done without that.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Like the Senator's party did. It went on since 2001.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: There has been more in the past two years than there was in the past 22 years.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: He is jealous because something is being done now.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Bring back the rates.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: The debate was very worthwhile. I compliment in particular Senators Labhrás Ó Murchú, Paschal Mooney and Brian Ó Domhnaill who contributed. Many reports have been produced on this issue since 2000 and many institutes, including the Geary Institute in University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, have done studies. One of the main recommendations from those is...