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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I have. It is what I got up to speak about.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It is a report from the University of Cambridge out today by Dr. Linda O'Keeffe on alcohol and pregnant women - because men do not get pregnant - drinking alcohol during pregnancy. The figure is 90%. I could not believe it. Fully 90% of women drink alcohol before pregnancy and during pregnancy 82% drink. There is a mismatch between the guidelines. The guidelines on the Department of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Ireland has the highest-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Those are the figures for Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I am looking for a debate on the issue. The research shows that there is a variance. This is the case in the last two studies I looked at as well. They were not that high. They were alarmingly high, but not that high. Among Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia and England, Ireland came out tops, shamefully. Those were the numbers for Ireland. I am looking for a debate, but I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It is a question of responsibility and irresponsibility. A woman has put a plea out as well. She is a woman who had a one night stand in Coppers in 2003. She is looking for the father of her child. I would like to help her find that man. His name is Sean - the same name as my husband - but he is not from Ardagh.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Hold on a minute. Fully 87%-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I want to include it in the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Fully 87% of lone parents are mothers and we have to find the fathers. That is what I want to include in the debate as well.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I wish to speak about the removal of regulation No. 3 on the status of Montessori teachers, which issued in 2009. The Teaching Council has been conducting a review of this matter, which Senator Healy Eames raised yesterday. Why is the regulation no longer considered acceptable? I have BA and MA qualifications but I am most proud of my qualification in Montessori education because it gave...

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It also covered Montessori teaching.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: The Teaching Council has recommended that it be removed.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It will be part of the Bill.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Regulations are not in the Bill but they will be laid before the House and the council recommended that regulation No. 3 be withdrawn.It was made by regulation in 2006 and 2009 but, if withdrawn, it will no longer be a regulation. I recommend that it should not be withdrawn. The Minister will make the decision as to whether to withdraw it. I am tabling it in the context of the Teaching...

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: They have modules and that is what is needed in this area.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Perhaps they should all be in Montessori.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I apologise for not being in attendance earlier when I was in the Seanad. I have a question on this paper. Reference was made to research that was conducted among young people in which participants were asked how important certain issues are for them. They obviously said that careers and education is their top priority. When they were asked about voting and having an active involvement in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: We know how IT hackers are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Yes. I would like to speak about the possibility of automatically changing from household registration of voting to individualised registration of voting. It was found in a survey in the UK that 78% of voters could be transferred over automatically with the touch of a button. I am sure it would be the same if a survey were done here, but I do not think that has been done. The only people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: The online voting system is a bit like the kidney donor system - it should be a question of opting out rather than opting in. That should be a way to look at and focus on our system of voting. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. Sin é an méid atá le rá agam.