Results 2,281-2,300 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Senator sure?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator is sure. It is on the record. That is fair enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: What Senator Coffey says is true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is they who are the dogs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not know what entitlements the Senator would have.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Waste of time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am saddened by the story Senator McFadden has just shared with the House, but that is the reality we face today. We need to look at the real issues affecting people's lives. In that regard, the 5.8% interest rate negotiated by the Government for the people will make matters worse. It has protected the elite and status quo in Europe. An interest rate of 5.8% is untenable. This will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We should debate and fix it in the House.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I support the call for the Minister to have powers of oversight in this issue. With electricity prices we have seen how a regulator can have too much control for the sake of competition and attracting people from outside the country. Regulators are not elected and accountable to the people in the same way as a Minister. There should be some checks and balances built into the legislation to...
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is rare that I stand up and praise unions but on this occasion I must state the CWU has given us a very fair and level briefing on the Bill. Even if it never gave the briefing, I would agree with what it is saying. The universal service obligation must be protected absolutely. If the market is to be opened up, it should only be on the basis that every other provider meets the same...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Moloney, who is responsible for disability. I want him to outline the reason for the delay in ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the timeframe for its delivery. If we had the needs of people with disabilities at heart, ratification of the convention would be achieved...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Therefdore, the Minister of State is not going to outline the position now.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Therefore, the mental capacity Bill will be published this session.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not receive a copy of the Minister of State's script.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would appreciate it if a copy could be forwarded to me, particularly in view of the importance of this matter to the people to whom it concerns. I like the Minister of State's straightforward manner. He tends to take it on the chin. However, we have still not been provided with concrete dates. He has indicated that the mental capacity Bill will be published during this session. I...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Teacher Training (7 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise for being late. I thought the Seanad was going to have a vote so I was waiting for the bell. I ask Members to excuse me if I am out of breath. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills, through the Minister of State, to require teacher education colleges to include a component for pre-service teachers on awareness of fatal allergies. An example of this is nut allergies, which...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We are in trouble.