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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Keep the airport open and there will be a lot more jobs.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am extremely grateful; we have a great place, it is fantastic.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: There is no need for a debate if the information is requested.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader should just ask for it. There is no need for a debate.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State and thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter. I ask the Minister for Health and Children to explain the rationale for leaving children with hearing loss or who are deaf without an audiological scientist in Galway since 2002, apart from some sketchy periods when a qualified person has been provided on an ad hoc basis. I ask the...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his response but I really do not accept it. The HSE has dragged its heels in this matter. I bet that this is the first time the Minister of State has heard about this matter. Some 1,300 deaf children have no service. Given that four candidates presented and two were willing to go ahead with interviews, why was the public service embargo applied in the...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Ministers should be accountable.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Why was the public service embargo applied? The Minister of State did not answer that question.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Exceptions.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what should have happened in the first place.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I felt sick to my stomach when I read this morning that more bonuses were to be paid to officials in the Department of Finance. I was on the train from Galway yesterday when a man from Ferbane in the Cathaoirleach's county said to me that many people are hungry but are too proud to ask for help. We then see that this Government continues to work undercover and behind our backs. As Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What did these officials in the Department of Finance do to deserve these bonuses? Will the Deputy Leader ask the Leader to outline what specific tasks they did over and above their duties to deserve these bonuses? I will persist on this matter because it is very important. When others are going hungry, some people are selectively favoured. It is wrong and I am glad to hear Senator...

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of order, I do not see the PISA survey on Ireland's OECD ranking on the Order Paper. We were promised by the Leader that a debate would take place.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We were promised by the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to convey my best wishes to everyone in the House for a happy Christmas and a bright new year. It is important to be positive in confronting the real challenges that face us. I state this as I learn Ireland has lost 200 top quality research jobs to Romania because of the lack of suitably qualified IT graduates at the top level, an issue we have flagged previously. This is happening...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We ignore the failings of the education system at our peril. As Senator Fitzgerald stated, we are not giving hope because we are not following the jobs. The OECD has indicated to me personally that we have a problem at the top and bottom ends. We are failing to educate the top 10% of elite students. We have the students who are the raw material, but we are not delivering top quality...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Are you not the nice man? Honestly.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It sounds like constant pressure.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We could have so many more.