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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree, but it is also a matter to be-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Cathaoirleach for that clarification. It is an Adjournment motion issue but it is also an Order of Business issue and an issue for statements. I would like to see the Minister come to the House by next January, at the latest, to say how she has rectified this situation so that we can say categorically there are 4.58 million PPS numbers in the country, the same number as the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to raise two issues. I compliment the Minister for Health on extending the remit of pharmacists to give the flu vaccine from next autumn onwards. This is smart innovative thinking, which is very much needed. The pharmacists have been looking for an expanded role. Could the role of the pharmacist be extended to administering the BCG vaccine? We have had crisis in counties such as...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: With regard to the CAP and the new agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, will the Minister explain why organic farmers are being treated differently, and less favourably, than other farmers, given that the organic farming scheme is not on a par with AEOS and thus not comparable? Why does Ireland currently only have 1% of its land dedicated to organic farming when there is an EU-wide...

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is acceptable. The view is that-----

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----the organic policy is not as favourable financially as the AEOS. That is my point.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Everyone was struck by how wonderful the food feast was last night, which was hosted by the IFA and Good Food Ireland in the Shelbourne Hotel. What struck me-----

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am coming to the question. What struck me was how important it is to taste test before one purchases and how important it is to let the country know what is available, both domestically and internationally. Is Bord Bia doing something like that? Why would it not do so at our ports of entry? It could be done on a smaller scale than I have outlined. Last night, I met a chocolate...

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This question is linked. If the Bill goes through then the removal of a ditch could involve applying for planning permission and producing an environmental impact statement. That is madness.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Farmers will incur huge costs. This is an unreasonable EU directive. Can it be delayed until there is more agreement so that farmers are not put in an untenable position?

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The contributions from Senators Feargal Quinn and Pat O'Neill pose the question of achieving a balance between produce sourced inside and outside Ireland. There are significant benefits, including jobs and so on from Senator Quinn's suggestions but, equally we must ensure we take care of our own producers. Tesco was slaughtering 50 Irish organic cattle and they then began to source the...

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Independent Senators for tabling this motion. It is something I should have done myself before now. Back in 1996, I was one of the first teachers in the State to train as a relationships and sexuality education tutor. Prior to that, I was involved in the development of the programme that was the precursor to the social, personal and health education programme, in which role my...

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Relationships and sexuality education is critical to children, particularly at senior cycle when young people's identity is tied up with their sexuality and their relationships. It offers a break from examination-based subjects, thus providing an important space where students can discuss issues that are relevant to their lives. I urge the Minister to carry out an audit of schools, as...

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a lot of money.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is unfair.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not know if I can manage it in one minute as I had a five-minute speech prepared.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I deeply regret that we have not been given the time for comment and debate which the report deserves. If I have to cut to the chase, like everybody else I deplore what is contained in this report, which comes in a long line of other reports dealing with disgraceful events. These include the Ferns, Murphy and Ryan reports, which detailed acts against our innocents and children. I ask the...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Pope, or Cardinal Ratzinger as he was at the time, spoke about truth and argued that the truth must be pursued. There is a hierarchy in the Vatican which acted to cover up that truth and intervene in Cloyne. That was completely inappropriate. Words without matching action are hollow and hypocritical, and we have had enough of that. I had much more to say but I now wish the State well...

Seanad: Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I commend Senator MacSharry on tabling this Bill. As Members of the last Seanad, we spoke at length about protecting the family home. The objective of the Bill is laudable because I do not know what we would be without our homes. The issue of home repossessions continues to seep through our constituencies, with ripple effects on children, relationships and families. The issue should not...