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Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Monsignor?

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely. It is working.

Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State. To some extent I concur with much of what has been said here today. This is a grave social problem based on the abuse of human beings and in this case the abuse of women and girls. I compliment the courage of the Independent Senators in tabling this timely motion. It is time for us to view this as a very serious crime against women, not just making women...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The issue was managed on a case by case basis by Fianna Fáil for years.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Case by case.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator O'Brien should have seen the way the then Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, spoke about it in Galway. It was all case by case.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It was the truth when Deputy Ó Cuív advocated a case by case solution in Galway.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I speak the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It will be important for the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, to appear in the House as soon as possible. By all accounts, we face a tough budget and one is told that €1 billion is likely to be cut from the social welfare budget. It is important that this House debate that budget before decisions are finally made. Right across the board, Members should have an...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: In fact, as few as 3% of unemployed persons would have a lower income were they to work. However, the report contains another figure that is of great concern. Some 42% of those in receipt of social welfare benefits, that is, 183,000 people, are long-term claimants. That group should be specifically examined to ascertain what could be done for them. Rather than considering the entire...

Seanad: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to share time with Senator Michael Mullins. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. This is a straightforward case of asking the Minister for Health to outline why the relocation of a nursing home in order to meet HIQA standards should be classified as a start-up case or a new build and not as a current operation. The nursing home has been in operation since October...

Seanad: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that, but the Minister of State's reply gave no answer to the issue.

Seanad: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that. Were I running Pointe Boise Nursing Home in Salthill and I moved my operation to Pointe Boise on St. Mary's grounds, I would have a legal case to ask to be classified as an ongoing operation as opposed to a start-up or new build. The Minister of State has acknowledged that what the home is prepared to provide is necessary. It seems like an open and shut case. Will the...

Seanad: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This home was forced into it by HIQA's guidelines and the preservation order.

Seanad: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for undertaking to bring my concerns to the attention of the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Less than a month ago, on 21 September, Aviva issued this statement: "Aviva is committed to Ireland, where we have had a business for over 100 years." Today, we find out that 950 employees are to be let go. Quite a number of those employees work in Knocknacarra, Galway. I would like the company to think of its employees and their families. Aviva still wants the people to buy insurance...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Was it the acting President?

Seanad: Diabetes Services (19 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome Minister of State. The issue I wish to raise follows quite nicely from the previous debate because it is with regard to the provision of diabetic pumps and the appropriate backup staff for children with type 1 diabetes in County Galway. Approximately 3,000 children and adolescents in Ireland have diabetes, and approximately 850 of them live in the HSE west area of which 200 to 250...

Seanad: Diabetes Services (19 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am delighted by the final comment of the Minister of State. Everything the Minister of State said is what I said. She reiterated the story and, by and large, she accepts that there is a strong case for what we have said. When will the working group deliberate? What is the timeframe for the group to decide which measure to take? The Minister of State said that a clinician has been...

Seanad: Diabetes Services (19 Oct 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: When will it be delivered?