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Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Will it include Ireland?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: In the course of the stability treaty campaign, I have found it very interesting that there is widespread support for the fact that the treaty will rein in the budgets of the various countries. However, the people are pointing out that this does not mean the treaty will rein in the markets or in the area of capitalism, which played a large part in the crisis. How often do we hear the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a national issue when it involves money.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am interested in reform, really.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Senator D'Arcy for sharing his time and welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have been out campaigning on the stability treaty for the past four days and in the course of my campaigning the strong feeling I have picked up is that homeowners and families see the stability treaty as a means of reining in national budgets and that this is a good thing. However, the question...

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: She had no house at the end of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yesterday NAMA came in for considerable criticism in this House. I have seen some of the good work the agency is doing behind the scenes, for example, in making developments safe. It is providing money through the financial institutions but it cannot say this publicly because of data protection laws covering its debtors. There is exciting news with the Volvo race returning to Galway this...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: There you go.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator Moloney in her request. It is important that justice should be seen to apply right across the board. I wish to voice my concerns regarding a matter that arose while I was out canvassing in favour of the treaty. History shows that many crises which are not resolved end in wars. It has come to my attention that many social welfare recipients intend to vote "No". This gives...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----need a second bailout, then it will be a bonus.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I ask that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, make a statement on the likelihood of the need for a second bailout.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The second issue about which I am concerned, and to which several previous speakers referred, is the crisis relating to mortgage debt. Last week, Senators indicated that there is a need for urgency to find a resolution in respect of this matter. I am of the opinion that there is one great possibility for families and individuals who are in trouble. I refer to one of the solutions to which...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----in the context of the amounts they can afford to repay. I am concerned about reports this morning to the effect that the Central Bank is exerting pressure on lenders to resolve this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. It is important that the Minister for Finance should clarify how lenders can resolve this matter - they will obviously pass the pressure on to homeowners - until the necessary solutions are put in place. Both of my questions are for the Minister and I request that he offer clarification in respect of both the ESM and mortgage debt.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator White made a valid point, in that some IT positions have gone unfilled. However, progress is being made in this regard. Some of our universities are offering graduates transition courses in IT to upskill them. The Senator is right, in that a gap needs to be filled. At a recent EU meeting that I attended, the EU Commissioner for the digital single market pointed out that, by 2015,...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister needs to give an account of what is happening in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement with regard to who is being moved on. I understand that cases that will stand up take time. However, in people's minds four years have passed but no one has yet been punished. The Irish people feel punished unnecessarily.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is important there is a levelling of the playing field when it comes to justice being done.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: He has one for Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The point is that they must be able to inform the people.