Results 301-320 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Caít Keane: I ask the Leader to raise the issue of JobBridge with the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton. Certain sectors of society are disenfranchised and cannot apply for the JobBridge scheme, including the disabled, lone parents and widows. As employers can now push workplace placements into JobBridge, it further disenfranchises those sectors of society. If they want to do an internship...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Caít Keane: I ask the Leader of the House to invite the Minister for Health to come to the House to make a statement on the current status of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction. That body was commissioned in 2005 and its members comprised eminent people under the chairpersonship of Professor Dervilla Donnelly. The report of the commission contained 35 recommendations and it was presented to...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Senator Mark Daly suggested that 75% of people want a referendum. I agree they should have a say, but the first consideration must be that they understand the proposals on which they are adjudicating. All of the opinion polls to date were undertaken before the wording of the treaty was published. I call for a sensible debate on the proposals, not on the question of whether or not they...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I will raise it tomorrow.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The amount of disinformation, misinformation, lies and damned lies that have been told about this Bill is unacceptable.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Consider what has happened with the people of Cavan where this legislation has been implemented-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: No.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I will give the Senator the facts.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I was listening to that programme as well. The Senator should not try to turn his words. I was also in contact with Cavan County Council. Of the 11,000 tanks in Cavan that have been inspected, there has been an 89% pass rate. The man on "The Frontline" programme also said that the people of Cavan accepted the legislation.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Speaking to the amendment, which all of us should do, it removes the prosecution element from the register. It will not be on the register. However, the legal requirement to keep water safe is not a new requirement. It is not being introduced in this Bill for the first time. For anybody pollutes the ground water in their area there is already a law in place. That law is being implemented...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The Senator's party introduced that-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: -----so what is the difference between that Bill and this?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I do.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The Senator has said that the people who pollute the ground with their septic tanks should not be prosecuted, but the people who pollute it through other methods should. I support the pollution Act but I support this Bill as well.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: What happened that the House failed to introduce the 1975 EU directive?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: That is a comment.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an leasú seo. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht glacadh leis. D'aontaigh mé leis nuair a chuir an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh é síos roimhe seo. Taispeánann sé an riachtanas atá leis an Seanad, os rud é gur ghlac an Aire leis an leasú. Good amendments can be made in the Seanad to Bills. I supported this amendment when it was put forward by...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister and particularly his statement which will go down in history as setting the context for the reform of local government. The Minister has not yet made the announcement but in the context he has set I look forward to hearing it when it is made. I welcome Councillor Enda McGloin to the Chamber who is a member of the executive of LAMA and who was in the AV room last week...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: It was an unnamed source.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: It is the principle of the thing.