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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Must the student have a base university?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I asked about pupil teacher ratios and teaching salaries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like a response to the points I made regarding salaries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. In addition, I asked about the particular challenges arising in a context where student intake in some courses in the institutes of technology is at a low points level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Dr. Hinfelaar spoke about the number of jobs to which she has contributed. What is her view on linking funding to commercialisation and job outcomes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Does Dr. Hinfelaar believe the process should begin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: There appears to be a discrepancy of about €3,000 between a private college offering and a public college offering, even based on unit cost breakdown.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree there is a public service obligation, but this question needs to be answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Does Mr. Costello favour universities determining pay and pension levels rather than relying on benchmarking and national agreements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is it true that a lecturer from another jurisdiction with 20 years experience must start entry level here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is unbelievable. The committee needs to follow up on that issue with the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Reform of Third Level Education: Discussion (12 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I understand. I propose that the committee bring the issue to the attention of the Minister because, ultimately, this will affect the quality of our system and the mobility of staff and talent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I support the Taoiseach in his call for a full public and independent inquiry into the death of the solicitor, Mr. Pat Finucane. It seems as though the British Government is going around it every way and any way other than facing up to the truth. I am shocked by a statement in the de Silva report that he found there was no over-arching British state conspiracy to murder Mr. Finucane but...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister. In view of the restricted budgets, difficulties in the Department and ever increasing population, I refer to the experience in other countries in the field of health economics and the notion of shared decision-making, which could benefit Ireland. It is a potential path to better health outcomes and lower costs. I am calling for trials in this regard in Ireland....
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is about cost.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Let me continue on the subject of foreign aid. We must proceed very carefully. When circumstances are rough here, it is very easy to consider easy options. I support the call for a debate on foreign aid in the new year. The debate should be balanced. Let us face the fact that Africa had resources that were exploited by the West. Consequently, we are doing a little bit through foreign...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Give credit where credit is due.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: And what happened then?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister. This is an important debate as it affords us an opportunity to re-examine the purpose of social welfare and the budgetary process. Clearly, the Minister's Department is the most important in terms of expenditure. It has a budget of ¤21 billion, almost 40% of total Government expenditure. Some aspects of the budget have been very controversial. I will deal with...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Fidelma Healy Eames: -----because some of the promises made at the outset were unsustainable. We now see that the Minister had to cut child benefit but why did we not consider taxing it as opposed to making the ¤10 cut across the board, given that we are meant to have a progressive system? Would it not have been fairer, and I am supportive of all the Minister is trying to do, to have taken a little from...