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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It was the question with regard to the claim on the National Women's Council website that the high-profile case in Galway was proof of an urgent need to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the claim of it being proof of an urgent need for legislation for the X case. Why has the council put that in when there is no evidence of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe's Youth Unemployment Crisis: Discussion (17 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish a happy new year to the Chairman and fellow members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe's Youth Unemployment Crisis: Discussion (17 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a pleasure to meet and hear from Mr. Cosgrave. I am aware that he had a role in the setting up of the undergraduate awards programme. I congratulate him on that. It had not received much publicity for a good while and now many more know about it but I had heard about it. Mr. Cosgrave stated he knew how to create a job. I was particularly struck by that. He might tell us a little...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe's Youth Unemployment Crisis: Discussion (17 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Can Mr. Cosgrave be sector-specific? He mentioned education, but a very high percentage of this race are educated. He then said that we must create a demand, but entrepreneurs know how to create jobs. How did he create jobs in his sector?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is why we need a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Fianna Fáil did it. That is why we are where we are.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome everybody back for the new year. I would like the Leader to invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to the House. He has many portfolios but we need his wisdom on what happened yesterday in respect of his justice portfolio. I refer to what justice, when tested, means for victims, including women and children. Why is the conviction rate for rape and child abuse in Ireland as...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister. I would like to wish the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Minister a happy new year. I would like to make three points. The aim of this debate should be to ensure we end up with the best possible system of local government in the future. Some of the things I intend to say might not be exactly what the Minister would like to hear.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I say that just in case, and on the basis of the reaction I have heard already. I have worked with Leader. I value Leader. I think it is doing a great job. A number of things need to happen if we are to merge Leader into the councils. When the health boards were merged into the HSE, we got a dinosaur and a monster that did not work. We are probably about to have that again, unless we...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hold on. What I am trying to say is-----

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to speak because I have two or three points to make.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am trying to say that the difficulties in question would not have needed to develop if the right governance, the right controls and the right monitoring had been provided for. I am talking about the Leader company that messed up. If the Minister decides to continue with the process of merging Leader into the councils, he needs to bear in mind that such a big change cannot be delivered...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not fair. Give the man a chance. Come on. That is out of order.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is ridiculous. We are trying to fix things here.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate the opportunity to say a few words on the Bill. I also apologise for missing the Minister of State's opening comments. When will the Bill be enacted? I know of a family that has been devastated by a spent conviction not being eradicated. It is a very small public order offence that the then 19 year old son acquired. When he was 30 years old he applied for a visa to Canada to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I take the Minister of State's point that when working with children or vulnerable groups, a disclosure of previous convictions must take place although they may be spent. How can one ensure this would not go against a candidate at interview, if possible?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is a fair point.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Former Senator McAleese has done the State some service. His report records a blight on our social history - on the Ireland which we have come from. It showed that more than 10,000 women were committed to the Magdalen laundries, one of which was in Galway from where I come. More than one quarter of these women were referrals made by the State. What is significant about this report is that...

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister. Our timing might be a little askew but we are obliged to be here. None of us would sign a deal without knowing the facts, but we are doing this tonight because we are trusting the Minister's judgment and infinite wisdom about what he cannot share with us tonight. That is some responsibility for the Minister to us and to the Irish people. The Minister was handed a...