Results 341-360 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I think there is a time limit.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: No.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: An amendment to that effect was proposed on the Order of Business but it was not agreed.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: It is Senator Mullins.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Like other Senators and Senator Zappone, I condemn the violent crime that took place in Tallaght in my area of Dublin South-West. I offer my sympathy to the family of the 16 year old girl. I also commend Senator Zappone on raising the issue of prostitution. Most of us watched the programme on that on television last night and were shocked by it. I thank the Senator for raising the matter...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Bill, which makes a number of amendments to legislation relating to the appointment of electrical investigation officers and the provision of safety information. I welcome sections 6 and 7, in particular, which provide for the appointment of these officers. I attended a presentation earlier by LowC, a renewable energy company which claims it will solve our energy problems...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: It is in the Bill.

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The proposal in the Bill is to change the position in the Act under which board members were required to divest themselves of shares in the company within three months of taking office. This was a good rule and it is being superseded by a requirement to report such matters to the Standards in Public Office Commission. I do not believe it is okay for directors to hold shares in their...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: We should be positive when there is positive news. I know Members have raised the issue of the bailout and the write-downs. However, on 25 January, for the first time since 2010, bonds have been reinvested in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: "Morning Ireland" this morning carried a story of a new investment of €3 billion from an American source. The European Commission has commended the way bonds are going in Ireland. Rather than always downing ourselves, when we see ourselves being praised in Europe and America we should say to ourselves we are going in the right direction. Everybody recognises we have a lot to but if we...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Maybe the people were not given the right information - the protesters-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: They have had a lot of misinformation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I could take up where the last speaker finished and talk about a waste of time and the regurgitation we hear in this House, day after day, with the same issues being raised and Members inviting different people in to talk on the Vatican and whatever else. I would like to see Fr. Peter McVerry come to the House, a man whom I respect greatly for all the work he has done in Ireland. This House...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I will do that. We should also listen to what he said this morning. I want to ask the Leader about the ongoing review of local government. It is a serious review which will result in major changes. We have heard talk of the waste of money in different places. I would like to see a review of local government and the introduction of regulations on postering. We see all the money that is...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: -----not to mention the presidential election, where €500,000 was spent by the highest spending candidate - one of our own.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: On that, I would like to see regulations brought in to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I ask the Leader to ask the Minister to consider introducing regulations, first, to ban pole postering-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Excuse me-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I am proposing an alternative, that there be-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Yes, I am asking the Leader for a debate on it, and also that there be community postering with all of the candidates on community-----