Results 3,681-3,700 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The principal is offering expulsion to the child but that gives rise to the question of where he would go.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have given the Minister of State the details of the case. This boy has not been in school since 18 January and it is now 7 March. If that was his child or my child, we would be very worried. I note there is recourse to the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, etc. Does the Minister of State think this is good enough, based on what he has read and heard?
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Why was home tuition not provided in the meantime? This child has had no schooling since 18 January.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I presume it is possible to apply to the Department for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Ms McSweeney for a very helpful presentation. She stated that Twitter should be positive, enriching and safe and I agree with this. She showed how young people use Twitter to learn, and mentioned a history class in Tipperary. It is good to hear these examples. How young are Twitter users? We tend to think of Twitter as more for older users and Facebook more for teens. Does Ms...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: What ID or proof does Twitter have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: What about a public helpline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Who funds it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Stay in touch with this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not get an answer to one question. Does Twitter moderate content at all or is it relying on self-reporting? Has Twitter received many reports from the Garda regarding abusive content? That is the final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (Resumed) with Twitter and Facebook (7 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: What about the gardaí?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome our guests. It is nice to meet Dr. Seán Rowland again. I know a little about what the college does as I did supervised teacher practice for a time for Hibernia College. Will the witnesses give a breakdown of the percentage of face-to-face encounters for students versus the percentage of the course that would be totally online? Face-to-face encounters would include weekend...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The college works with postgraduates in the main, which is good because, as the witnesses have said, they have had the university experience. Do the witnesses believe there would be benefits in working with undergraduates? Does the college have an interest in the area of second level education at all? As Senator D'Arcy mentioned, there are particular areas where our performance is very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is key.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: There is work with education centres for weekend tutorials.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to support the congratulations and good wishes to Jimmy Walsh. He has been a great servant of this House and I look forward to joining others next week in sending him on his way. We will certainly miss him. I support Senator Mullins on what he has said here about potential welfare fraud. What he has outlined is very serious and I strongly encourage anyone associated with or...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: She is doing a great job.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Everybody relies on information.
- Seanad: Philantrophy and Fund-raising: Motion (27 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister and thank him for coming to the House. I commend the Independent Senators on tabling this motion as it shows they are well aware of the difficulty associated with working in the not-for-profit sector. Those involved in the sector are enriching communities in the arts and social enterprise area. I propose to focus on the concept of giving back through philanthropy. My...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Good point.