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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would be very disappointed if the Minister were to sign the regulation. I urge her not to do so. I accept that the Teaching Council is very busy. At times, I am in close contact with the Teaching Council and it has said it has no interest in early years graduates. It does not acknowledge the very specific pedagogy that Maria Montessori afforded us all, and that has informed teacher...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what I am saying.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree with Senator Coghlan on the issue of responsibility around debt but I remind the House that Germany, which is now the strongest industrial nation in Europe, was given a significant debt write-down after the Second World War and it only recently finished repaying that debt after 70 years. We are hearing horrific accounts of families sending their children to orphanages because they...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is appalling.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We also need the long-term picture about the private sector being enlisted to help with this accommodation crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: With an extra €20,000 on a semi-detached house, the private sector will not bolt into action to solve the accommodation crisis. I look forward to the Leader's response.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Women.

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the former Senators. I was a little surprised to be allowed speak on this report today because it is not that long ago since we were here, perhaps two months. In terms of my input on this issue, I have made a written submission and I spoke on the last occasion. Usually one is not allowed to speak twice on the same subject. I am here, however, because this is important and we are...

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Does this mean the voter decides up front where he or she wants to spend their vote, either on the university panel or in the direct elections? It would be no harm to put those facts on the record.

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not quite fully understood.

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree in principle with the extension of votes to include those living abroad and in Northern Ireland. However, I accept the argument put forward that it would be impossible to give the same weight to that vote. We are known to be a country with a diaspora of 70 million people. I accept that they are not all passport-holders but it would be very easy to have more voters from abroad than...

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not know about it only for the fact that it was brought to my attention. We need this House to do very valuable work for the people. I envisage a different type of Seanad which would include the removal of the Whip system so that decisions are not compromised along party lines but are made on the basis of best argument and evidence put forward. This is not dissimilar to Senator...

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise. I hope there is food for thought.I wish them well in their deliberations and thank them for the time they have given to this issue. Let us move ahead with implementation and ensure the implementation body includes not only Dáil Members but also Members of the Seanad and members of the public, as well as individuals with the necessary expertise. I look forward to sensible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome Ms Brigid Ms McManus. I thank the Chairman for scheduling this event. I used to be a full member of this committee but, of late, I am not. I have come in deliberately because I have long connections with the NCCA. I commend Ms McManus on her long career of dedicated public service. If it is acceptable to the Chairman, there are four questions I wish to put. Can Ms McManus tell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have seen schools approach parents asking them to move their child down to pass in first year, the parent begging the school to let the child go to the Gaeltacht and see how it goes, and the child liking it, but we are killing it off too soon. I would like Ms McManus's views on those four areas and thank the Chair for her indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: In Gaeltacht areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Gauging the learning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have one supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment: Discussion. (8 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: A question has come to me in the course of the debate. Would the NCCA support measures to prevent the extinction of Latin as a subject in secondary schools, given the widespread known benefits of Latin to our language as a basis for other languages in terms of improving literacy, vocabulary and grammar?