Results 521-540 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Great.
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is a very disparaging remark.
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Against the grim economic background that is growing by the day, I appeal to this House, the Minister for Finance and the Cabinet to apply a very important sense of proportion to the areas to which they apply cuts. I am referring in particular to the weakest and most vulnerable in our society. I was phoned by ageing parents yesterday about their 42-year-old disabled daughter who has Down's...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Her parents told me that this cut is the same amount it took to refurbish the office of the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Can the Leader intervene to request that a sense of proportion in the cuts is retained so that the weakest and most vulnerable people in society are not hurt? The 100% allowance and respite care of the people to whom I referred are now gone. I will look for an early debate in the autumn with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on how dangerous dogs and their owners should be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is welcome that Members will have a question and answer session this afternoon on the economy. People have little to speak of, except the banking system, unless they live in Galway and are at risk of lead poisoning. This is a highly serious matter in respect of people's health, about which they have genuine worries. Yesterday, a woman in Mervue spoke to me about a recent miscarriage and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is time to pull out the stops for Galway. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government must take a personal interest in Galway this time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I look forward to that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He is doing nothing about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I want the Minister, Deputy Gormley, to deal with the matter in this House.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Irish taxpayer.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: So has Fine Gael. The Senator is being very disingenuous.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely not.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We need to know that.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Thanks to the taxpayer, of course they would.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We need to know that.
- Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (30 Sep 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: These are the details.