Results 5,541-5,560 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Not enough at all.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that some of the issues the Minister responded to were perhaps outside the remit of the Bill, however, they were part of the Second Stage debate and there were unanswered questions.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They have been raised by many people, public servants in the context of the Bill. I appreciate the Minister’s understanding of the damage that casualisation can do to the teaching profession. It is a huge problem because we are losing talent. If we lose the talent standards go down. We cannot say that often enough. The Minister did not address the impact of the Bill on the...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Nov 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Touché.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: A Galway family has brought this issue to my attention. They are a husband and wife aged approximately 60. I was on the other side of the House when I voted for the extension of the retirement age to 67. The family has made a valid point to me which is that there was insufficient notice for people as old as 59 or 60 to plan for their retirement when the pension age was moved to 67. They...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is one year.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: People must retire from private sector work on reaching 65 years.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: When might that one year gap be dealt with?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not a promise.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to speak to the amendment.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, I second the amendment and appreciate the Minister's clarification on that point. However, I am curious about the wording of the section. The Bill states:The Authority shall engage in a public consultation process on—(a) the extent, if any, to which the restriction on legal practitioners, other than solicitors, holding the moneys of clients, as provided under section 36, should...
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I know but I am seeking clarification from the Minister on the classes of solicitors who are not allowed hold moneys.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I know. Having read the section, is the Minister saying that as a solicitor one can be a little bit bad? I ask the Minister to address that point.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not think it is because there is a clarification ---
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: If the Minister could clarify ---
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: --- that all solicitors are not allowed hold moneys. Why is that?
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is important for the record.
- Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is important for the record. Perhaps the Minister will have another opportunity to clarify this for me.