Results 761-780 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator Fitzgerald and others who spoke about how irrelevant this House has become, something in which the Leader has played a part. This is the national Parliament. The economic plan which we heard about on the news should be debated in this House today. What really sickens and insults me is that despite being education spokesperson for my party, having spent more than 20 years...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: ââI have had no opportunity to participate in a debate with the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, on the cutbacks and other difficulties in education.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader is contributing to making this House irrelevant. I may as well be sitting at home issuing press releases instead of being in this Chamber. That is how bad the situation has become. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has great leverage with the banks and, thus, an opportunity to help families who face the threat of losing their homes. Will the Leader bring to his...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: May I finish my point?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: As taxpayers came to the rescue of the banks, the Minister should ensure the banks return the favour by renegotiating the arrangements for these people to allow them to avail of reduced interest rates.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: May I make a final point?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I respect the Chair but I have been absent through illness and would appreciate the time to raise this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Once again I am cut off.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader should not patronise us. We have put up with this for far too long.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He is afraid of us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He is the fugitive Minister for Education and Science.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He is certainly on the run from us.
- Seanad: Gun Crime: Statements (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, to the House for this debate on gun crime. He is usually here to discuss food issues.
- Seanad: Gun Crime: Statements (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome this debate, particularly the views expressed by Senator McDonald. Other speakers have pointed to efforts to curb crime through legislation. Instead, I intend to focus on the roots of crime. These types of crimes happen for a reason. We have seen young teenagers shooting people dead on the streets. In the United Kingdom, a teenager was convicted in recent days of the murder of...
- Seanad: Gun Crime: Statements (18 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That has already happened.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is little wonder that people are losing faith in the system. We have proof yet again this morning that the banks have not told the truth or the whole truth. How can we trust them with taxpayers' money? It is incumbent on the Government, particularly the Minister for Finance, to find ways to make them more accountable and to make that as foolproof as possible. There has been one rule...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister should also make a statement indicating the Government is committed to equality, fairness and non-discrimination. Cutting a budget by almost half basically indicates that the Government wants to get rid of the body concerned. The Minister must come good on this and do the honourable thing before Christmas â he should meet Mr. Crowley and ask him if he will reconsider his...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: No governance.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (19 Dec 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to share time with Senator Buttimer.