Results 801-820 of 1,597 for speaker:Cecilia Keaveney

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: It sounded like something else for a moment.

Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I recently raised on the Adjournment the issue of group sewerage scheme grants being raised to the level of group water scheme grants and am delighted to see this matter before the House. The Minister of State mentioned this in his contribution, a pilot project has been conducted and a valuation completed but I am sorry that it will be some months before it is accepted because a better grant...

Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: Approximately 25% of groundwater locations exceeded the mean guide nitrate concentration for drinking water, an increase of 2% from the previous reporting period 2001-03, with 2% breaching the mandatory limit, the same proportion as in the previous reporting period. Breaches of drinking water standards pose great dangers to the public. Regulation of nitrate levels in drinking water is...

Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I was fine with eutrophication but I had problems with that word.

Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I will give the name later. Quality in 69 water bodies from 21 estuarine and coastal areas from 2002 to 2006 showed that two, or 2.9%, were potentially eutrophic and 13, or 18.8%, were eutrophic. Eutrophication is a major threat to an aquatic environment and if ignored can lead to decreased number of species and biodiversity. The implications of failing to meet standards and targets in water...

Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: At 2.30 next Tuesday, 11 December.

Seanad: Arts Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, for his presence. I also thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this issue. I declare my interest in that I was a member of a marching band when I was young. I am a musician by background.

Seanad: Arts Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: No, it was a brass and reed band. Some of my best memories of having fun in my youth date from that time, even though we were often out in the freezing cold and dressed in the most hideous uniforms it was possible to find with instruments that were very old. Some professionals had difficulty playing the clarinet I had. I think that is what made me a very good musician on the clarinet. I...

Seanad: Arts Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for his positive response.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I request a debate on the drugs issue. A considerable amount of good work done by Oireachtas committees is consigned to a shelf somewhere and the media, given its lack of understanding of what committees do, fails to pick up on it. I respectfully suggest that we take as a starting point for a debate on drugs a number of reports completed by the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: One would get great money for libraries.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the 4,000 cultural diversity packs given to primary schools this week to help overcome the idea of segregation and to promote integration. This is linked to class sizes, with 1,800 primary school teachers just teaching English to non-national children trying to integrate in our primary schools. This is putting pressure on existing resources. I also welcome the library moneys given...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: The upgrade to which I refer has taken place at the expense of a regionally disadvantaged area.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: This is pathetic.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: Is the Senator accusing his constituency colleague of corruption?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: Is the Senator accusing the Minister of corruption?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: Did we spend it?

Seanad: Report on Music and Education (18 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I wish to raise the issue of the sub-committee on education and the arts under the Arts Act 2003. The Acting Chairman knows well that when in the last session we were looking at the Arts Bill and discussing the needs of all the various art forms, there was intensive debate, particularly over traditional music but also over the role of music and the education system. As a result of the Arts...

Seanad: Report on Music and Education (18 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the Minister's response, but I am disappointed that money seems to be the pertinent issue. I urge the Minister of State to bring the message to the Minister that while the Government will spend €200 million in 2008 on the arts, it will spend €15 billion on health. If, as we say, music is very important to young people's development, it must be given priority within education...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: There is nothing to stop Senators or Deputies from starting their own campaigns on the treaty, thus getting the information into the public domain. We all have a role in selling this treaty. I agree with Senator Ó Murchú's remarks on RTE Radio's medium wave service. Parts of the North do not seem to be able to get very good FM coverage.