Results 861-880 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Not the wet ones.
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We will have the Minister back soon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is Senator Keaveney happy with the education cuts?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We asked questions but did not get answers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Last night no-one could ask the Minister for Education and Science the questions about the cuts we only heard about this morning, because he did not tell us they were coming down the tracks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He did not tell the truth. He was not accountable or honest to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: There was no transparency or honesty and that is outrageous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Let me tell the House about these children.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: These children are the lowest functioning children. They have IQs from 50 to 70, when the average IQ is from 90 to 110. These are cuts at the bottom. These are the children who need the most help. Schools get a special class when they have nine or more children with these severe needs in the school. Now these teachers are being removed. Some 900 children are being affected and 128...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I want to second Senator Bacik's amendment requiring the Minister to return to the House today. This is a sham. It is another case of the Minister putting buildings before children and people and of discommoding the educational needs of our most needy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I must ask the Leader again, why were we not told this last night? Why did the Minister not tell the truth? There is no accountability to the House, and that is wrong.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: There is no accountability to the House, and that is wrong. The Chair may as well throw us all out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The letter had gone out. There is no accountability.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Government has brought the House into disrepute because it is not truthful and honest. It is time we all walked out because we are getting nowhere with this Government in answering honest questions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, now you are talking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Professional misconduct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: When will that be?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It took us four months to get the Minister into the House.