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Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: At least the school has a secretary.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Good job.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator should stop there.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: She gave us facts about what is being spent.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: It did it in Moville.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator asked about priorities in his motion.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: It prioritises the building.

Seanad: Arts Funding (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I wish to raise the need for the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism to press for the launching and funding of the report of the sub-committee on arts and education under the Arts Council which relates to the Departments of Arts, Sport and Tourism and Education and Science. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, with responsibility for children, Deputy...

Seanad: Arts Funding (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and kind remarks. One would think I had seen his response earlier as I anticipated much of what was said. If the arts is core to personal development then it must receive equal recognition in terms of funding from the Departments of Education and Science and Arts, Sports and Tourism. It is not good enough to leave it to the Arts Council to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: We will support the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I add my voice to the calls for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to discuss the announcement he made yesterday on the regulation of the sale of alcohol. Some time between Christmas and Easter I asked that we would debate the report of the alcohol advisory group as soon as it was published. I draw the Leader's attention to initiatives such as "Banned" in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: For a start it is because some medical personnel do not wash their hands.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I always wash my hands.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Go raibh maith agat. It is with some regret I received An Cathaoirleach's letter stating that I cannot raise the issue of the consolidation of the department of the marine under the Adjournment because of a lack of ministerial responsibility. The answer spoke for the issue I was trying to address, however I will try to address it another way.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's advice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's advice. When will the Student Support Bill 2008 be before the House? It is reaching a conclusion in the Dáil and it is important that it be passed before the summer recess. Will the Acting Leader invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the House to discuss a serious issue I have encountered in respect of the Control of Dogs...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Are we being told what to do?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Each winter, the House spends much time discussing road safety. Given the lengthening days, it is timely that we consider ways in which to improve road safety so that we need not discuss it so much next winter. I do not know whether the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or one of his colleagues would be responsible for requiring lights to be on all bicycles....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I challenge every Member to stand outside the gates of Leinster House on a dark evening and to count how many bicycles without lights go past. Whether technology has reversed or advanced so far that there can be unlit bicycles, we should return to the good old days of pedal power. It should be compulsory to attach lights during the manufacture of bicycles. This would aid road safety in...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Is Senator Buttimer trying to get an award for interrupting people?