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Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: There we go again.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: It is disrespectful to the Minister of State and the House.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: Starting from now. We inherited this situation and, no matter how often one says it, the financial situation dictates policy. Fianna Fáil Members knew what the policy was when they wrote it. The figures speak for themselves. It is what one inherits. One must cut one's cloth according to one's measure. No matter how often Senator Darragh O'Brien may contradict it, inheritance does matter.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: One has to deal with the coin that turned up at the time. The fact is that crime has gone down. I do not have time to quote the statistics but I have them in writing. Meanwhile, the money has not gone down based on what the Opposition is proposing. Senator Darragh O'Brien should read the speech made in the Dáil by the Minister, Deputy Shatter. He said that we would be ¤90 million worse...

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: For a man that never praises a politician, Mr. Browne said of the Minister, Deputy Shatter, that he might turn out to be the best Minister for Justice and Equality in quite some time.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: I have a lot more to say but my time has elapsed.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: It is not pretence; it is fact.

Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: For one area.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wanted to speak on this matter and note it is not the end but is only the beginning for the Magdalen girls. I compliment the Minister of State on the work she contributed on this matter over the years. I also compliment the Minister, Deputy Shatter, on taking it on board when the Government was barely in the door and ensuring it was a...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Emer Costello, MEP (28 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: That concludes the opening contributions and, therefore, we will proceed with questions.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Emer Costello, MEP (28 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: I thank all Senators who have asked questions. I ask Ms Costello to respond. She has a wide portfolio. It is even wider than her own brief. One has to be an expert on everything when one comes to the Seanad. I thank her. We appreciate what she is doing.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Emer Costello, MEP (28 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: Not all of the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: I want to raise an issue that I raised on 31 January 2012 concerning the landmark ruling that was made in the courts yesterday on assisted human reproduction. In January 2012 I asked what was the status of the Report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, an eminent report prepared under the chairperson of Professor Dervilla Donnelly. That report contains 35 recommendations on...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: We did notify Members.

Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House. I compliment the Minister on the work she has done since taking office. She has shown the way. I compliment the way she has led her Department and it behoves all of the Government to get behind her in this most important portfolio. It is the most important portfolio. Many of the contributors have spoken about what it costs but we should be talking...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: I welcome the debate on Seanad reform - in fact, we should have a debate on it every week because some members of the public do not know what the Seanad does. I would like to abolish the Order of Business, which is really "It Says In The Papers" rather than the work of the Seanad, which should be reformed. We will have a referendum and it will be up to the people whether we have a Seanad...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: I could agree with the provision to allow Senators to pay for the election. A Bill brought to the Seanad must be financially neutral but it would be unconstitutional if one does not have the same scenario for the Oireachtas Dáil elections. We should let them pay for that as well. One cannot apply one rule to a Dáil election and a different rule to a Seanad election as the provision would...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: The Seanad is not performing its role and, therefore, must be changed. The system does not work. We should ask ourselves two questions and inform the people of the answers. Why abolish the Seanad? Why keep it? An independent Seanad system that works in conjunction with a reformed Dáil would make things better. The Minister introduced quotas for women wishing to participate in Dáil...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: I commend Senator Crown on drafting the Bill but it has too many technical problems. It is for that reason that I cannot support it but I support the rationale behind it.