Results 1,241-1,260 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I want the Leader to show leadership in that regard and to have the record corrected.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I merely told the truth. The Government voted against an amendment for an urgent debate-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: -----on foreign adoption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Why then was Senator Mary White allowed to speak?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I will take up the Cathaoirleach's offer.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The provision of post-placement support, advice and counselling to birth and adoptive parents would be a worthwhile and important addition to the Bill. It should be a matter of normal and regular practice in this area. If it were in place, we would not likely have had the recent hiccup with the Russian adoption process. There are two sides to the story of adoption. A birth parent gives up...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Will the Minister of State clarify whether the figure 450 refers to the total number of adoptions?
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The figure refers to 450 reports.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator Fitzgerald. It is great that the Minister of State acknowledged the executive could also be interchanged with an accredited body for the reasons Senator Fitzgerald outlined. The waiting time for assessment is unacceptable because by the time many couples find out they have a difficulty conceiving a child and have pursued fertility treatment and other investigations and can...
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is great news.
- Seanad: Adoption Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I second the Amendment. We discussed this issue at length on Committee Stage. The Minister of State indicated he would look at the language. As Senator Bacik says, it is not about the meaning but about using kinder language. Instead of using the word "refuses", we can use "does not" instead. Words such as the former could cast the mother in a very poor light and we do not know the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is great that Dr. Somers had the courage to say what he said during a committee meeting about the unworkability of the current National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, proposal. I hear every day on the doorsteps that people are sick and tired of the fact that the only recipients of money from the Government at present are the banks. Let us be straight and listen carefully to what Dr....
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Where is she to get a place for her son? This is a severe educational injustice. I want an answer to my question because a mother cannot find a place for an autistic child with mild learning difficulties unless there is a special class. The Minister has cut such classes. I look forward to hearing the Leader's reply.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a national matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: She is hurting many people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Which Minister? The real Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Will it be the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh? We have had him too many times?