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- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should name them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Fine Gael said it before the general election in 2007.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Those on the Government side do not even speak with one voice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Deputy Leader should read the Government amendment to last night's Private Members' motion on the dairy industry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what I was talking about.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Does the Government want to get rid of that too?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Does the Deputy Leader agree there is a need for a debate?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Jun 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Minister for Education and Science aware of the plans of two primary schools in a well-off area of Cork city to hire a teacher privately and to levy parents to achieve that? This is a really serious development. It widens the gap between rich and poor as public education becomes a two-tier system. This is the result of cutbacks and will further institutionalise educational...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That makes a change.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Central Statistics Office, CSO, report released today shows that national income is down by â¬5.5 billion, partly because of the cuts and levies but mostly because of the fear of spending. Underlying that is people's fear of losing their homes. That is why they are holding on to their money. Foreclosures are on the up. I and Senator MacSharry asked for the Minister for Finance to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is the exception.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is outrageous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Where are those figures from?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not up; it is down.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, has returned from Vietnam. Yesterday's Irish Independent reported that a bilateral agreement is not yet in place, as negotiations have stalled. I accept that the Minister of State is doing his best to make progress. Last week, before he went to Vietnam, I asked the Leader to invite him to come to this House to update Members on the matter. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Perhaps the Leader could try to get him in for 15 minutes tomorrow morning after the Order of Business. I would certainly appreciate that, as would the families. I want to comment on a report in The Irish Times today about 12 house repossessions in one day, the highest number to be dealt with by the High Court in a single sitting. It is a disaster if people begin to lose their homes. I and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Leader for that.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Cabin fever.