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- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (23 Sep 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We had to return twice to Europe to get legal guarantees in regard to the Lisbon treaty. If, as we are being told, NAMA is the only game in town, why do we not have legal guarantees built into it? I am not convinced about NAMA. Perhaps the Minister of State can tell me what is in it for the people. I am concerned for the people. I, too, am experiencing problems; this is my reality too....
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (23 Sep 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (23 Sep 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely.
- Seanad: The Economy: Statements (23 Sep 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Make the banks pay.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I request an urgent debate and that the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, should come to the House to discuss and guide Irish families on the issue of foreign adoption.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Regarding Vietnamese adoptions, over 250 couples are stuck in limbo. They do not know where they are going and need direction and certainty. Equally, 29 couples are on a Russian blacklist because the Minister of State has not completed the post-placement reports. This is a very urgent matter. I join others in expressing the public's genuine and palpable anger at the high levels of excess...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We know they are failing us in terms of the State monopolies of which I have spoken.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Obscene.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State needs to come to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yesterday, the Economic and Social Research Institute said that 35,000 families face the prospect of not being able to pay their mortgages. We are talking about people's homes. Like Senator MacSharry, I have raised this issue on previous occasions. What is the Government doing? While Nero fiddles here, Rome burns outside. If people lose their homes, the country will fall apart. Of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Senator admitting the HSE was a mistake?
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator agrees that the HSE is a mistake.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator is correct. It is his Government who put it in place.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a national issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We are getting there.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should be in Cabinet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader should bring the matter to the attention of the Minister for Finance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of order, the Leader did not take the opportunity, either today or yesterday, to address the issue of the salaries of CEOs in the public service. I am seeking a response on that matter.