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- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: You were a member of the board at that time. A major conference on mental health was held in Tullamore on mental health at that time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am coming to a very important question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The recommendation that emerged from that conference was that there should be a move from institution to community care provision of mental health care under the direction of Dr. Pat Doorley. Senator Nicky McFadden spoke today about the inspectorate condemning those decrepit institutions and how we have put down the citizens of our State. I am very concerned about Senator Glynn's comments...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: ââin the delivery of this care. All of us in this country are at risk of experiencing mental health problems.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We have had the fallout from the banking sector.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am coming to the point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I call on our good Leader to heed the cross-party call for a serious move to be taken in regard to mental health care. I have not spoken publicly on this issue previously. The pressures experienced today not only in our institutions but in society following the fallout from the banking sector, credit concerns and threats of home repossessions put all us at the risk of suffering mental ill...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It has not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader should be careful. He should not be in denial.
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State. As we said last night, we meet a lot on these occasions when it comes to education issues. I thank the Leader for arranging this debate in such a timely way because it is only ten days since I said it was needed. It is particularly appropriate in view of reports on increased applications to get into and pressure on places in college. I welcome much of what...
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree.
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not what the university heads said. They said student service charges areââ
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what I said.
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Only â¬1 million.
- Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should talk to the Minister, Deputy Harney.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: She wants to outsource them all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Many Members on both sides have spoken today about the importance of child protection. I agree with the Member who said this was the most important issue for us. If we are serious, we must ask the Minister for Health and Children to put the child protection guidelines on a statutory footing and to introduce mandatory reporting. While we fail to do that, our children remain at risk and let...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am concerned about the lack of strategic thinking by the Minister for Education and Science. Youthreach has been a solution for young people who have dropped out of school before the age of 16, some one in six schoolchildren. However, the Minister is now refusing these children places. This is an outrage.