Results 2,021-2,040 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Caít Keane: On the issue of unfinished housing estates, the Minister has asked Westmeath County Council to carry out an investigation following the tragic death of a toddler in an estate. Our sympathies are with the family of the toddler who died. The problem of unfinished housing estates is serious. The Minister should investigate if the same developers are continually working on office buildings and...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I ask the Minister to examine the issue in respect of amendment No.32 and the local elections. I do not know if it can be done in the manner recommended by Senator Power. When the Minister was here the last day and we spoke about parties doing this voluntarily, he stated that it would not be possible due to the funding issue. Senator Power thinks she may have got around that by including...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The Senator must not be talking to women on the ground.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: By the time that comes, we will have a family friendly society.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Wrong. It is the work-life balance.

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Before the clock starts ticking, how many minutes have we left?

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Senator Healy Eames is also worried about her time.

Seanad: Child Abuse: Motion (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: That is nice to know, even if everybody might not agree with you. I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the motion that was tabled by the Independent group, including Senator van Turnhout. I know that the European Parliament and Council directive was adopted last December and that the Government is working on it as well. We know from the history of the State how we have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: Like most of the other Senators who have spoken, I welcome the referendum. The debate should be on the referendum, not what we would like to see discussed about Europe. Education, as Senators Darragh O'Brien and Walsh called for, in telling the people exactly what is in the treaty, is most important. There was a survey published today where a professor asked those surveyed what interest...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I want to return to the serious issue of An Bord Pleanála's decision on the national children's hospital. It highlights the value of living in a democracy. Senator MacSharry called for intervention with An Bord Pleanála. It would be a sad day if that happened as it is an independent body. Maybe too much intervention in the past has led us down this road. The New Childrens Hospital...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I am referring to the site of the proposed national children's hospital. Senator MacSharry has called for intervention with An Bord Pleanála regarding its decision on the Mater site but I say there should be no intervention. There have been calls for the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to attend the House today on this matter. Instead, he should be knocking heads together to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, should knock heads together, bring them out to south-west Dublin and Crumlin, get them on the site and not to delay this any more.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: An Bord Pleanála's decision stated the "dominant, visually incongruous structure ... would have a profound negative impact on the appearance and visual amenity of the city skyline." Having a town planner, a spatial planner, a civil engineer, an eminent member of the Environmental Protection Agency-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I do. I would have thought people well-trained in planning would have added traffic to that description. There was a crash two weeks ago near the Mater which nearly closed the city down. Will the Leader ensure the Minister for Health is on the ground knocking heads together to ensure the money already spent is not wasted? Will he also get the Minister to attend the House next week to...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: On a point of order, I would like a definition of an "untruth" please because there is absolutely-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: As far as I am concerned there is no difference between a lie and an untruth. The latter word should be included in Standing Orders as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The Cathaoirleach has spoken and the Senator should respect that.

Seanad: Wind Turbines Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I do not have any direction from the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, any other Minister or the Civil Service. I do not know about Senator Leyden; perhaps he has more experience than I have. The Bill proposes to regulate the distance between wind turbines and residential premises. There are quite a few issues that must be evaluated when considering the Bill. Rather than...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: I heard the alarming bit of information as I was driving in this morning. It seems the advisers brought in by the previous Government to advise on whether the banks should have been bailed out had a vested interest in that two of them were bondholders. Pat Kenny has said he will do an investigation into this. I ask the Leader to ensure that the Government checks out everyone of whom it asks...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Caít Keane: The credentials of people who give advice-----