Results 201-220 of 1,597 for speaker:Cecilia Keaveney

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: -----we also do not want to have dissident activity. I again call for an urgent debate because as a result of this activity people are seriously discommoded in my area. Luckily-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: -----it has not yet led to loss of life but we have had serious attacks and do not want anymore.

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: The matter I wish to raise is separate from the Passport Office industrial dispute. However, I welcome the announcement this evening by the CPSU that public counters in the Passport Office will not be closed tomorrow. This is a significant move, as people have been seriously discommoded for several weeks. I know many people who are in serious trouble with their passport applications and we...

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I appreciate the answer. I appreciate the budgetary element to the issue. I also respect the fact there are constant reviews of this matter. I ask the Department of Foreign Affairs to keep under review the concept of a passport office for the north west and learning from the situation where, with two out of three machines not working-----

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I am asking that the Minister of State raise this with the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs. While reviewing this matter, the Department should consider Derry and Letterkenny for an office in the north west and should consider decentralising some of the machines. Three machines in one location is fair enough but three locations-----

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I would have finished twice if the Acting Chairman would allow me to finish my sentence. I am asking the Minister of State-----

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: It is not about expenses, it is about location. There is a possibility of linking the two.

Seanad: Teaching of History (24 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this topic and congratulate the Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, on his move to the Department of Social Protection. He did tremendous work in his previous portfolio and carved out a niche which will be extremely difficult to follow, but he will make an impact in his new Department. I raise an issue which will be close to the Minister's heart, namely, the...

Seanad: Teaching of History (24 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: Under school and youth exchanges this is a relevant issue that could be brought under one of the main four pillars because the main focus of this is that we can work together to solve each other's misunderstandings. Therefore, I believe this report is core to one of those four pillars.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I add my voice to the calls for the situation in the Passport Office to be resolved. I know of the case of a person who applied ten weeks ago and, when an inquiry was made two weeks ago, the Passport Office told the person it did not know where the application was and that the person should apply again. The person is going on holidays next week and thought ten weeks notice was sufficient...

Seanad: Garda Stations (4 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I am delighted to have an opportunity to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary. I am a little disappointed that the Minister of State, Deputy Martin Mansergh, is not present, but I understand he is out of the country on State business. I will outline the crux of the problem. There is a national Garda station building programme but it is a complete mystery...

Seanad: Garda Stations (4 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the significant investment which has been and continues to be made in Garda stations and do not wish to take away from that made in the area in question. I am not alone, however, in having a strong interest in seeing a new station provided. Will the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, the Garda Commissioner and all those with an interest in...

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator does not have the time to make them.

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator has used nine minutes in an eight-minute slot.

Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator has spoken for more than ten minutes.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (3 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: Is the proposal to amend the Order of Business to adjourn rather than conclude this debate at 5 p.m. agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: Next week.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Mar 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I am not an expert in this field by any manner or means. I come from an area close to the North where there are always insinuations or feelings that we could be surrounded by criminal activity. Sometimes one notes people who do not seem to have any credible means but who own a lot of property nevertheless. The border between County Donegal and Northern Ireland is very fluid. At the recent...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 Feb 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my issue. I appreciate the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen. He might believe that the marine, which he is in charge of, is unrelated to the environment, but he would not be right, as my Adjournment matter is on two sewerage schemes, one in Newtowncunningham and another in my home town of Moville. I will start with the latter, given...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 Feb 2010)

Cecilia Keaveney: I hope the Minister of State can get the information for me without my needing to use a freedom of information request. From the Department's records, I would like the exact details of the timeline for the Moville sewerage scheme. The Minister of State remarked: "I understand that Donegal County Council has completed a preliminary report for the scheme, but an EIS must also be prepared"....