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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Mr. Egan mentioned that many of these people would be classified as long-term unemployed. Does he consider that these people, having been part of a community-supported system, would have achieved enough learning outcomes to upskill and ready themselves for a new market? Does he agree that it might be necessary for continued forms of community support schemes to have a role throughout the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Minimising Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (17 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I note the very sensible and inspirational words uttered in the Dáil by Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament. He spoke about the importance of the Heads of State honouring their agreement that sovereign and bank debt be separated. He stated clearly that unless that happened, the citizens of Europe would lose trust in the Union. We need to stand firmly behind this view....

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We are looking at proposed Articles 42A.2.1° and 42A.2.2°, which are part of the same section but are separate points. For that reason, Senator Mullen's argument does not add up. The proposed Article 42A.2.1° deals with where the State must take the child into care because of neglect, but the proposed Article 42A.2.2° deals specifically with the test of failure of the parent and in the...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It does.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is implicit in the failure test.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My point is that the three-year rule strikes a very good balance because in the case of a very young child, three years is significant. It is quite a long time in terms of the formative development of the child.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise. Given that foster parents may now be enabled to adopt the children they originally fostered, will there be any change in the assessment of foster parents? How will the due weight be given to the views of the child? What type of new training will be available to judges or experts in order to assess these views, given the age of the child, or the influences or pressures being...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a good day for all of us. Nelson Mandela's comment to the effect that "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" highlights the stage we have reached with the referendum on children's rights. I compliment the Minister, who has taken the lead in respect of this matter and spent a great deal of time researching it, on the work...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: For once.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Fairness must be at the core of the debate on universal payments. We must face up to the question of equality. Since when were we all equal? We must take the approach of assessing each person according to his or her means. A balance must be struck in the debate because, currently, middle-income families are being squeezed as well. In fact, the evidence is that they are the ones paying...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to continue in the same vein as my Seanad colleagues, particularly following Senator Bradford's remarks. If Arthur's Day was health day, it would not enjoy the same notoriety. Let us call a spade a spade, alcohol is embedded in our culture; that is the fundamental problem we have never grappled with. I call today for Arthur's Say to sponsor a drugs day and in that show how...

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I was hoping to contribute before the Minister of State because I wanted to appeal to her to try to find a way through this situation in order that we would not need to push the motion to a vote. I appreciate the efforts that she outlined. The motion has stilled the House and I compliment its proposer and seconder. It has challenged the way we do our business politically, and not a minute...

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Would she and the other Independent Senators consider a stay of execution for a number of months?

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is September. Can I take it that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is willing to sit down with the organisations within one month?

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that and will conclude. I do not fully understand what the Minister of State means. An urgent meeting between the Independent Senators and the Minister should be held to address this issue. If we support Senator Mary Ann O'Brien in ensuring that the meeting is held in October at least, will she consider not pushing the matter to a vote? If she ever needed to retable the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The payment of a carer's allowance is not in argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: A carer was one issue I did not mention, because carers work for their money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: There is another question related to that. Has a cap on the number of payments going to any one household ever been considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It may not be a family in question at all, but a question of five or six people who are renting together.