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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Unhelpful leaks prevent progress.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that, but-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am not happy with Germany's actions or with the Commission's lack of action against Germany. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister of State should convey this concern. I stand today to represent the Irish people on this matter. This situation is not good enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Fianna Fáil increased the rates.

Seanad: Referendum on the Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (14 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome this debate - it is good to reflect after the vote. Often, we have many debates leading up to the treaty but we do not take stock afterwards. Like the two previous speakers, I am delighted to be able to say today that we got the result Ireland needed in this referendum. The stability treaty received a resounding "Yes" vote. Many people are asking what comes next. As we said...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yesterday a number of us referred to the ESRI report and expressed concern about its key finding that some people were better off on the dole than at work. Within a number of hours we saw the report being pulled. What concerns me is that the director of the institute has dissociated it from the findings made in the report and said it had not been peer reviewed and validated. We need to ask...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support the words of Senator Michael Mullins on the situation in Syria. The fact that children are being used as human shields in war must make us all really cross. We must stand together, as a House, country and Government, and use every ounce of our influence to have this stopped. It is horrendous. It is below awful. I ask the Tánaiste to act urgently and use every ounce of...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator White made a valid point, in that some IT positions have gone unfilled. However, progress is being made in this regard. Some of our universities are offering graduates transition courses in IT to upskill them. The Senator is right, in that a gap needs to be filled. At a recent EU meeting that I attended, the EU Commissioner for the digital single market pointed out that, by 2015,...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister needs to give an account of what is happening in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement with regard to who is being moved on. I understand that cases that will stand up take time. However, in people's minds four years have passed but no one has yet been punished. The Irish people feel punished unnecessarily.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is important there is a levelling of the playing field when it comes to justice being done.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: He has one for Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The point is that they must be able to inform the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Who is in a position to do so?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, somebody needs to do it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely, but somebody must inform the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Do it the right way. That is what I seek.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator Moloney in her request. It is important that justice should be seen to apply right across the board. I wish to voice my concerns regarding a matter that arose while I was out canvassing in favour of the treaty. History shows that many crises which are not resolved end in wars. It has come to my attention that many social welfare recipients intend to vote "No". This gives...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----need a second bailout, then it will be a bonus.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I ask that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, make a statement on the likelihood of the need for a second bailout.