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Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I will finish up on this. A young man from Galway - this is only one family - died in a terrible accident while in America on a summer student visa, but to this day his Irish passport is alive because the law does not recognise the registration of death in Ireland of a person who dies abroad within certain limits, maybe up to five years. It can only be registered in the country where the...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: With respect, as a matter of principle, a speaker from the Fine Gael Party may contribute before another Senator from the Labour Party speaks.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is true.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support the call for a debate on traffic in Galway. It is a national issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----and of overriding public interest. There is evidence to show one can travel more quickly to Dublin than from one side of Galway city to the other. That is how horrendous the traffic problem is. I congratulate President McAleese on her final day in office-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----and compliment her husband, Senator Martin McAleese, for journeying with her for our country for the past 14 years. I compliment her for opening the new wing of the Back Lane Hostel on her final day in office. It is a mark of her presidency that she has been there for communities and she continues in that vein today. I wish to express my anger at the arrogance of our banks as they...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Allow me to speak. I know how annoyed and disappointed the Taoiseach is with the arrogance of the banks. I wish to ask a few questions. Can we give the financial regulator extra powers to force the banks? Can we use our shareholdings in the banks under our remit to force the interest rate cut through? People telephoned me this morning and last night to say they will protest against these...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----and every interest cut that comes down the line from the ECB for the sake of our people.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.

Seanad: Social Welfare Code (9 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State again. He has been here two weeks in a row. I call on the Minister for Social Protection to justify how self-employed PRSI contributions can be taken from an individual while that individual, a self-employed person, is entitled to nothing and to no financial contribution when injured or ill through no fault of their own. Self-employed people in Ireland pay an...

Seanad: Social Welfare Code (9 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State. A large part of his response is the same as I outlined, in terms of long-term benefits. I referred to illness and injury. Why is coverage not available for such cases, even at a greater cost? Can the Minister of State give me a commitment that the question I put to him will be submitted to the advisory group on tax and social welfare in order that it is...

Seanad: Social Welfare Code (9 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is multiplied across the country. I had made a previous submission to the Minister but I have not got a response. That is the reason I am seeking the support of the Minister of State in this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is obvious what they are doing. They are up to their necks in your mess.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Will you all grow up?

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Multiple intelligences.

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Exceptional.

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: He was brought up on twin tracks.

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear. Now the Senator has it.

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The problem is that it is all about the examination.

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to share time.