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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I know of a young woman in intense pain who has lost a stone in weight rapidly in the past month. She is vomiting and spent ten hours in the emergency department the night before last and was sent home at 8 a.m. She knows what her problem is. She went to a private hospital and got a diagnosis for the problem; she could afford €220. She cannot afford the €8,000 to...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear hear.

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister and the fact this Marriage Bill is before us. Without doubt, this referendum provoked an awful lot of different feelings in Irish people, in myself and in many others. I was in Dublin Castle on the day the result was announced. I was a "No" voter and I felt truly saddened that so many people and citizens did not feel equal before the result of this referendum. I was...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Like others, I would like to be associated with the words of sympathy on the very tragic death of Garda Golden. By all accounts, he was a man with a big heart. He responded as a garda as he was expected to do, but sadly lost his life. I extend my sympathies to his family on their great loss. I commend Garda Golden on his service to our nation. I extend my sympathy to the families...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Bill is not ideal, but I welcome it. It is good to see it going through the House. I would like to know whether it will be enacted during the Government's term. I understand in 2009 - Senator Bacik might be able to verify that-----

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: -----the first Bill went through the House. I understand it was the Senator's Bill.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I remember welcoming the Bill when I spoke on it on that occasion. That is eight years ago. This Bill is about our planet and environment. In 1999, I was in a place called Tromsø, located inside the Arctic Circle in the north of Norway. I remember climbing a glacier and those who had climbed it previously had put down markers at points where it had reached two years previously. By...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It has been re-evaluated.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: No, I said it has been re-evaluated.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This one is correct.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Less of the theatrics, please, and proceed.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, absolutely. Let us do it.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is very unfair.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Exactly.

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Three and a half?

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Obviously I am disappointed, given that I have been here since 5.15 p.m. Some things in the budget are welcome, while I am disappointed about others. It is good to see a move on the USC to bring taxation under 50%, but it is still a major tax. There has been no move on the pension levy for PAYE workers, which is appalling. There is a move for the self-employed but not for PAYE workers. I...