Results 3,181-3,200 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Fianna Fáil is still out of touch.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It remains out of touch.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is the way of many of the issues raised in this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Vote Gay Mitchell.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that yesterday the Cathaoirleach could not permit me to speak at the time. It is interesting to hear the point made by Senator Bacik today because I support the call for a debate with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on Irish-China relations. A number of weeks ago I attended a conference in the Institute of European Affairs. The attendance included people from China...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We say the office is above politics, yet it is completely reliant on political parties or groups thereof nominating a candidate. This is not right and it is time the process was changed. We should also have the option to allow an agreed number of people nominate a candidate. I ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to examine this option. This debate has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We need to make changes so that the people are given a voice on the issue of the Presidency at the nomination stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It shows the mess the country is in. That is the reason-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not a question, it is an assertion.
- Seanad: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am pleased the Minister of State is present to listen and respond to this Adjournment matter. This is my first time speaking with her in her ministerial capacity. I congratulate and wish her the best of luck. My request is for the HSE to enable registered nurse prescribers, RNPs, from the private and voluntary nursing home sector to prescribe general medical services, GMS, products for...
- Seanad: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the reason, therefore, that the GPs are already receiving a significantly enhanced capitation rate, as stated? Is it a matter of cost rather than making best use of the resources? The GP has, apparently, approved the nurse prescriber to do the work. Can it not be arranged between them?
- Seanad: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a private issue.
- Seanad: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification.
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: But this is presenting as a difficulty.
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Minister considering engaging with NAMA?
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister to the House and have three questions for him. Like others, I applaud the Minister on his vision for the arts and his belief in its capacity to transform this area.
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Galway was once a sleepy place, but it has been transformed. The arts have played a huge role in that transformation. Currently, the arts are worth â¬150 million to Galway. However, there is one major obstacle. Galway would have been the city of culture in Ireland - unofficially it probably is - but for the lack of adequate space. The arts are meant to be open to all, but what do Galway...
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise, but I did not hear that. Does the Minister plan an audit -----
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Does the Minister plan an audit of needs in the regions so that we do not see an unfavourable bias for Dublin or Kerry? My second question relates to the arts in education, particularly drama.