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Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to address a particular aspect, namely, oral language. I was very much involved in the revision of the primary school curriculum and know that drama is included in it. However, arts-----

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to ask the Minister about it.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is my little bit of time.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have not asked the question yet.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Dramatic arts will not happen at second level unless time is allocated. This requires two things. Will the Minister join with the Minister for Education and Skills to consider time, training and methodology for this, because these are the key needs? Finally, what is the Minister doing about the issue of VAT on foreign art?

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: So what?

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Fianna Fáil did nothing about it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The ball was in its court.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I will raise two issues. The Leader will recall that before the summer recess a number of other Senators and I sought a wide-ranging debate with the Minister for Education and Skills. The need for such a debate is more urgent than ever. The first issue I would raise with the Minister is the continuing decline in educational standards, particularly in mathematics. I am especially concerned...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I commend Senator MacSharry on tabling this Bill. As Members of the last Seanad, we spoke at length about protecting the family home. The objective of the Bill is laudable because I do not know what we would be without our homes. The issue of home repossessions continues to seep through our constituencies, with ripple effects on children, relationships and families. The issue should not...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is unfair.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not know if I can manage it in one minute as I had a five-minute speech prepared.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I deeply regret that we have not been given the time for comment and debate which the report deserves. If I have to cut to the chase, like everybody else I deplore what is contained in this report, which comes in a long line of other reports dealing with disgraceful events. These include the Ferns, Murphy and Ryan reports, which detailed acts against our innocents and children. I ask the...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Pope, or Cardinal Ratzinger as he was at the time, spoke about truth and argued that the truth must be pursued. There is a hierarchy in the Vatican which acted to cover up that truth and intervene in Cloyne. That was completely inappropriate. Words without matching action are hollow and hypocritical, and we have had enough of that. I had much more to say but I now wish the State well...

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a lot of money.

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Independent Senators for tabling this motion. It is something I should have done myself before now. Back in 1996, I was one of the first teachers in the State to train as a relationships and sexuality education tutor. Prior to that, I was involved in the development of the programme that was the precursor to the social, personal and health education programme, in which role my...

Seanad: SPHE Curriculum: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Relationships and sexuality education is critical to children, particularly at senior cycle when young people's identity is tied up with their sexuality and their relationships. It offers a break from examination-based subjects, thus providing an important space where students can discuss issues that are relevant to their lives. I urge the Minister to carry out an audit of schools, as...