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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We are only in a transitional period from the last Government and perhaps many bad habits remain which must be cut off at the root. I will be keen to hear what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has to say on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should change the name of his party to the Fianna Fáil-Sinn Féin Party.

Seanad: Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Statements (7 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I congratulate the Leas-Chathaoirleach on his appointment and welcome the Minister. It is so nice to see her sitting where she is; as Senator Terry Leyden mentioned, she fought the good fight as leader of the Opposition here and has definitely earned her spot. It is heartening to see the Taoiseach making her role a full ministry and that the new Department is up and running. Considering...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the cold hand of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the hand of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We should use this House to shape policy to meet emerging needs in the economy. In view of that I request a debate on the education system and how it supports job creation and innovation. I refer in particular to the skill gaps identified here and the jobs that are available here that nobody can fill. To think that there are in region of 800 posts in IT for that graduates are not capable...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My questions have been delivered.

Seanad: Health Service Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State is welcome and I thank him for taking this Adjournment matter, I presume on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. My request to the Minister of State is to ask the Minister for Health and Children whether the HSE will address, as a matter of urgency, the serious lack of community health doctors in County Galway, which now is putting the health of children at...

Seanad: Health Service Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I acknowledge that this matter does not come within the remit of the Minister of State, but I thank him for his very generous remarks to us. This response is very worrying because it does not tie in with the facts as I have outlined them. Will the Minister of State acquaint the Minister for Health and Children with the facts about the shortage of doctors because they do not tie in with what...

Seanad: Tourism Sector: Motion (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, to the House. It is nice to see him in the right hot seat. This is a positive and forward-looking motion on which I congratulate Senator Paul Coghlan. Tourism spans the length and breadth of the country. It has the potential to benefit every parish and city and, uniquely for an industry, it distributes wealth. It has the potential to reach...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have a simple question for those who wish to see the Seanad abolished. Why are you here and why are you taking a salary?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to see the Seanad working. This morning I telephoned the Cathaoirleach and the Leader of the House to discuss a revolutionary, or radical, change in this House, namely, how we might invite people to come to the Chamber who would be accountable and answer questions. I compliment the Leader for stating he will seek to have Standing Orders amended through the Committee on Procedure and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I shall explain what I seek. We need business to work and to be released. NAMA was set up in order that credit would flow. I ask the Leader to invite the chief executive officer of NAMA, Mr. Brendan McDonagh, to the House in order that we might ask questions-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I seek answers as to how NAMA is serving the public good. I shall take the Leader's advice on whether we should first look to the Minister for Finance, but ultimately we should use the method he suggested today and invite persons to the House to answer direct questions. In that way this House might be accountable to the people.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Like my fellow Senators, I am absolutely delighted to congratulate Senator Burke on assuming the role of Cathaoirleach of the Upper House. I am the only Fine Gael woman returned from the last Seanad and I was honoured to serve with the Cathaoirleach in it. I saw at first hand how he always conducted his business very fairly; he is a man of integrity, he is patient and he always has a smile....

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Senator Ó Brolcháin for sharing time with Senator Coghlan and me. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Shatter. It is lovely to see him in the Minister's chair. I compliment him on the work he did as part of the team that negotiated the programme for Government. I wish him well. I compliment the Taoiseach, who has started so well, on the many brave decisions he has taken to date. I...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I will do so after I have mentioned the need for information and communications technology to be a strong part of the new education plan. We are losing jobs by the new time. Our graduates are unable to fill some 800 jobs in this country because we are not starting correctly with information and communications technology. The only slightly negative thing I would like to say relates to the...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I look forward to hearing his reply.

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to take up on what Senator Norris was saying about the principle of equity and about treating all our children equally. I have championed the notion of children at risk of leaving school early owing to social disadvantage and financial vulnerability. There is another area in which it is important to treat children equally. Many children do not realise their learning potential...