Results 3,421-3,440 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: People must come first.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am stunned that â¬40 million will be paid in bonuses by AIB. It may be an entitlement legally, but morally it is indefensible. Was the Government aware that this was in process when nationalising the bank? What type of negotiators did the Government employ since they could not strike a deal on behalf of the taxpayer contingent on bonuses not being paid? Then AIB would have had to put...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: A new poverty trap is being created, as Senator Coffey pointed out. The Government parties do not get much right, but they should be careful to poverty-proof policies and fix anomalies. The public's trust in politics is declining. Transparency Ireland has announced that Ireland is rated top of the world by its own people for cronyism, clientelism and corruption. What will the Government do...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That late.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Every family in this country will be approximately â¬3,000 worse off as a result of the budget yesterday. However, this country could face nothing worse right now than a recession in our education system. It is an outrage and alarming for this country that in terms of literacy standards it has fallen from fifth to 17th place in the OECD and in terms of mathematics standards it has fallen...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a very serious and retrograde stop. I thank the Cathaoirleach for giving me the time to make this point, but standards will not improve until the Government stops being complacent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: One in six is still dropping out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Good.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister needs to consult her officials.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We are in trouble.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is useless. Standards should be monitored.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Leyden is on the wire now and that is why he wants reform.
- Seanad: Teacher Training (7 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise for being late. I thought the Seanad was going to have a vote so I was waiting for the bell. I ask Members to excuse me if I am out of breath. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills, through the Minister of State, to require teacher education colleges to include a component for pre-service teachers on awareness of fatal allergies. An example of this is nut allergies, which...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Moloney, who is responsible for disability. I want him to outline the reason for the delay in ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the timeframe for its delivery. If we had the needs of people with disabilities at heart, ratification of the convention would be achieved...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Therefdore, the Minister of State is not going to outline the position now.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Therefore, the mental capacity Bill will be published this session.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not receive a copy of the Minister of State's script.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would appreciate it if a copy could be forwarded to me, particularly in view of the importance of this matter to the people to whom it concerns. I like the Minister of State's straightforward manner. He tends to take it on the chin. However, we have still not been provided with concrete dates. He has indicated that the mental capacity Bill will be published during this session. I...