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- Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: With respect, I ask for the Leader's attention.
- Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am speaking in the House at the moment. I ask, if I may, for the Minister of State's attention while I conclude. It would be well worth the Government's while to look to local groups and chambers of commerce to see how they facilitate helpful initiatives like this in their communities. I could say much about the need for enterpriseââ
- Seanad: Job Creation: Statements (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: ââand education to be linked to build on the creativity of our young people. I shall leave that for another day. Global responses are needed. I strongly encourage the Minister of State to look at the measures for job creation in Oranmore.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Last week we had a very timely and lively debate in the House on special needs. At that time the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, in a scripted speech accused me of making a political football of children with special needs. Prior to that, last spring in Leinster House he said he would go public on me if I said that all children with special needs could not be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Is this normal and appropriate behaviour from a senior Minister towards a Member of this House? I feel it is intimidation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I feel he is trying to silence me on the issue of special needs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Why is the Minister trying to silence me on the issue of special needs?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am raising this issue for legitimate reasons.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am giving you notice, a Chathaoirligh, that I am lodging a formal complaint to the Committee on Procedure and Privilegesââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: ââabout the Minister's behaviour towards me on this most important issue where children's educational rights are being infringed by defective Government decisions and a policy that is to the detriment of children with special needs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to see continued debate until we see the rights of children with special needs upheld and the concerns of their parents and teachers addressed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Inclusion was not policy at the time.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Tell that to St. Joseph's in Tallaght.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He is scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am happy to be myself.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister has a chip on his shoulder.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: When?
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Just answers that made no sense.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (24 Feb 2010)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely. Go for it.