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Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: Maíria Cahill is blue in the face-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I want a debate on child care to make sure we put money into child care and that we protect children.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I was not listed to speak and I am sorry for imposing.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I want to say a few words on this important issue while the Minister of State is present. Receivership is the most important issue that affects us all, in Government and in Opposition, and anyone we know. Last Saturday, I visited a woman whose bank has refused to co-operate with her personal insolvency practitioner, a scenario which says it all. She had agreed, with the assistance of her...

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I was supposed to be the second speaker, so something will have to be done-----

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: -----about getting regulation of the order in this respect to the Chair.

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I was downstairs at a meeting with members of the chamber of commerce in Dublin to discuss the spring statement, which is about involving people in-----

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: This is very important and I do not care if I miss making my statement because those who make the jobs and keep the country going are the small businesses of this country. I left a room downstairs full of members of the chamber of commerce in Dublin. I will have to speak to our Whip about this. I will send the note indicating I was second speaker to the Chair in the morning. We will get...

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I do not care how many minutes have elapsed. The chamber of commerce is important and I am not sorry for mentioning it three times. Its members are the people who make the jobs; we make the regulations. Sometime we have put a fix in the gap, but thankfully the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, have set out 80 to 90 specific details for small businesses, for...

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I will sit down as I know the Acting Chairman is shouting at me.

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: We must work with the people who are keeping the country on the road. The representatives of the chambers of commerce are waiting at a meeting downstairs. I hope we will get back to them.

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I thank the Senator. As always, he is a well of information.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I support those speakers who spoke about English language schools. The Leader of the Seanad, Senator Maurice Cummins, and I referred ages ago to an airline pilot training school that went under in the same way over a year and a half ago. It is definitely time we grasped the bull by the horns because students are being left high and dry. I look forward to the debate on Seanad reform later...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome former Senators Manning, O'Toole and Magner and thank the committee, particularly all the people who gave their time pro bono, such as Mr. Brian Hunt and Mr. Michael McDowell on the legal side and Microsoft on the cybersecurity side, which would have been hard work. I also compliment Ms Deirdre Lane on the deconstruction of the complicated nominating process and I agree with what...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Caít Keane: Perhaps that is the Senator's fault. It is not the fault of the Seanad. I compliment the Taoiseach on his 11 nominees to the Seanad because they have not been political. They have focused on the areas of housing, arts, children's rights, education and all the minority issues covered by the Independent Senators. The report points out that the working group respects the views of the...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Caít Keane: I will rephrase that. We do our banking online so why not do this? It is not voting online - it is simply downloading a form and posting it back. I compliment the Leader on the changes he has made in this Seanad. There is very little, however, on backup support, although training and secretarial support are mentioned. They have to be brought in along with other changes. Senator...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Caít Keane: There was one recommendation by the committee for a gender-based sub-panel to encourage gender balance. That has not been mentioned and I know the trouble it can cause.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Caít Keane: I did not see the television programme last night referred to by Senator Daly but I recorded it for my little grandchildren - Michael Collins's great-great-grand-nephew and great-great-grand-niece - so I will watch it with them later on. The first rough sleepers count since the death of Jonathan Corrie was taken this week. I welcome the fact that there has been a 38% reduction in rough...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Apr 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State. I would like to read his reply before I start because for the past 15 years, I have been getting the same reply on this issue. The school has been in a prefab accommodation for 19 years and from the day that went on site, it was supposed to get a new school building. The prefab accommodation was supposed to be temporary building but it is still in use. It...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Apr 2015)

Caít Keane: The Minister of State has tried his best to make it sound plausible. He said: "The council has now submitted to my Department a proposal which might serve to provide a satisfactory resolution to the title issues and thereby facilitate the land transfer." Over seven years ago, South Dublin County Council submitted a proposal to the Department of Education and Skills to have the land vested...