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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Once again, we have received mixed messages from the Green Party. Green Party Members and Ministers in the Dáil are supporting the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea, and in so doing contravening the rule of law, yet overnight the Deputy Leader, Senator Boyle, said the Green Party had been bounced into it and that he had no confidence in the Minister. Is he being sincere or is he...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——the role and mission of the institutions and the need for centres of excellence among them——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——and to determine whether we need 40 third level colleges.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should talk through his Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister is a Member of Parliament.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: They are in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should talk to the Minister, Deputy Harney.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: She wants to outsource them all.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Many Members on both sides have spoken today about the importance of child protection. I agree with the Member who said this was the most important issue for us. If we are serious, we must ask the Minister for Health and Children to put the child protection guidelines on a statutory footing and to introduce mandatory reporting. While we fail to do that, our children remain at risk and let...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am concerned about the lack of strategic thinking by the Minister for Education and Science. Youthreach has been a solution for young people who have dropped out of school before the age of 16, some one in six schoolchildren. However, the Minister is now refusing these children places. This is an outrage.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I call for a debate with the Minister for Education and Science to discuss this. Furthermore, we need a debate on the critical situation where almost 50% of our maths teachers do not have a degree in maths.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Maths is of national strategic importance. We cannot go forward without our teachers being trained in this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Leader should stick to the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: He should stick to the point.

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Only €1 million.

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State. As we said last night, we meet a lot on these occasions when it comes to education issues. I thank the Leader for arranging this debate in such a timely way because it is only ten days since I said it was needed. It is particularly appropriate in view of reports on increased applications to get into and pressure on places in college. I welcome much of what...

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree.