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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is the exception.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Where are those figures from?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not up; it is down.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Minister for Education and Science aware of the plans of two primary schools in a well-off area of Cork city to hire a teacher privately and to levy parents to achieve that? This is a really serious development. It widens the gap between rich and poor as public education becomes a two-tier system. This is the result of cutbacks and will further institutionalise educational...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: There is a proposal to introduce legislation for a €200 property tax on holiday homes before the summer recess. The Deputy Leader's party leader, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, has said that this will collect approximately €40 million for city and county councils throughout the country. He said it represents a significant broadening...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like a debate on prison policy and its effectiveness for both the prisoners and the guards who work in prisons.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I was in Mountjoy Prison yesterday on business. One of the guards told me that she feared for her life every day.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What did that say?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is the Government going to build the school?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is not yet operational.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: People were asking questions.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should name them.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Fine Gael said it before the general election in 2007.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Those on the Government side do not even speak with one voice.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Deputy Leader should read the Government amendment to last night's Private Members' motion on the dairy industry.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what I was talking about.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Does the Government want to get rid of that too?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Does the Deputy Leader agree there is a need for a debate?