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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: A change of tune.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Put a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am horrified by the details of the horrific death of the troubled teen, Melissa Mahon, a 14 year old girl. When we look at the facts of the case, it seems everyone has failed this child, including her family, the monster who took her life and also the HSE. To be taken into care in this State should mean care, and care that works. Melissa is the 20th child to die in State care in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Gabh mo leithscéal. I am engaged in an Oireachtas study on early school drop outs, and all the teachers involved in the study can tell which children are at risk, even those in junior infants. I call on the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, to put in place a concerned watch register for the children who are at risk so we can act early to save...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State and hope he can stay for the whole debate, which marks a watershed in our social history. In February 2009, following the Roscommon abuse case, I wrote an article entitled "Is it time for mandatory reporting of child abuse in Ireland". Following publication of that article in my local paper in Galway, a man, a victim of abuse in Letterfrack, one of the...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, they are mild.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We will note that for the record. These examples show that the Government has repeatedly failed to protect children even to the present. The report recommends that child care rules and regulations should be enforced, with breeches reported and sanctions applied, and that management at all level should be held accountable for the quality of services and care provided. These areas have not...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: As I noted earlier, the Minister of State chose not to resource an out-of-hours social work service——

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——subsequent to the publication of the Monageer report.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We have learned that more than 8,000 child protection cases——

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——were not investigated in 2007.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is a disgrace because it is not new.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is not new.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We are all disgusted now.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is true. We will be at the Galway races.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to be able to continue.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a proper tone.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is a respectful tone. We have learned that more than 8,000 reported child protection cases were not investigated by the HSE in 2007. Some of these children's lives could have been at risk. Last year, social workers in Galway, which had the lowest rate of social workers per caseload, told me they were overworked and worried about files which had been left unopened for longer than two...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have always respected Fr. Seán Healy but I am now concerned about his preaching on social justice. I ask him not to disappoint us because we have listened to his pre-budget briefings. Unless a new statement is issued I think we will never listen to them in the same way again. Is it another case of saying one thing and doing another? I welcome the statement by Cardinal Seán Brady that...