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Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: A coalition working together in the environment committee. I can give a commitment that we will speed up the process in the environment committee to make sure that we reach a consensus.I will pay. It was Senator Mooney who mentioned we should leave voter registration at local authority level in order to make cost savings as it takes up a lot of resources. I know from the 20 years that I...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: That is extra moneys which could be allocated to the electoral commission.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: One could spend the same amount but give it to the commission.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: The local authority does not send its own staff out on the ground with little notebooks and whatever. It hires in extra staff which means extra money.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: That is what I am saying. As I said, when I spoke myself, some of the moneys taken into consideration for electoral spend are extra moneys that are under the radar but included as local authority expenditure. On the issue of political background, we can all discuss it further. One can see that every business has a drying out period for everybody, be they consultants, corporate or whatever,...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: One gains an awful lot from being a politician. I admire the Ombudsman, the Clerk of the Seanad, the Clerk of the Dáil and the clerks of everything else. People are often busy and have no time to consider people like retired people who have many life experiences. Whatever their background, be they judge, juror, politician or whatever, they should be considered and that is all to play...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (3 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Gabh mo leithscéal, bhí mé ag cruinniú eile. Comhghairdeas le gach duine anseo as ucht an Ghaeilge a labhairt sa seomra seo. Úsáidtear í anseo uaireanta, nuair atá mise ag caint, nó nuair atáthar ag plé straitéis na Gaeilge nó mar sin ach is Béarla is mó a úsáidtear anseo. Caithfidh daoine óga teacht...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (3 Mar 2015)

Caít Keane: Baineann an bhuncheist le measúnú leanúnach i gcomparáid le scrúdú amháin - exams-based assessment versus continuous assessment. Which would you prefer?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I congratulate Senator David Norris. If we had more people like him in politics, there would be less aggro. It is good when politicians recognise and acknowledge the reality, whether they are in opposition or in government. The Senator is showing the way in that regard and others could learn a good lesson from what he said. Cheap populism lets everybody down, as he said. The Taoiseach is...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: Did I say anything about emigration?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I also wish to support the call made by Senator Comiskey in respect of rates. This matter does not just relate to rural areas and I raised it when we debated the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill. There are three businesses in Tallaght - one of the first areas in which rateable valuation was introduced - which were rated at the height of the boom and which are not making in revenues what...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I support the remarks of Senators Quinn, and also the remarks made by Senator White yesterday or the day before, about the obesity issue. I draw the attention of Senators to the claim being made by restaurants that someone will have to sit down and calculate the number of calories in every meal on every menu. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has an online tool, menucal.ie, which will...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: Yes. If one types in exactly what is on the menu, one can get the calorie content at the touch of a button. It is not necessary to reinvent the wheel to get the calorie content of each item. It is possible to get the information on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland menucal.iefacility. I rise today to call for a full debate in this House on the drugs issue. At a meeting yesterday of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I agree with Senator Leyden's comments on Hartmann's jewellers in Galway. I had a plate engraved there on my retirement from UCG many years ago so I know the shop well. I compliment the gardaí involved. We have heard so much criticism of An Garda Síochána in recent times but it is a priceless force and it is important that we would acknowledge the work it does. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I think I have said enough ---

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. I thank him for the work he has done to date on this case, of which the family is appreciative. As the Minister is aware, Mr. Ibrahim Halawa has now been in an Egyptian prison for 554 days. For any teenager to be locked up for that length of time is not easy. It is be bad enough being locked up in one's own...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Issues (12 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I do not think there is anything extra for me to say. I thank the Minister for what he has done and for his commitment to keeping up the pressure. I hope it will not take too long, that the trial will not be postponed again or that Ibrahim Halawa might be released before the trial.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I have not even started to speak about what I wanted to speak about, including what we are going to do about social housing. Waiting lists for social housing had increased but are now on the way down. We have to ensure they are reduced further. Again it is down to supply. Another Senator mentioned NAMA. NAMA has come up trumps and has, particularly in the Dublin area, offered more than...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: It led to queues, a black market, quangos and other things. I would welcome a debate on that issue alone to see where we could go on.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: I thank the Labour Party for proposing the motion. It is important we keep it on the agenda. Housing remains a key priority for the Government and for the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, which I am sure he will say himself. The supply of affordable houses in areas where they are needed is also a key objective. The Government has been reformist in its housing proposals with the...