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- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister is very decent. Will he answer whetherââ
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Not significantly.
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the non-DEIS schools that is the issue.
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister to the House. It took us four months to get him back here.
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Good. I was fortunate to meet the Minister in committee in the meantime. The Minister contextualised his speech in preparing for the future and being ready for the economic upturn. This has much merit. However, let us not risk the current tranche of students going through the system. It would not be at all fair to them and what we risk are the lives and education of children and the...
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am familiar with that but I am discussing children who need learning support in maths. Considerably fewer children receive learning support in maths compared to reading. We are not doing enough with regard to higher level maths. As the Minister knows, Google had to go abroad to hire 20 high level mathematicians and computer science experts. The Minister mentioned he is focusing on...
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister just stated he is preparing children for the future. The lack of investment in IT is a national disgrace. The Minister is talking a lot of gobbledegook if he does not invest at primary level. The transition year grant has been abolished. Last week I visited the Presentation College in Galway and its staff spoke about the likely abolition of transition year because it can no...
- Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Keaveney is talking rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Members on both sides have acknowledged that the hole in the public finances is huge. However, the answer must be to save jobs and create new ones. I have no confidence that this will happen while energy prices remain as high as they are at present. The impact of what is occurring was brought home to me last week when I met representatives from Celestica, a company in Galway that is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to conclude what I am saying. Some 2,700 people are awaiting decisions. These individuals are out of work but they paid their stamps for many years. The Minister for Social and Family Affairs must examine what is taking place. Let us focus on job retention and job creation by reducing our energy costs. The solution lies in the Government's hands.
- Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Senator O'Reilly for his kindness in sharing his time with me. I wish to be helpful here today. All around us companies are falling and unemployment is increasing, I heard Senator Harris say this morning that he was fearful that the number unemployed could rise to 700,000 by the end of the year. I heard on the news last night that Celestica in Galway, a contract manufacturing...
- Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have to make this point, as this is the good news. In eastern Europe, inflationary rates are increasing all the time but, if we could bridge that gap and if we can stand still in terms of costs, we will be more competitive. We need to stop the inflationary bandwagon we have been on for the past ten years. I have made these points to be helpful to the Government. I have given the Minister...
- Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have offered the Minister of State some information today, to which I want a response to ensure action will be taken to save jobs in Galway.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Can the Leader tell us why the Minister for Education and Children is boycotting this House? Since the budget was introduced he has not once come into this House to answer any questions on his education brief. Yesterday we saw 15,000 students protest outside Government Buildings. They are fearful that third level fees could be reintroduced. We have had no debate in this House on the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Following that and a apology having been given to the Irish people who were asked to come on board, then the Ministers should approach the rest of the people who did not cause the problem. The innocent are being asked to pay first and it is not fair. That is what is sickening the public.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He apologised.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is what is important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Come on.