Results 5,061-5,080 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Let us not crash any more future expectations because that is what this Government is doing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is outrageous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: He never comes in.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That does little good for pupil-teacher contact times.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Different populations in different times.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It was ten years ago.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: How many foreign national pupils were there then?
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The reality is different.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House. He is the fall guy for the Government, having been rolled out to deal with the medical cards and now he appears here. For the past two weeks, I have requested that the Minister for Education and Science address this issue in the House. It is appalling that he has taken time from pupil-teacher contacts by increasing class sizes. I am...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise, but they are welcome.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: To meet the occupational therapy needs of children at Claddagh national school, it must privately hire and fundraise for a therapist at the rate of â¬625 per day. Given that autistic children have severe communication and behavioural needs, the situation is criminal. Senator O'Toole is shouting from the back row for this crucial reason. Both he and I know that until the Education for...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have experienced this problem. My child is undergoing speech therapy. Since she must travel 12 miles, she loses half of a school day going there and coming back. We are delighted to have the therapy because without it, she would not learn. Her speech issue blocks learning. She is on par as a result of receiving the service, but she is one of the lucky ones. Many children, perhaps with...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Wow, thank you.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Everything I said is coming from teachers and principals.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Boyle and his party can offer leadership on this issue. There is a wonderful opportunity to do so.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We are offering that. Senator Boyle should listen to us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Twomey. As a means of addressing the current budgetary crisis, my party has proposed a one-year pay freeze from next September for public servants earning more than â¬50,000. Fine Gael recognises that difficult decisions must be made. However, I have spoken to one school principal and received e-mail...