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Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: All maternity leave should be covered, end of story.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Let us not get away on this one.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister. Everyone is of one mind here in that our overall aim is to protect the children of today and those of the future. I am pleased to hear that the interdepartmental group is considering the proposal to make the Children First guidelines mandatory. Does the Minister of State plan a full roll-out, as he promised at the outset, of the Children First guidelines for all...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is a full roll-out of the Children First guidelines planned for all teachers and not just the liaison persons, as promised at the outset by the Government?

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I refer to last night's Dáil debate on the 28 schools throughout the State which will lose a teacher for the school year beginning 1 September. This is a stupid and outdated rule. There is absolutely no need for these posts to be lost to the schools concerned. The Government should keep the promise it made in regard to class sizes. In some cases, schools are just one pupil short of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am asking for movement by the Leader to copperfasten the request made in the Dáil last night. I welcome in advance the expected announcement of €400,000 of funding for university research. However, unless the interface between third level institutions and industry is improved, we will not see an adequate return for this investment. By "improvement" I mean new opportunities and new...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: A Chathaoirligh, I beg your indulgence to finish my point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have previously sought a debate on this area of third level education. We need a cost benefit analysis of the return on the investment. The feedback I have received is that the relationship between institutes of technology, as opposed to universities, and industry is far more alive and vibrant, but that sector receives the least amount of money for research. We have a challenge before...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am happy to give two minutes to Senator Feargal Quinn.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. We in Fine Gael are delighted to be able to support the work of the commission and the extension of time required to complete the report. This episode of child abuse, which went on for years in the 20th century in our country, is regrettable. It went on in our institutions and involved people in positions of authority. My concern is that...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——and be aware of the lack of staffing at Health Service Executive level to follow up on the problems. Last week, in another debate involving the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, I stated that 50 cases of neglect were reported by gardaí to the HSE West. The social worker there told me she did not have anybody to open those files. Her words to me were, "Children are suffering....

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——to all teachers in all schools, not just the deputy liaison person, and in the colleges of education because the rollout is patchy at best. To that degree the Department of Education and Science and this Government are failing the children of the 21st century.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I look forward to a commitment in that regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish to talk about the Lisbon treaty as an advocate of a "Yes" vote. Like many others, I have spent considerable time coming to terms with the treaty and, on balance, believe it has much to offer Ireland. It is worth debating in the House. That said, there remains a lack of understanding and considerable confusion, which are feeding into a "No" vote. The Leader knows that if voters are...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ——emanates from the WTO talks. We do not need any further hardening of farmers' attitudes against the Lisbon treaty. They have always supported Europe. Neither Members nor farmers should be strung out any longer and such clarification should be given.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.