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Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, congratulate him on his new post and wish him well for the future. I wish to raise two specific issues, namely, missing children, an issue which has been raised by many Senators, and the serious understaffing of social workers in Galway city, which leads to serious child protection concerns. Since 2000, some 441 children have gone...

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Absolutely.

Seanad: HSE Child Welfare and Protection Services: Statements (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the HSE culture.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister must keep the farmers happy first.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: He will earn the Sunday break.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am glad he is here for this debate because he is sincere in his interest in this area. Our food exports are important to us as a nation. I am worried about the future of Irish farming. I am married to a beef farmer and grew up on a dairy farm. Therefore, I have a fairly intimate knowledge of both sectors. Like previous speakers, I seek...

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Attempted?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator O'Toole's request that the President should not reply to the Independent Deputy who asked her to provide clarification on aspects of the Lisbon reform treaty. It is wholly inappropriate to attempt to involve the President's office. This is unfair manipulation by the "No" campaign. I read in The Irish Times today about proposed EU guidelines for websites. I welcome this in...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I call for an interdepartmental debate on the social, personal and health formation of our young people. This is the third time I have made the request. I say this as a result of the "Prime Time Investigates" programme on cyber bullying. I have raised the issue of bullying on numerous occasions. This is the second major study in this country. The Programme for International Student...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I second Senator Frances Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business. I support Senator Mullen's call for a debate on the issue of missing children. Where is our outrage as a nation? If I were living in another humane and civilised country and my child went missing I would want the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Government to take the matter seriously. I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Perhaps the Leader will ensure we get a response to this issue in terms of what the Government is doing about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: They have lost it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: This is not new.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an bhfáilte a bhronnadh ar Des Bishop, a bhí linn ar maidin. As a former educator, I am ashamed to say I have realised for some time that we are not teaching Irish in the right way. Des Bishop took a great deal of value from the year he spent in the Gaeltacht. By the time most children sit the leaving certificate, they will have spent 14 years learning Irish. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Including all the new female Senators here.