Results 5,441-5,460 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Well done. It is the Senator's Government. Go for it.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Go for it.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: With no placements they had no choice.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I know but this is a debate and the Senator is raising an important issue.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That is right. That is what we are trying to defend.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They should provide the resources.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of order, we have two and a half hours for such an important debate. It is a pity this debate is not conducted differently so that we could have more interchange on such critical points.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I want the Acting Chairman to take on board this feedback.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Government holds the purse strings.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: We are politicians.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It requires a mindset change on behalf of the Government.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I am totally restrained but here is a Senator who is hypocritical in what he is saying.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear. That is what is needed.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Department is not prepared to resource anything wider.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Very different children.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I have listened to what the Minister has had to say. There is no doubt there has been more of everything in recent years. However, any educational provision is not good enough. It is the quality of that education that counts and the outcomes the child gains as a result of the intervention that matters. This is especially the case with children with learning difficulties or special...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Well said. Assessments are also essential.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.