Results 5,541-5,560 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: They certainly do not like being called qualified adults.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: However, we should change the language.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed) (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That would not be so if tracking were in place.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Senator for sharing her time. I would like to be fair but at best this is a maintenance budget. It is too little, too late because our great wealth has been squandered. The budget is lacking in vision and strategies, bearing in mind the needs of the knowledge economy which we must seriously address to sustain economic growth at a very uncertain time. With regard to education,...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Some 250,000 people have no English in this country and they are a significant drain on public services, such as health and education. We needed â¬10 million in that area but I see only a commitment of â¬3 million for adult literacy, which may have an ESOL component. That is very disappointing. The advice to separate literacy from English for speakers of other languages was not heeded. I...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not see a commitment per county. There are new areas in Galway, such as Doughiska with 8,000 people and no school. When I see these nitty-gritty details, I will say it is a good budget. I have a number of other points which I know I cannot air. Is the extra funding for cancer services being committed to cancer care centres? Has a costing per centre been achieved yet? I am not sure...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the attempt to address mortgage relief but it was all taken back by the harsh increases in car tax. The Government gave on one hand and took with the other. This is at best a maintenance budget desperately lacking in imagination when the Government could have grasped the opportunity before it. Although we are facing tougher economic times, this does not mean the budget can be...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (Resumed). (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State should stick to our own revenues.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That type of statement invites interruptions.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Fianna Fáil has squandered our opportunity.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator is stuck.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: That was a totally different environment.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator should stick with today.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senator is not making sense.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: It will eventually get to Sligo.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Leyden knows that very well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)
Fidelma Healy Eames: Has the Senator confirmation of that?