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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I hope we can have a debate on negativity and positivity both in society and in the media, and what it does to the person and to the country. I ask for a debate on that and ask that we would carry out research on it prior to the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I want to quote what was actually said by the Taoiseach; the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, about the junior bondholders because when reporting anything, it is important to tell the entire story.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I am talking about the Taoiseach and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I ask Senator David Norris to withdraw his statement about the leader of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: The Taoiseach stated: "I do not see any circumstances in which junior bondholders will be paid ..."

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: The people of Ireland come first in the pecking order.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: We all know that we are bound by laws. We are bound by the Judiciary and judicial procedures in terms of bonds, shares and everything else, but the people of Ireland come first.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: The Taoiseach said that.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: When Senators are quoting, I wish they would quote what the leader of the country said also. I compliment the students of St. Mark's community school in Tallaght who have taken on the media for their negative reporting. When the Trinity access programme was being launched by the Tánaiste, an event which was attended by 1,300 students from around the country, she was not even asked one...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I was leading the debate for Fine Gael on homelessness yesterday. It was a very positive debate and I do not think anybody sought to make a political football out of it. It is a serious issue and one that we will evaluate and re-evaluate in terms of what is happening. It is ironic that in the week when the Government announced its Construction 2020 strategy, including funding of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I am asking a question of the Leader. I am asking Deputy Mary Lou McDonald to use her parliamentary privilege in the other House to name people whose names are on that list. If she is going to name people with Ansbacher accounts who have been investigated by the Revenue Commissioners, the Garda Síochána and the Moriarty tribunal, the least she might do is stand up and name the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: As well as that, she should name the people whose bodies are buried in the bogs. Many families are suffering through that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Parliamentary privilege should not be abused. It should be used to try to help people.

Seanad: Homelessness: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Homelessness: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I am delighted to be speaking on this issue. I welcome the Minister to the House for this debate. It is a very sad day for everybody but particularly for the Corrie family. I extend my sympathies to them. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. As the Minister has said, homelessness has many and varied facets. The Government has launched a major initiative to address it. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: May I point out that we have the Minister in the Seanad tomorrow and I will forfeit my right to ask him a question tomorrow in the Seanad?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I second the call for a debate on education.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I join colleagues in sympathising with the Corrie family. My intention today was to call for a debate on housing, so I welcome the Leader's undertaking in that regard. There should not be a reason that 168 people would sleep rough in a city of 1.2 million people. More than seven months ago €35 million was allocated to the four local authorities in Dublin, in particular, to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I join Senators congratulating Ms Noirín O'Sullivan on her appointment as the first lady Garda Commissioner in the history of the force. I wish her hearty congratulations. Women are well represented now across the justice system. I will speak later in the debate on drugs, in particular Sovaldi for hepatitis C patients. Like Senator Paschal Mooney, I ask the Minister for Health to come...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Ar 10.30 maidin amarách.