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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Obviously, I am supportive of any wording that would protect the safety of the child and against anything that would pose a risk to the life of the child, but I am also thinking of what we know about - for example, a person who abuses children. Hiding that reality, for example, from the parents might rob them of important information with which they could ensure that the child, if necessary,...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That people are in debt and in mortgage debt is not new. It has been going for a number of years. I have been working closely with David Hall in this area on behalf of about 80 families. There has been some improvement for some people.The banks have started to do some good restructures. The number of people in grave difficulty who are close to repossession has been estimated to be between...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Academic council meetings are likely to take place in UCC and UL in the next few days where these proposals may be pushed through. This matter is of huge concern. I wish to state that children with dyslexia are exempt from the language requirement. I do not know the reasoning behind the proposal to remove the requirement for maths and languages but I ask Senators to let me tell them the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Sorry, Senator; I am about to make my argument, so please give me a break.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: May I sum up?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Qualifications in languages and maths are of concern because, as a country, we rely on those skills to keep up with the best.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That fact has been known for years and the situation has not changed. I ask the Leader to make a written proposal to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, which is chaired by Deputy Joanna Tuffy, for immediate discussion. I also ask him to send a note stating his huge concern about the matter to the Minister for Education and Skills. It appears the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would appreciate if Senators would not interrupt me when I am on my feet.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Senators should stop upsetting each other.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Safety Strategy (4 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I ask the Minister of State, on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, to outline why speed vans and speed cameras are not located in dangerous black spots but appear to be placed in areas where speed increases out of necessity. The general public would hold that many of them are placed in borderline areas where the speed limit changes...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Safety Strategy (4 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that the Minister of State has given me a comprehensive reply. Of course, I support any initiative that would save lives. In his reply, the Minister of State said that data, including local feedback, have been taken into account to identify blackspots where collisions are occurring. I will check this but I have no evidence that collisions are occurring in the areas I have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Safety Strategy (4 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not what I said. I do not have evidence of-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Safety Strategy (4 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not what I am asking about.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like a debate on milk and the lifting of quotas in the dairy industry. We need to tease this out. I am glad to hear that a debate on the dairy industry is taking place in the Dáil. It is almost being painted like a new Celtic tiger, perhaps a milk tiger, but I am not so sure it is as clear as that. We need to tease out the ramifications for farmers. I know some farmers who...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Will the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport address the pressing public concerns about the routes proposed for the Galway outer city bypass? Six routes were proposed in the past few weeks. The process of route selection at a meeting of 500 people last Thursday night was deemed to be unsatisfactory. People's homes, their families and communities have been put under incredible...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his lengthy reply. I accept that there are constraints posed by the River Corrib and Galway's status as a medieval city but the effect is not minimal as implied in the Minister of State's response. He said something interesting which I would like him to clarify. He said that a third aspect of the process was that it offered the public an opportunity to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Does that mean public transport options and not just the roads?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On Saturday afternoon I received a call from the IDA to say it had a major job announcement for yesterday morning. My first question was whether it would include chimney stacks or would it be lean and green. I asked this because there had been a previous development that did not fly owing to concerns about the health and environmental impacts. I was delighted to hear yesterday's...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: After the meeting, we will have a media photo call. If anybody wants to lead the campaign in their constituencies we will facilitate it. I would be very grateful for the support. It is very special project. We hope to get 10,000 signatures in Ireland and while it is no big deal, getting everybody together behind it will make a major difference. I have no questions today.