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Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: We are not being arrogant. We are trying to——

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: No, just 1997.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator should look at where we have come from.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Not if——

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator should not call me arrogant. It is free speech.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is easy to come to the House and criticise issues in the area of education. One does not need a PhD to find problems because we do not live in a perfect world. As Government spokesperson in the Seanad on education I have much to say, but there is too little time to cover as wide a debate as that on special educational needs. As in other areas of...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I call into question the role of the Department of Health and Children on the issue. I know of a case where a NEPS psychologist recommended support for a student and a psychiatrist from the Department of Health and Children did likewise. However, that student did not receive the support that was needed, when it was needed. I was please to hear the Minister say the Departments of Health and...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Rail Network (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter on the adjournment of the House. While I welcome the Minister for State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, I am disappointed the Minister for Transport is not here. That is no reflection on the Minister of State, who knows exactly the situation in Donegal. He knows that one should be able...

Seanad: Rail Network (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The last point was the most important. If, as I have been led to believe, there is European funding for the Dublin-Derry line, it is time to call it the Dublin-Derry line. Will the Minister of State confirm or refute whether the Cork-Dublin or Glountaune-Middleton line got that funding on the basis that the lines all head to Larne? We deserve the same service as everyone else, a line of...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I congratulate Nuala O'Loan, who did tremendous work as Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman with regard to many of these controversial incidents, on her appointment as roving ambassador to Timor. She will be of great value to the people of that country. One of the key questions facing the development of the peace process is one many other countries have faced, namely, is the past too horrific...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I have a BlackBerry which I use to receive e-mails. I appreciate the point about the courtesy of listening to speakers but I also appreciate that the Houses are geared up for Internet in order that we can e-mail and participate in that way. I do not know if that was what the Minister of State was doing. In compiling my report, I have examined the situation in Bosnia, Cyprus and Armenia. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: They should be here. We are here.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Half days.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: This is pathetic. We are not allowed to speak or discuss anything now.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: What about the Blarney Stone?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I start by thanking the Cathaoirleach for letting me raise the issue of the cross-Border train service on the Adjournment today.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The reason I said this is because I might not have needed to raise it on the Adjournment if we received reports from North-South Ministerial Council meetings. I ask the Leader to find out whether Ministers can come in here after meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council to explain what has gone on and the progress that has been made. A considerable amount of activity is going on, many...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The Senator is only a Member since September.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I am glad to make a brief contribution to this important debate. It is a feature of life that we deal with waste every day. Whether it is by hot air or otherwise, we should continue to do what Senator Buttimer said and try to change the mindset of the public. It is easy to use the trendy phrase to reduce, reuse and recycle. It all comes down to the three "r"s, but until we decide we have...