Results 761-780 of 1,597 for speaker:Cecilia Keaveney

Seanad: Garda Stations (13 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen. I am disappointed that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, or the Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the OPW, Deputy Noel Ahern, is not present but Deputy Killeen is a good and capable substitute. I wish to highlight the need for a 24-hour Garda station for north...

Seanad: Garda Stations (13 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for his response. With regard to the two sergeants and 12 gardaí, and the number on duty at any given time, the Minister of State said the needs of north Inishowen will be considered in the next deployment. We should maintain a variety of personnel in the area. It is one thing to get probationer gardaí but it is another thing to have only probationer...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: She is contextualising.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Will the Leader invite to the Seanad the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, who has not been here yet? There was much chat and abuse last week about Cork but I visited the new Cork School of Music two weeks ago where the €60 million investment therein is a credit to everybody involved. Will the Leader ask that there be such a school for every county? I want the Minister for Arts, Sport...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Arts in education.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Senator Buttimer thinks he is a young fellow and we are tired and jaded. Where is the latest survey?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: This is a personal attack.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Senator Buttimer has no voice in Government. People chose not to have his voice in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: He has just debated it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: While I agree we should debate the pharmacists issue, it should be noted that the Irish Pharmaceutical Union and the Health Service Executive will discuss the matter at a joint committee meeting next Tuesday. It is important we consider the manner in which the HSE has moved the goalposts. I welcome the allocation of funds to institutes of technology under the third level minor works scheme....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Is Aer Lingus going to rebrand the aircraft as well?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: We should have a debate on the opportunities available in an all-Ireland context. We have been looking at integration and mutual development, rather than segregation. Former State companies should not be looking backwards.

Seanad: Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (31 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I am wondering about the future role of the pony and trap; perhaps it will feature again. It is popular at weddings instead of the big car.

Seanad: Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (31 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: Up around Donegal they say that if one's mode of transport has a nice cover, one has some chance of getting to and from one's destination dry. Donegal is not the worst county for precipitation. I was quite interested to hear the Minister say people now accept global warming is an issue and that there is no debate about it. However, I have heard that certain governments are theorising that...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: The pressure for this debate probably arose from the high-profile deaths before Christmas, in the same way that the initiative to do something about crime stemmed from the killing of Veronica Guerin. Whatever the reason for this debate, I am pleased it is not just focusing on cocaine, heroin, ecstasy or cannabis and includes our drug of choice, alcohol. The Joint Committee on Arts, Sport,...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: We cannot legalise psychotic episodes.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: There is nothing to stop Senators or Deputies from starting their own campaigns on the treaty, thus getting the information into the public domain. We all have a role in selling this treaty. I agree with Senator Ó Murchú's remarks on RTE Radio's medium wave service. Parts of the North do not seem to be able to get very good FM coverage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: People rely on medium wave coverage in certain areas. In an all-island context, not to mention expatriates in Britain, RTE is doing a great disservice in discontinuing its radio output on medium wave. Before Christmas, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Seán Haughey, said that various agencies should co-operate to reduce the number of early school...

Seanad: Report on Music and Education (18 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I wish to raise the issue of the sub-committee on education and the arts under the Arts Act 2003. The Acting Chairman knows well that when in the last session we were looking at the Arts Bill and discussing the needs of all the various art forms, there was intensive debate, particularly over traditional music but also over the role of music and the education system. As a result of the Arts...

Seanad: Report on Music and Education (18 Dec 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I welcome the Minister's response, but I am disappointed that money seems to be the pertinent issue. I urge the Minister of State to bring the message to the Minister that while the Government will spend €200 million in 2008 on the arts, it will spend €15 billion on health. If, as we say, music is very important to young people's development, it must be given priority within education...