Results 861-880 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Canal By-laws and Naomh Éanna: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I welcome everyone. I have long admired the work of Waterways Ireland. It is one of the few bodies established under the North-South agreement. As the chief executive said, waters have no boundaries. Reference was made to 2,000 submissions. They are not on the Waterways Ireland website. Will they be put up for the public to view? All the organisations are doing good work. There is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I welcome the delegates. We have all heard of the London Irish Centre and the good work it is doing. While I have often visited London, I have never been in the centre. My daughter moved to London two years ago where she set up her own business. I must tell her to ensure she calls in to the centre. Perhaps on the next occasion I visit London I might visit it with her. Mr. Barlow has...
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: Stick to the facts.
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: That is what the Senator is doing.
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: The Senator is misquoting the report.
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for the debate on this important subject. Everyone is affected by the need for renewable energy. All of the new commissioned studies in this area are good. In line with EU law and our international commitments to reduce carbon emissions, we must ensure we have a sustainable and renewable energy supply. Decarbonising our energy system is our...
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: Can I speak?
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: Will the Acting Chairman allow me additional time from the Senator's time to cover the time lost due to his interruptions?
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: It is.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: When the Taoiseach was appointing his 11 nominees to this Seanad, for the first time in the history of the state, real independent Senators were appointed. There was only one who was a party affiliate of the Taoiseach's. The people got independent Senators. The Taoiseach did that. He was generous and gracious, as he was asked to be. That is a fact. I am pleased to be standing up here 31...
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I did not hear Senator Norris call for the implementation of the people's wishes when he was here all those years.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: There is simply no reason that 33, 35, or whatever is the number, of years------
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: -----after the amendment to the Constitution, 21 years after the establishment of the University of Limerick and Dublin City University and decades after the establishment of other third level institutions, that no legislative effort has been made to provide for this. A consultation process is now open, which I welcome, and it will close on 11 April. I ask everybody to make submissions to...
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am a little bit surprised by Senator Barrett's contribution because the way I see it it is not revenge, it is an extension of the franchise of the very elitist system which exists at present whereby very few people-----
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I am not saying-----
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: Will I continue?
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: Senator Norris confused the panel system and the university system when he stated everybody would have five or six votes. Under this Bill the universities will have one.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: There is so much on the agenda today that is so important. I support the call for a debate on the comments of Professor Morgan Kelly because the matter is serious. Some 95% of all working people are employed in small and medium-sized enterprises. If what the professor is saying is true, it must be heeded. Considering that there was a debate on this for an hour and a half, what was in the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Caít Keane: I wish to raise the Paddy Power advertisement relating to betting on the outcome of the trial of Oscar Pistorius. The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has asked for the advertisement to be withdrawn, which has been done pending an investigation. I do not know why it was done pending an investigation. There were 124,000 online complaints about the advertisement. Paddy Power is...