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Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: It is such an important issue we could go on forever talking about it. Hopefully, people will listen.

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister and thank Senator van Turnhout and other Senators for putting this important motion before the House. My Fine Gael colleagues and I are delighted to support it. The Minister has stated that the Government as a whole also supports the motion. I am taking this matter on behalf of Senator Imelda Henry who is unavoidably absent. I will begin with a quote from Dr. Maria...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: I know the mantra "The child is father of the man". Maria Montessori also said: "It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was." It is true that the experiences of childhood are brought through a person's life, but the impressions gained from beauty pageants are undesirable. Development during childhood is so important. Ensuring healthy...

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Aontaím leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach gur cheart dúinn cúpla focal Gaeilge a úsáid, agus cúrsaí jabanna á bplé againn, mar gheall go bhfuil Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl faoi láthair. Ba chóir dúinn gach dícheall a dhéanamh jabanna a chur ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht ionas go bhfanfaidh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Maidir le rialtas áitiúil, beidh a lán rudaí ar siúl le linn seachtain na Gaeilge. Níl mé claonta ach beidh Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas ag déanamh a lán rudaí in Áras Chrónáin i gCluain Dolcáin agus tá rudaí ar siúl ar fúd an chontae ar fad. Bronntar duais chomh maith ar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: B'fhéidir gur ghá litir a chur chuig gach comhairle contae in Éirinn ag moladh dóibh breathnú ar na rialacha, ar na hadhmanna agus ar na rudaí atá á dhéanamh acu, ní hamháin i rith sheachtain na Gaeilge - tá gach comhairle contae ag déanamh rud éigin i rith na seachtaine seo - ach ar feadh na bliana ar fad. B'fhéidir...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Tá sé sin ceart go leor. Maidir le costais ollscoile, an gceapann na mic léinn gur cheart go mbéadh gach rud saor in aisce, fiú amháin do dhaoine a bhfuil a lán airgid acu? Níl go leor airgid ann le híoc as gach duine, go háirithe mic léinn iarchéime. Níl an t-airgead ann chun oideachas a chur ar fáil saor in aisce do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Cad a cheapann sibh faoi iasacht a thabhairt do mic léinn agus é a íoc ar ais ag céimithe chomh luath agus atá níos mó ná €40,000 á shaothrú acu? An bhfuil tuairim ag éinne faoi pholasaí mar sin chun oideachas a thabhairt do gach duine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Tá siad ag déanamh a ndícheall i dTamhlacht, áit a bhfuil an Ghaeltacht is mó ar domhain tá mé ag ceapadh. Tá a lán gaelscoileanna i dTamhlacht anois ach níl Gaeltacht ansin. Caithfimid ár ndícheall a dhéanamh. Tá a lán le déanamh anseo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Nílimid anseo ach le cúpla bliain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Yes, trí bliana. Níl mé ag rá go bhfuil a lán déanta agus a lán le déanamh ach nílimid anseo ach le cúpla bliain. Táimid chun cúig pointe a phiocadh as straitéis 20 bliain don Ghaeilge chun obair orthu ar dtús, chomh maith le Conradh na Gaeilge. Feiceann sibh céard a tharla ar Chonradh na Gaeilge an mhí seo...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: An fáth go mbeidh na cainteoirí ar fad anseo i gcionn cúig bliana ná go bhfuil siad go híontach. Ba mhaith liom fíor fáilte a chur roimh gach duine anseo ó na trí scoileanna, agus go háirithe roimh na scoláirí ó Choláiste de hÍde. Bhí mé mar chathaoirleach ar an mbord i gColáiste de hÍde le deich...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Maidir leis an athrú aeráide, tá Bille ag dul tríd an Oireachtas ar an ábhar sin. Mar a dúirt tú, Shane, tá an freagracht ar gach duine. Beimid-ne agus daltaí scoile ag obair le chéile. Céard a bhéas muid in ann a dhéanamh chun cabhair a thabhairt daoibh ins na scoileanna? Bhí tú ag caint mar gheall ar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Bheadh an-suim agam ins an cheist sin mar táimid ag obair faoi láthair ar an ábhar agus ar an mBille. Tá ceist amháin eile agam agus b'fhéidir go mbeidh suim ag gach duine innti. Bhi gach duine ag caint faoi tháillí. Beidh táillí uisce ag teacht isteach, mar atá i ngach tír eile san Eoraip ach ceann amháin. Go minic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: Déarfainn go mbeadh suim ag Shane san ábhar. Bhí sé ag caint mar gheall ar athrú aeráide agus uile.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2014)

Caít Keane: We do not get prepared statements.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Caít Keane: I compliment the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, on the heads of the Bill published yesterday to ensure there will be an after-care service for children in care who reach the age of 18. At present, there is an ad hoc service, but under the new Bill, such children will be afforded a statutory right to a care plan. We all will be aware of the suffering and anguish...

Seanad: An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Tairiscint (20 Feb 2014)

Caít Keane: Tá mé anseo chun labhairt ar an topaic an-tábhachtach seo. B'fhéidir gurb í an topaic is tábhachtaí atá ar an gclár againn. Mar a deirtear, "tír gan teanga, tír gan anam". Caithfimid ár dteanga, ár gcultúr agus gach rud eile a fheabhsú agus a chur chun cinn. Tá sé i gceist agam roinnt moltaí atá...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Caít Keane: I said we should take an approach similar to that used in Germany. The US has taken the opposite approach.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Caít Keane: Yes, but we cannot discuss the matter in detail on the Order of Business. I wish to refer to Bitcoin, the new currency which originated online and which is trading in Ireland. It is a virtual currency but it is also a real one that is worth $119 per unit. The authorities in Germany have made moves to recognise Bitcoin and to discover how they can tax transactions made in the currency....