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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of information-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of order then.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Taoiseach has just informed the Dáil that the by-election is in process and a candidate cannot be withdrawn.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I second the amendment proposed by Senator O'Donnell for the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House to debate the issue of abuse of graduate entrants into medicine. I support her on that motion. We have all received the ballot papers for the Seanad by-election on 10 October. That by-election will be a test for all of us - a test of democracy in this country. We are seeing...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have a question. I am asking the Members of this House on the Government side whether enough Fine Gael and Labour Party Oireachtas Members will have the courage to stand up and abstain from voting for Mr. McNulty.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It absolutely is relevant.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Our Taoiseach and Tánaiste are meant to be giving leadership here.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Instead they are calling on us to vote for stroke politics and cronyism as the way forward for our young people. That is not leadership.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of information-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: On a point of order, will the Leader respond to the questions I put to him?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is back to first principles.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The weakness of our parliamentary democracy has been exposed by the abuse by Fine Gael and the Taoiseach of our institutions, namely, a State board and this House. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, came to the Chamber and I put a number of questions to her, as did others. None of the questions were answered and yesterday I wrote a letter to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Has the IMMA board met yet to ratify the appointment? It does not appear so. If not, was the High Court judge made aware of these facts when the nomination was queried, or was the High Court judge misled?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We are here in a parliamentary democracy looking for answers to basic questions about someone whose candidacy is up for grabs and who is about to take up a position in a few weeks. The public deserves answers, as do Members. Is there a judicial review process to review the recent judgment that deemed the candidate eligible? Can the Labour Party and the Tánaiste, Deputy Burton, stand...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I regret to think there are so many victims.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Cathaoirleach is Chairman of the House.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I apologise for being late. I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his new role. I wholeheartedly welcome the fact that this Bill will, for the first time, allow citizens who die abroad to have their deaths registered in Ireland. That is a great step forward. I have taken the journey with some families. The Minister, Deputy Burton, worked with me diligently over the past...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I do not wish to re-open it but I am just saying-----

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have a final closing word. We have to find a middle ground. I agree with Senator van Turnhout that an adoption should be recognised on a birth certificate but we should also have directional information on the reverse side of the certificate if, for some reason we do not know about, that was the first time a person found out he or she was adopted. I am grateful to the Acting Chairman for...