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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State is welcome. I support the words uttered by Senator Paul Bradford. I wish her well in the mammoth task she is faced with. There are 90,000 people waiting for social housing, 10,000 of whom are on lists in Galway, for example, and 30,000 of these have been on a list for over four years. There are a total of 90,000 people waiting for social housing, with 10,000 on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I support Senator O'Donnell's call for a debate on a review of sentencing so that we might have a fair approach. It causes a great deal of hurt and pain when questionable sentences are handed down. Last Friday, I was delighted to be present for the awarding of an honorary doctorate to European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn at NUIG in recognition of her public service, particularly...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is an immoral amount of money for any individual.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Under our recently released policy document, one pension should be enough for anyone. I call for a debate on pensions, particularly public service ones. What is fair and reasonable? Pensions are a time bomb, but €3,000 per week would make for many travel passes. The same Commissioner has advised the Taoiseach to move swiftly to lobby hard for a high-value Commission portfolio. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It is the Minister, Deputy Noonan.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to query the appropriateness of a wording that is growing more commonplace in accommodation rental advertisements. We are familiar with the use of the wording "rent allowance not accepted", but I wish to focus on the wording "not for student rental". While we all know of horror stories regarding some student rentals, I suggest it is highly questionable to use this wording in an...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. I ask the Leader to contact the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to query whether this practice is fair or right. Surely there is another way of handling this. The deposit that students have to pay could be increased, if necessary, but they should not be cut off at first base. They should not have to hear that they cannot be accommodated at all. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It really is a question for the Minister for Finance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Exactly. Would Chambers Ireland agree with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have a linked question to that asked by Deputy Lyons with regard to online versus the high street. Recently, I conducted a small survey of small retail businesses in Galway. One person told me every time someone comes into a particular sports shop, the person will have already checked the prices online and unless it can be at least matched, the shop will not get the business. The person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise for not being present for their presentation. This topic really drew me in. I apologise if my questions have already been asked. I have been very taken by the UK Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, which supports localism in public procurement. It allows somebody who tenders for a service or a product to show the economic and social value...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: One-Parent Family Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State. We are in agreement on a number of issues. I have no difficulty with regard to the age reduction and I want people to be active rather than passive. The Minister of State acknowledged that the members of the group in question are living in consistent poverty. The missing piece of the puzzle is a child care programme that will work. How can the Minister of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: One-Parent Family Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The evidence shows that they are going down.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: One-Parent Family Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State is most welcome. I thank her for being present to hear what I have to say on the issue I have raised on the Adjournment: It reads: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to explain why she plans to press ahead next week, on Thursday, 26 June, with measures that will disincentivise up to 9,100 one-parent families from working and in so doing act counter to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: One-Parent Family Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes, the person concerned is working 15 hours a week spread over three days. A mother who works 20 hours a week will receive family income supplement. Her take home pay will be down €70 a week. I am obliged to ask why these people should work. Lone parents who work will be financially disadvantaged by new legislation which is due to come into effect next Thursday. This runs...

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister is welcome. According to Senator Barrett, the Minister last attended the House when we commemorated Seamus Heaney's great contribution to this country. That day was a momentous one, as it was the day before the Seanad referendum. Seamus Heaney played no small part posthumously in retaining the Seanad, as other Senators have mentioned. I support Senator Ó Clochartaigh's...

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. We must regularly beg our neighbours on this side for speaking time. I tabled my first Bill last week but will receive no Private Members' time. We have to say-----

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hold on one second, as this is an important point. We were elected to the House.

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We must respect that privilege. I ask the House to reconsider.