Results 1,561-1,580 of 5,732 for speaker:Fidelma Healy Eames

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Syrian Conflict (16 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am just looking for advice.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Syrian Conflict (16 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State and the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Syrian Conflict (16 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. Is the Minister of State saying that he will look on the matter favourably? Will there be a whole of Government response? I have interpreted his comments as being positive. Is he saying that my proposal is a good idea?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Syrian Conflict (16 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. He is the right man in the right place at the right time. I spoke to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on this issue recently and he told me I certainly would get a decent response. This request is somewhat unusual and is to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the witnesses and am sorry for having missed the presentations. I am grateful that the committee has convened this meeting to consider the humanitarian impact of the crisis. I have a specific question that has been asked of me by families, and I am particularly concerned about the impact of the crisis on children. My understanding now is that there are more than 1 million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to put a supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am delighted that the NCSE emphasises the central role of the teacher, particularly at second level. It is impossible to get through to some second level subject teachers who do not understand learning difficulties. Common comments from these teachers would be that the child is distracting others from the learning process, unaware that the child might suffer from ADD, specific learning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It must be mandatory, because these children are lost. At primary school the teacher gets to know these children, but when these pupils have seven, eight or nine teachers in a day, school can be a living hell for them, even if three or four teachers are brilliant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: At undergraduate level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My question on the joint role of care and education for the teaching assistant has not been responded to by anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome the panel. I get a little frustrated with the role of SNAs. A large amount of resources have rightly been put into special educational needs. However, we must work together to find the best way to achieve the best outcomes for children with special educational needs. We must make that our sole purpose and ensure that the children get a level playing field. The assistance can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am sorry. I have just one more question. What do the delegations think of the idea of a cluster of schools providing speech and language therapy, a key need of most children with learning difficulties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: What if it is a physical diagnostic label?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Perhaps the following has been raised, but if it has not it needs to be. The Rape Crisis Network published a report this morning about the age of perpetrators abusing children and young teenagers. We have known for some time that abuse is likely to be within families but the average age of perpetrators is 26, much younger than we thought. In some cases the abuse is by child perpetrators on...

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: It was brilliant.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Leader for giving us time to discuss this very important issue. We must start by asking what is political reform. It is about changing the way we do politics, the way we manage to represent and integrate the people and solve the problems they are bringing to us which are real issues in society. We received a mandate at the weekend to do this. We can be sure of one thing: if...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Friday's achievement was that it put an end to a growing period of heedlessness in this country. Despite what we might think of ourselves and our power, it took the Irish people to do that. We could not represent the Irish people and be listened to during the past summer in this House. However, the vote we received on Friday is not for back to normal, but to go forward.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We have been given a clear signal by the Irish people that we have a responsibility to reform both this House and the other House, so both can work effectively to quickly meet the needs and issues facing Irish people. I agree with reflection. Will the Leader bring motion No. 8 on the Order Paper, tabled by myself and Senator Bradford, to the attention of the Taoiseach so it could also form...

Seanad: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (3 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Marie, distinguished poets and guests, I am deeply honoured to have a few moments to say just a few things. I am honoured also to be among my colleagues and to have heard what everyone has contributed so far. I am sorry I forgot to mention the Minister. I always considered Seamus Heaney to be a man of great courage. He dared to be different. That he came out of his background and yet had...