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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Who bankrupted this country? It was Anglo Irish Bank. Over 1,000 of our young people are leaving our shores every week. We are all suffering cuts because of the negligence in Anglo Irish Bank. If I was to say "End this failure", I would be referring to Anglo Irish Bank rather than the Seanad. We need to be careful in what we say. I do not believe in dirty campaigning, but I am afraid...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Yes. Are they are also calling themselves failed politicians? I doubt it. I support my esteemed colleague, Senator Quinn. Next week, I hope the people will have seen through the dirty campaign and will have read the subtext for a "No" vote to retain and reform the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We are very privileged in this House to be able to raise matters of national importance for the country and citizens. This morning I beg the indulgence of the House to listen to a case that is extremely urgent for a family in Galway. I ask the Deputy Leader to make the following request to the Minister for Health. The story concerns a young father of three children who is 40 years of age....

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I appreciate that, but he must travel on 1 October and there is no time for an Adjournment motion. His family and 30 friends have borrowed €1,000 each to help fund the treatment, but we are under pressure to raise enough money next week to enable the family to travel. My request to the Deputy Leader which I ask her to put to the Minister for Health is that the treatment abroad scheme...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I have a question. When will the mental capacity Bill - to be renamed the assisted decision-making Bill - become law? Can we have a debate on that legislation? Until Ireland signs up to the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities I see nothing but neglected children and adults who are lost and forgotten. Families are giving up so much, including incomes. They are falling...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I welcome back my colleagues. As citizens, we enjoy rights, but we never really know how strong they are until they are tested. Like others, I am worried about the sacking of Ms O'Doherty. She was expressing her right to report on various stories. For some reason or other, however, she has been sacked. A debate on the freedom of the press and journalists' rights must be considered. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: We all want our rights to be recognised. They had to be tested and people had to fight hard for them. What about the neglected rights of young people that I have seen this summer, however? I am referring to school-leavers with intellectual disabilities. Parents are on their knees watching these children regress. They are children with autism and challenging behaviour who may be granted...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is really nice to have everybody back in the House. It is one of the best attendances I have seen at any debate in this House. I do not particularly care who shot JR. I do not care whether Bobby Ewing forgot the previous year of his life before he stepped out of the shower but I do care about life and life-giving mechanisms. This is a good day...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am not going to go there. I merely wish to make a request. A senior and very fine public servant, Ms Bridget McManus-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: The woman in question was appointed to head up the investigation to which I refer. I request that the relevant report be made available in the autumn. We have gone to bat in the context of protecting women's lives. Let us ensure that they will be protected in every jurisdiction. I have seen transcripts which indicate that the IFPA has been whispering to girls that they should not go to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: If that is the case, let us have the truth. There should be no cover-up. I take issue with the fact that Senator Bacik seems to have a difficulty with my trying to protect women's lives.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would appreciate it if the results of the investigation - which has been in train for eight months - could be finalised and made available in the autumn.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Does Senator Coghlan have a guilty conscience?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I wish the Cathaoirleach and colleagues on both sides of the House an enjoyable summer break. We would all agree that it has been a tough term which has tested us greatly. We deserve a break. We are in a very privileged position, as Members of the Oireachtas, to seek out and defend the truth. Truth must be at the heart of everything we do. Previous speakers referred to seeking the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is that a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Again, we have a breach of points of order in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Senator Bacik is very good at doing that.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I agree with considering all the evidence in the round. My background is in research and I am aware that one does not just examine one item of evidence and draw a conclusion from it. To deny that there is no up-to-date medical evidence which shows that an unborn baby feels pain is to completely mislead the House. I will identify some patterns from the information available. There is broad...