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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Cecilia Keaveney: I ask the Leader to encourage the Minister for Foreign Affairs to come before the House and give an update on dissident activity in the Six Counties and in the entire Ulster region. I must commend those who found the 600 lb bomb and those who reacted to the pipe bombs in Donegal town recently. However, I ask that the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence be brought before the House to...

Seanad: Arts Funding (23 Apr 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I wish to raise the need for the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism to press for the launching and funding of the report of the sub-committee on arts and education under the Arts Council which relates to the Departments of Arts, Sport and Tourism and Education and Science. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, with responsibility for children, Deputy...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (21 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I call into question the role of the Department of Health and Children on the issue. I know of a case where a NEPS psychologist recommended support for a student and a psychiatrist from the Department of Health and Children did likewise. However, that student did not receive the support that was needed, when it was needed. I was please to hear the Minister say the Departments of Health and...

Seanad: Access to Education: Motion (10 Oct 2007)

Cecilia Keaveney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: notes the record level of activity under the school building and modernisation programme in recent years and the innovations in the design and delivery of school buildings that have been put in place to ensure that extra accommodation is delivered as quickly as possible; further notes the...

Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Cecilia Keaveney: ...will change the name of Comhairle so it may be known in the English language as the "Citizens Information Board" or in Irish as "An Bord um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh". The Bill is to amend and in particular to confer a function on it to provide or arrange for the provision of a personal advocacy service to certain persons with disabilities, to make certain changes to its membership and...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Cecilia Keaveney: I recall going to London with the former Senator Mary Jackman, to look at the issue of Europa Donna and breast cancer. We visited many different hospitals and got one message, namely, that we, as politicians, should never play politics with people's lives. This case is a classic example where consultants should not play God with people's lives, either. I had the sad, daunting or inspiring...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Cecilia Keaveney: This Bill is related to the directive adopted in June 1996, the principal objectives of which were the reconciliation of work and family life and the promotion of equal opportunities and treatment in employment between men and women. The directive provided that a minimum of three months should be available to men and women until the child reached a given age up to eight years as defined by...