Results 141-160 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: Gender-Based Violence: Motion (26 Oct 2011)

Caít Keane: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this motion. Every Member of this House would condemn the practice of infanticide or gendercide. Terminology is important when it comes to this issue. I would have felt more able to support the motion if it had used the term "gender-based selection". The word "gendercide" is most often used but is open to selective interpretation. As...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Caít Keane: I join in the calls to invite the Minister for Education and Skills to the House for a debate on the education system. Will the Leader ensure the issue of multiple intelligences is to the fore of the agenda for that debate? I have heard calls in the House for compulsion in respect of science, mathematics, foreign languages and other subjects. The theory of multiple intelligences, on which...

Seanad: Reform of Junior Certificate: Statements (8 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: On the different methodologies of teaching, has Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences been considered? We spoke a lot about what is available for assessment and teaching but the methodology of teaching, the different ways of learning, the wide range of cognitive abilities and the human potential people have need to be considered. Has the Minister considered retraining some...

Seanad: Community and Voluntary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister on this important debate on the community and voluntary sector. As we are aware the community and voluntary sector is the backbone of most of our community, and where would we be without it. I am sure it was music to the Minister's ears to hear the praise he got from Senator Ó Murchú when he said the Government is pressing all the right buttons. I could sit down...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: While I agree with all that has been said about the banks I wish to raise a health issue, that is, to reduce human exposure to lead. We all know about lead in drinking water and how, in the 1950s, when it was first brought to attention that regulations were introduced providing that the lead content should not exceed 25 mg per litre. It is assumed that people get 50% of the lead they...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Women do and I am standing here to say this is a public health concern. It is a matter of huge concern. We have had lead banned in paints, lead banned in plumbing and pipes in the 1970s-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: People will ask what I am on about if I do not explain where I am coming from. In the 1980s lead was banned from petrol. Women still wear make-up and to this day nothing has been done in Europe, except in Germany where it was regulated. I ask that the Minister come into the House and say that he recommends that we follow the Germans who have set a limit of 20 mg for lead and 5 mg for...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I am calling for a debate or whatever it takes. We need not debate the issue if the Minister can say he will look it and reduce the lead levels and follow Germany.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I welcome the amendment to the Bill and I also welcome to the House the members of the Humanist Association of Ireland. It is most important that we are an inclusive society and that we accommodate difference, particularly with regard to marriage, because an inclusive, pluralist society makes us all better people, as we can all look into ourselves and see what we see in other people. I can...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: That is important because no matter what Minister has the power, it is important to allow for the criteria to be changed at a certain time because of a change in the social aspects or something else. It it important to have a revocation, delisting or deregistering. I welcome the Bill, which is timely and I congratulate Senator Bacik on bringing it forward.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Irresponsibility.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the stand he has taken on introducing this legislation which is proactive in preventing environmental pollution. I do not know what planet Senator Ó Domhnaill is living on because he has basically stuck his head in the sand and buried it deep so that nobody can see. The Senator is willing to allow pollution of the environment, of...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The Senator believes that you close your eyes and it will go away. That is what has been done and the clock is ticking. This Bill will amend the Water Services Act 2007. It proposed the establishment and implementation of a registration and inspection process. We had to be brought by the European Court of Justice and regulations and directives to do this. As the Minister said and it is...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: This is what has Ireland where it is. Regulations are made to be implemented. There is no point in saying that the regulations are there but we will not take a blind bit of heed of them. That is no way to run a county. People are where they are because they have closed their eyes and think it will go away.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The legislation will provide for a proportionate and risk-based approach to inspections. On reading the documentation I know that in the first instance inspections will be concentrated on sensitive areas with high risk to the environment and public health. I understand the factors to be considered in assessing the risks posed by septic tanks include the density of the waste water treatment...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: Put more cost on the system. That is what the Fianna Fáil Party is proposing. Inefficient septic tanks pollute surrounding soil and may release climate change gases such as methane into the atmosphere. The reduction of these gases is necessary. Waste water discharge feeding into surface waters can pollute drinking water sources. Nobody mentioned the drinking water for livestock. The...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The cost of registering a septic tank in Scotland is £104 by post, or £77 for online registration.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The Minister may consider a reduction for online registration to make it more efficient.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Caít Keane: The Senator is eating into my time.