Results 221-240 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Caít Keane: The delegates are very welcome. It is important to emphasise that music is a business as well as being culture and education. Reference was made to the more than 11,000 people involved in the industry and the capacity for further employment. Putting it on what one could call a more regularised footing would be advantageous. When one speaks about Irish music, perhaps the correct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Caít Keane: I believe they have a different organisation to represent them. IMRO is a voluntary organisation, but it is licensed for copyright music, as well as the other organisation. Is there a transfer of people between the organisations because one starts off as an individual performer without a recording label? Do artists stay with IMRO or do they leave if they get a recording contract? There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Socio-Economic Contributions of Music in Ireland: Irish Music Rights Organisation (6 Oct 2015)

Caít Keane: It think that was it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I support Senator Mary White in her call for a debate on inheritance tax. She is probably onto a winner. In June I read that the Minister or his advisers stated he was considering something. I hope there will be a positive response. He stated something about widening the bands. It was the case a child could inherit more than €500,000 and the rest was taxed at 22% whereas now the...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: Members do not often have the opportunity to engage with the Minister, Deputy Howlin, although he comes into the House on occasion. When I saw he was in the Chamber, I decided to come in and speak on this important subject. The Government has made and is making a priority of homelessness and housing, which is its main focus at present and hopefully the outcomes will be successful. I look...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the capital plan for 2016 to 2021 that was announced today. It is advance planning over five years. Some €46 million was allocated for Garda vehicles and €205 million for Garda technology. In this country, we still display paper tax, insurance and NCT discs on our cars. That was all right when we did not have the major technology or the facility to photocopy and...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I am looking for a debate, but I am looking for more than a debate as well. I am looking for this to go to the Committee on Transport-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: Okay. I welcome that today and note-----

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh.

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: Níl aon Seanadóir eile anseo le labhairt. Tá cúpla nóiméad anois ag an Aire Stáit chun críche a chur leis seo.

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I thank the Leader for having this debate today. We all acknowledge that the struggles faced by the people of Northern Ireland during the Troubles were a real injustice. It was forced on them by the divisions of history and the low bar set by that history for how neighbour should treat neighbour. The way people in the North were treated by paramilitaries during those years must be...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I cannot engage in a debate without mentioning Sinn Féin's treatment of individuals such as Maria Cahill and the way that was handled.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I will.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Caít Keane: I will conclude by acknowledging Senator Jimmy Harte and the role that his family and Paddy Harte have played. As the Minister said, they put their families at risk, and I acknowledge their role in the peace garden in Flanders and what they have done to promote peace. In acknowledgement of Senator Harte's great work in the Senate we should work towards ensuring that the Assembly gets back...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: The Government offers grants under a variety of schemes. In the case of energy conservation, for example, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland gives incentives to householders who insulate their attic to prevent heat escaping. If householders want to conserve water, the Government will give them a grant to encourage them in that regard. Perhaps we should charge some Senators for a...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: The Senator is opposed to people having to pay €100, but every household in the country with its own supply has been paying for water for years. I am absolutely surprised at the opposition of Senators, some of whom are ex-teachers, to these proposals. One of the main focuses of primary school education should be the importance of conservation and ensuring we preserve our environment...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: No, the Government is trying to put a stop to what has been going on for many years. It is about raising awareness and educating people, something which should have been done years ago.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Does Senator Craughwell want me to tell him again?