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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: The online voting system is a bit like the kidney donor system - it should be a question of opting out rather than opting in. That should be a way to look at and focus on our system of voting. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. Sin é an méid atá le rá agam.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: By using a passport.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Tá fíor fáilte romhat.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I wish all the negotiators well at 5.30 p.m. this evening, when the Greek Prime Minister will present new proposals, not the old proposals - they are off the table. Obviously, responsibilities come with everything - I imagine everyone will agree. One thing I would say to Yanis Varoufakis, looking at his motorbike and his wife on the back of it today, without a helmet, is that it is reckless...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: A picture speaks------

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It is absolutely not. A person leads by example in everything he does.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: A picture speaks a thousand words.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I should be blaming the wife. He should carry a helmet for his wife in his boot.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: May I speak, A Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I have. It is what I got up to speak about.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It is a report from the University of Cambridge out today by Dr. Linda O'Keeffe on alcohol and pregnant women - because men do not get pregnant - drinking alcohol during pregnancy. The figure is 90%. I could not believe it. Fully 90% of women drink alcohol before pregnancy and during pregnancy 82% drink. There is a mismatch between the guidelines. The guidelines on the Department of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Ireland has the highest-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Those are the figures for Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I am looking for a debate on the issue. The research shows that there is a variance. This is the case in the last two studies I looked at as well. They were not that high. They were alarmingly high, but not that high. Among Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia and England, Ireland came out tops, shamefully. Those were the numbers for Ireland. I am looking for a debate, but I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It is a question of responsibility and irresponsibility. A woman has put a plea out as well. She is a woman who had a one night stand in Coppers in 2003. She is looking for the father of her child. I would like to help her find that man. His name is Sean - the same name as my husband - but he is not from Ardagh.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Hold on a minute. Fully 87%-----

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I want to include it in the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: Fully 87% of lone parents are mothers and we have to find the fathers. That is what I want to include in the debate as well.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: I wish to speak about the removal of regulation No. 3 on the status of Montessori teachers, which issued in 2009. The Teaching Council has been conducting a review of this matter, which Senator Healy Eames raised yesterday. Why is the regulation no longer considered acceptable? I have BA and MA qualifications but I am most proud of my qualification in Montessori education because it gave...

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: It also covered Montessori teaching.