Results 181-200 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 February 2013.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I welcome the Minister. This is an important Bill. We can see that Science Foundation Ireland has been very successful over the past ten years. Now is the time to establish new structures better suited to a new era and to new developments in science and research. This Bill will give Science Foundation Ireland the power to fund applied research and to promote and support awareness and...

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: His time is up.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: That was a great answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I thank Mr. Lambrinidis for his contribution. He mentioned the Council of Europe and the neighbourhood policy. His Greek origin would make him appreciative of the valuable role the Council of Europe can play, because 47 states are involved in it. In my contributions to the council, I have noticed that the states that are outside the European Union take their membership of the council very...

Seanad: Private Rented Sector: Statements (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I am glad of the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I would like to raise an issue others wanted to raise in regard to the statement on buy-to-let investors. Some of the 600,000 homes rented are supported with rent support payments. The recent statement by the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland encouraging banks to foreclose on buy-to-let mortgages is one we should take very...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: It is.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I congratulate former Senator Martin McAleese on producing his 1,000 page report yesterday. It is important that we all read it. I hope, having read it, we will all have an opportunity at the appropriate time to make meaningful and thoughtful contributions on it. It is important that the women who helped the former Senator to compile the report be acknowledged, as it cannot have been easy...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I repeat that it is not as easy to get a visa to enter the United Kingdom, with which we have certain ties, as it is to get a visa to enter other European countries. As I said, that can be a hindrance for us.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I am glad to have the opportunity to raise the issue of visas for Chinese visitors to this country, whether for business or tourism. This issue was raised in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade last week when the CEO of Asia Matters made a presentation to the committee on the potential for tourism and trade in Asia, and China in particular, in areas such as financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion with Asia Matters (30 Jan 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I regret I was not here for Mr. Murray's presentation because I was speaking in the Seanad. I met recently with Professor Hong in UCC and our discussion covered many of the issues that have been raised here, particularly the visa question. It gives one a sense of how difficult it is to negotiate with China or get a foothold there because there is such a cultural difference and it is vast....

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I recall this matter being debated in 1997 when I was first elected to the Lower House. There have always been concerns about fluoridation. The then Minister, Deputy Martin, set up the forum on fluoridation in 2000. This resulted in the establishment of an expert body to advise the Minister on all aspects of fluoride and its delivery methods as an established health technology. Several...

Seanad: Water Fluoridation: Motion (30 Jan 2013)

Deirdre Clune: It is not banned.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I wish to raise the matter of the Minister's plans for fee-paying schools and their place in the future provision of education. Some 26,000 pupils are being educated in 55 fee-paying schools in the country. It was announced in the budget that the pupil-teacher ratio would be increased to 23:1 in fee-paying schools from next September. This follows on from last year's increase in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge the support to the Protestant schools. The joint committee has had discussions with those schools. I refer also to Catholic fee-paying schools who need to be considered because parents chose to send their children to those schools for that specific type of religious education.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I wish to raise the matter of the Minister's plans for fee-paying schools and their place in the future provision of education. Some 26,000 pupils are being educated in 55 fee-paying schools in the country. It was announced in the budget that the pupil-teacher ratio would be increased to 23:1 in fee-paying schools from next September. This follows on from last year's increase in the...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage: Fee-Paying Schools (20 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge the support to the Protestant schools. The joint committee has had discussions with those schools. I refer also to Catholic fee-paying schools who need to be considered because parents chose to send their children to those schools for that specific type of religious education.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I wish to share my time with Senator Noone.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Deirdre Clune: The property tax was well flagged and we knew it would be introduced. It is part of our obligation under the EU-IMF programme.