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Seanad: Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...words, and that they can hurt and damage. Politicians have spoken here about getting tough treatment but all a politician trades on is his or her reputation, and a reputation can be very easily destroyed. When one has to have recourse to the courts to have one's reputation defended under defamation legislation, it can be risky and costly. It is time that we stepped up to the plate and...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...clarify that formerly accredited bodies and adoption societies can be also required to give information under section 4. Admittedly, this may not be of much use if the body has closed down or been destroyed or has destroyed or transferred its records, but it may be worth including in case such bodies still exist but are not currently accredited or they know where records have been stored....

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...me to please persist. It stated they were really scared, that they have an eight year old autistic son with chronic eczema and that they run four baths a day. He has to change his clothes a few times a day as he destroys himself at meal times. They asked me to imagine their water bill. That is just one person's story. That is extreme in terms of having to run four baths a day to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Developments: Discussion with Bavarian Parliament (23 May 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...figures? It is a massive challenge because around 65% of our young people attend third level education. For that body of young people to come into the market without opportunities can be soul destroying. Nevertheless, we believe it is the way we should be going. What is the rate of unemployment among those aged under 30 years in Germany and what are young people doing at third level?...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...we must ensure the most important matter to be considered is the intention in making the intervention. The guiding principle in such interventions must be life saving as opposed to life destroying or life taking in nature. Like many others, I wish to ensure we will not deliver a wording which will, in time, open the door to abortion on demand in this country. I ask the Leader to arrange...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Mar 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ..., but we should consider other measures to ensure greater equity and fairness in society so that people can stay afloat. I compliment the Government on its focus on budget cuts rather than job-destroying tax increases. The Finance Bill confirms that budget 2012 focused on spending measures, not tax. While there are spending cuts to services that every citizen will feel, at least people...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...economics, no woodwork practicals and no certificate examinations. These are children from four to nine years age. What will their future entail? This Government, by applying these criteria, is destroying and educationally maiming these children's lives and it fills me with disgust. The NCSE's criteria is outdated and does not take modern developments or needs into account. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...than through the means-tested route or by seeking assistance from community welfare officers? What is being done is simply not adequate. The roads in front of people's homes have been completely destroyed. I look forward to hearing the Leader's answers to my questions.

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...been placed in that institution for three years for mitching school at the age of 12. He said he was raped, buggered and beaten. Luckily, in his case there was a conviction, but his life has been destroyed. Years later, in my office he cried about the difficulties he has experienced in his health in respect of alcoholism and particularly in forming relationships. Intimacy is very...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...Order and the Sisters of Mercy are no more than is absolutely essential. The other 15 orders now need to speak out. As we know, the Vatican is rich. We must never forget the actions that have destroyed lives and caused death. A memorial to mark abuse and a national day of atonement are good proposals. They would make it all right to talk about abuse and to acknowledge our history of...

Seanad: Water Pollution (14 Oct 2008)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...like the Minister of State to outline his plans and the timeframe for the treatment systems for Oughterard, Clonbur and Claregalway, in particular. As the Minister of State knows, cryptosporidium destroyed public confidence in the public water supply. It was followed by e.coli and now lead contamination. The fall-out from all this means that not only tourism has suffered but also the...