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Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)

Caít Keane: ...has been in place in Sweden, Finland and Austria for a few years and evaluations of it in Finland indicated that it has reduced youth unemployment and inactivity. Many Senators have spoken about how soul-destroying inactivity is for youth. It is estimated in Sweden that 46% of participants in the youth guarantee scheme have benefited from the scheme. The Swedish and Finnish schemes were...

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Caít Keane: ...I hope it is the last. None the less, we should be prepared for a recurrence and install coastal protections. In January 1839, a major winter storm hit Ireland, and homes, shops and farms were destroyed, a quarter of the houses in Dublin were damaged, and 42 ships were wrecked. It was a long time ago but weather patterns that result in extreme weather are becoming more of a problem in...

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Caít Keane: ...repair the damage are being submitted from all parts of the country. The sum involved is €250 million over a five year period. I know that one wall beside the Connemara Golf Club is down. It existed for years but has been destroyed. I have also seen houses flooded this time that were not flooded since the 1800s. Flood defences are another issue to examine. The Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (12 Nov 2013)

Caít Keane: ...unique in Europe, we are obviously not selling it enough. To use Dr. Lysaght's words, there is sustainable exploitation. We cannot afford to leave assets sit idly by, but neither we can afford to destroy natural assets. It is easy enough to replace man-made assets, but nature is difficult and it takes billions of years to replace. The most probable exploitation is that of wind at sea....

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: ...brackets. I will give a definition of what brackets mean to those who have not read the Bill correctly. Brackets are punctuation to interject text within the main text and can be omitted without destroying or altering, in any way, the meaning of the main text. The main text of the Title is the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill. The Constitution is the book of the people,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2013)

Caít Keane: ...the same thing over again. With the transfer of certain copper from waste to being a heavy commodity and valuable item, we know it is being stolen, with the likes of monuments on motorways being destroyed. Could we look at enforcement and what we must do to make the enforcement of rules stronger? Should we have a report or invite in somebody to make a presentation on where we are...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: ...and how it is a valuable asset not only in sport but in every sphere. It is a lesson well learned and well taken. There must be something in the Coghlan gene but we are about to throw away and destroy 1,000 samples in the national archive of the heel prick test taken from every baby born in every hospital. Iceland, Norway and Sweden preserve these samples for 1,000 years. Why do they do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Caít Keane: I asked about the fluoridation of water. F-gases were mentioned, the only man-made gases over which we have control and which can only be destroyed by sunlight. When the strategy is being set for various countries, will this be taken into consideration? This issue will also be discussed at next Tuesday's meeting. Will it be possible for us to discuss it at some stage? Councillor...