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Seanad: Cultural Institutions: Motion (13 May 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...Minister will always have warm support on these benches and we wish her well in her endeavours. I thank her for the work she has done for the centenary celebrations. There is a terrific spirit which has been tapped into and which bodes well for the future. In the university system funding for arts and social science subjects is a fraction of what the expensive subjects cost. In hard...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Sean Barrett: ...them. Let us look at the newspaper headlines: "Irish Water allowances 'are flawed' "; "Water watchdog staff net almost €1m in bonuses"; "Coalition will not survive water debacle"; "Irish Water taps up extra staff"; "Irish Water will cost twice as much as in UK"; "Irish Water has been exempted from paying an annual rates bill of €59m"; "€420k car perk for water...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Sean Barrett: The idea that we were wasting water was spun by the water industry, which implied that lots of little old ladies up and down the country had taps running and so on, and mentioned wastage figures of 52% to 55%. Its own members, the county engineers, were the biggest wasters of all. We know from the Minister's contribution today that the waste within houses was only 6%. Therefore, the figure...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Sean Barrett: ...of sciences in teacher training. Is the H.Dip programme the correct way to train teachers if we want to develop a new interest in sciences? The neglect manifests itself somewhat in the problem of red tape discussed by the Commissioner that she is trying to abolish. When attempting to get through all of the red tap some scientists are tempted to downgrade their teaching work. That would...