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| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re appointments to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Second Stage, to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and conclude not later ... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [140] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I raise the issue of sentencing policy and the increased use of firearms in this city. On Tuesday at 4.30 p.m., in broad daylight, armed raiders entered a McDonalds in Crumlin village and terrorised both staff and customers. This is a quiet residential area where firearms would... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [140] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I refer to the ongoing debacle in the auction of the Pádraig Pearse surrender letter which is of immense importance to the State. I attended a protest last night. What I cannot understand is the Government is, at huge expense to the taxpayer, appealing the decision of the High ... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [140] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I do not.[Norris, David] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [141] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I assume that is the case. The Government has a choice. It can spend a fortune in appealing a High Court decision against the families of the 1916 Rising leaders, but it cannot purchase the letter. I will let people make their decision about the logic behind that decision.[Mac... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [141] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] In times of darkness it was great to see a positive light being shone on Europe recently, with the election of the Austrian President, Alexander 'Sascha' Van der Bellen. On behalf of all of my Green colleagues across Europe, I welcome this great election. I hope other countries... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [141] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I ask the Leader to amend the Order of Business to introduce a new Bill which I drafted with my Labour Party colleagues, the Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Scheme) (Amendment) Bill 2016. I know that my colleague, Senator David Norris, will be seconding... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [141] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I take it the Senator is proposing is that No. 12 be taken before No. 1.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] Yes, that is what I should have said. I thank the Leader if he is willing to exceed to that request.
I would like to have a debate on judicial appointments in the light of the comments made by the chairperson of Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, Mr. Peter Ward, about the Minist... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] We all join the Senator in doing so.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I also congratulate T. K. Whitaker on his 100th birthday. He was the architect of modern Ireland. He got rid of the protectionist policies and effectively opened up free trade. He was Secretary General of the Department of Finance having joined the Civil Service in 1934. In 2... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I have received correspondence about the Irish Coast Guard and the lack of legislation covering it. As a medic working on the west coast, I regularly liaise closely with the Irish Coast Guard and experience first-hand its members' bravery and commitment to serving the public whi... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] "Is it little more than a fiction that Parliament and Government are sovereign? [...] Are Governments nowadays to be compared to the totally deaf Beethoven in his later years, just being allowed to go through the motions of conducting the orchestra while the real control is being... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [142] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] In the last Seanad the Seanad Public Consultation Committee produced a comparative report on cancer and the damage caused by alcohol. It was very successful. I can empathise with the Senator’s point of view while being impartial as Cathaoirleach.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [143] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I second Senator Ivana Bacik’s amendment to the Order of Business. It is a matter we have all been pursuing. I instanced it first during the passage of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2010 because it was an anomaly then affecting the... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [143] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I call the Leader to respond.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [143] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] That was a short Order of Business.[Norris, David] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [144] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] We kept the best wine to last.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [144] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] I thank the eight Senators who contributed on the Order of Business. I join those who have acknowledged that today is the centenary of the birth of T. K. Whitaker. I wish him a happy 100th birthday. It is important to acknowledge and pay tribute to him as a former Member of th... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [144] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] If Mr. Whitaker keeps going as he is - I wish him the best because I had the privilege to meet him once or twice - he may also become the Irishman of this century.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [144] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] True. That is a fair point. It is important - this is something we do not do enough in this country - to pay tribute and recognise greatness, no matter who the person is. T. K. Whitaker is certainly a person we all looked up to when we were growing up. He was the architect of... | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [144] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] He is an old friend. Even though he is very ill and 93 years old, he contacted me because he wanted to write a note of congratulations. That is what first alerted me to the fact that today is T. K. Whitaker's 100th birthday.[Norris, David] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [145] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] Okay; I missed that.
That is probably the quickest reply the Cathaoirleach will get to contributions made on the Order of Business.[Buttimer, Jerry] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [145] | |
| | 08/12/2016 | [Order of Business] Senator Ivana Bacik has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 12 be taken before No. 1." The Leader has indicated that he is prepared to accept the amendment. Is it agreed to? Agreed.[An Cathaoirleach] | Vol-249 Book-3 Page [145] | |
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