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Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: Interaction with these families is the means by which we can affirm to young people in difficulty that they have their own importance and worth. Many of those who end up in trouble cannot read, write or communicate properly. These are the young people who never received support in their family homes. It is possible to identify the children and families at risk at primary school level. The...

Fiscal Policy. (11 Mar 2009)

James Bannon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to address this important matter, namely the views of the Minister for Finance on the desirability of all sections of the public service, including the Judiciary, developing policies and plans for cost-saving measures in the current economic climate. The need to bring this matter before the House is driven by the series of knee-jerk reactions...

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation (26 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me raise this issue. Yesterday, I chaired a conference on the issue of female genital mutilation, FGM, at which Ireland, in conjunction with 15 other European countries, launched a national plan. It is significant this was launched on a European-wide basis. The national plan has three specific goals, namely, to prevent the practice of FGM in Ireland,...

Arbitration Bill 2008: Second Stage. (19 Nov 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I welcome this opportunity to express my broad support for the Bill. The Bill is a welcome development to ensure arbitration will continue to grow as an alternative to court proceedings in commercial disputes and to facilitate Dublin and Ireland in becoming an international centre for dispute resolution. A number of proposals in the Bill will improve our existing arbitration law. The...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Sinn Féin is vigorously opposing the Lisbon treaty and will be campaigning across the State for a "No" vote. We are opposing the treaty because it is, from any reasonable assessment, not in Ireland's interests. We are disappointed that there are not more voices in this House courageous enough to admit that fact. We can judge this treaty by asking the following questions. Does it bring a...

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (11 Dec 2007)

Olwyn Enright: I will get to that in a moment. Child benefit has been seen by many as the plank to remove children from poverty, with this being repeated at today's committee meeting by CORI and the Combat Poverty Agency. The policy is repeated in the Government's current national children's strategy and the social partnership document, Towards 2016. By imposing habitual residence on child benefit, the...

Tackling Crime: Statements (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The deliberate shooting of a garda has caused widespread concern. The casual recklessness of last week's murderous attempt on the life of a member of the Garda Síochána is an assault on the democratic institutions of society. The murderous recklessness that led to the deaths of innocent civilians Donna Cleary and Anthony Campbell has caused alarm to many citizens. It is a measure of the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: I start by also paying tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan. His brief is quite a difficult one in the sense that it straddles a number of different Departments — Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Health and Children; and Education and Science. He has focused very well on issues relating to children and has done an excellent job. I was rather surprised to hear that...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Mar 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Labour Party welcomes this Bill and will support it on Second Stage. We will probably table some amendments at the appropriate stage and the Minister of State has indicated he is likely to do the same. I therefore envisage that this Bill will have to go back to the Seanad before it is finally passed. However, we are anxious to see it enacted before the recess and commencement of the...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2007)

Jim Walsh: The plaintiff may have to pay the costs of the defendant. It represents a major gamble and is grossly unfair. Does the Department not see the inequity in this? The plaintiff may be a law-abiding citizen in court for the first time and would inquire of the legal team when an offer is made. The plaintiff is likely to follow the advice of the legal team. As a consequence, the plaintiff may...

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister's performance last night was a shameful, shallow, rowdy, incoherent, arrogant and bombastic farce. As we have to accept he is not a stupid man, we can only be driven to the conclusion — if parliamentary decorum permits us to arrive at the logical conclusion — that his performance last night was deliberately deceitful and calculated to mislead the House, the visitors in the...

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Jim O'Keeffe: The Labour Party has challenged us all this evening. On behalf of the Fine Gael Party, I am prepared to rise to that challenge. Fine Gael believes in the general principle put forward by the Bill, particularly the statutory provision for a civil alternative for those who do not wish or who cannot marry for one reason or another. This is not surprising, in the context that the Fine Gael...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)

Michael Finucane: Of course my party will assist and facilitate the early passage of the Bill into law. On many occasions the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, of which I am a member, has had ComReg before it and ComReg has been subject to a certain amount of criticism. I am rather surprised that the Minister, in the dying days of this Government, is introducing legislation of...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (23 Nov 2006)

John Minihan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Progressive Democrats believe economic policies can be an instrument of social justice, and I have stated as much before. Contrary to suggestions from some quarters, we do not decouple the economy and society. Our central political economic philosophy is the belief a strong and dynamic economy can deliver for all society, particularly those...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Seán Ryan: In supporting these amendments, I believe the long-term care arrangements for older people are unplanned, inadequate, inequitable and underfunded. All older people wish to continue to live in their own homes and, fortunately, the vast majority succeed in doing so. They mainly live healthy and active lives, with some support from general practitioners, community care services, their families...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I will concentrate on the topic of anti-social behaviour orders. The Labour Party supports their introduction and that of good behaviour contracts. The idea is modelled on legislation in place in the UK for a number of years. As far as I know, the anti-social behaviour order was first introduced there in 1998. The UK system includes anti-social behaviour contracts, which are similar to good...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ——rather they are issues that require considerable deliberation. Even to produce legislation which deals with the immediate need to address the shortcomings that exist in our law as a result of the Supreme Court judgment requires a great deal of consideration. I assure Senators that the Government met on numerous occasions and required advice from the Attorney General on quite a range of...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I want to say a few words about the extraordinary speech given by Deputy Fiona O'Malley which must qualify as the most brass-necked of the year. She regards it as somehow old-fashioned not to leap towards the abolition of the groceries order or to take a number of important and innovative steps which have aroused the intellects of the Progressive Democrats. The party she represents is...

Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Liz McManus: The Irish Medicines Board is an important and powerful body within the health service and will increasingly become so as medicines become more available, effective and inevitably more expensive. The issue of patient safety is obviously central to the debate and to any changes we are making in the law. It is worth noting the level of consumption of medications in Ireland is not inordinately...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage. (6 Dec 2005)

Billy Timmins: The purpose of the Good Samaritan Bill 2005 is to protect from liability those who go to the assistance of others who may be ill or injured as a result of an accident or other emergency. This legislation will ensure that those who intervene to give help to others, and who offer this assistance in good faith, cannot be penalised or held liable as a result of their intervention. Health care...