Results 3,141-3,160 of 4,937 for speaker:Diarmuid Wilson
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I hope the Senator is not accusing me of being a smuggler. He must withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Thank you.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: It will be a standing charge added to whatever the figure is going to be.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State has been very forthcoming with his answers where the information is available to him. On the question of standing charges, my understanding is that a meter is installed and is paid for over a certain period of time. Water is supplied and any water consumed over and above the free allocation is paid for by the litre. I understand from what the Minister of State said...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Can the Minister of State clarify whether the estimated €750 per annum that a household will be paying-----
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The approximate figure-----
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: -----of €740 per annum that-----
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: We still live in a democracy, in spite of what some people would like. In that context, Senator Gilroy might afford me the opportunity to ask a question and receive clarification from the Minister of State. Senator Sean Barrett, a world-renowned economist whom we are lucky to have in this House, has predicted that the average water bill will be approximately €740 per household per...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I said €740.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Could the Minister restate that?
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: In the North.
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I now call on the Minister of Sate, who has three minutes within which to reply to the debate.
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Okay.
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Just one minute and ten seconds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I support Senator Burke’s call for resolution of that case. It is ludicrous that it should take three months to reconnect a house that is obviously already wired and properly kitted out for connection. I call on the Leader please to try to facilitate that request this morning. I join Senator Norris in calling for the case of the former army officer to be reconsidered by this House....
- Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 15: In page 48, line 31, after “Children” to insert “or the Health Information and Quality Authority”.
- Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 16: In page 48, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(3) The Health Information and Quality Authority shall have an oversight role in the performance of the Agency and its functions as set out in section 8 of this Act.”.This amendment is essentially similar.
- Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I support the proposal.
- Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 8: In page 13, line 35, after "2010," to insert "whether in proceedings before a court or otherwise,".