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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator and members of his party know their use is wrong, and I ask them at this 11th hour to take them down, as they are misleading people into thinking there will be a substantial saving if we get rid of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask Senator Coghlan to give a commitment this morning that he will go to the director of elections for Fine Gael and insist that the posters are taken down. He should do it on behalf of his own colleagues and every Member in this House. The Irish people are being asked to vandalise the Constitution of the State on Friday week, so I make that request of the Senator as he is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I would welcome a response but it would be unusual to get it from that side of the House when the Leader is not here. Yesterday the Governor of the Central Bank was before a finance committee, and he basically admitted that he must cave into the wishes of banks. It was sad to hear that. I was also sad to hear that he will not investigate any further the tapes that comprise live evidence of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator should be Taoiseach.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: We cannot have commercials.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Senator, but we have to show compassion to other speakers.

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call Senator Hildegarde Naughton. Is this the Senator's first speech?

Seanad: Pathways to Work Strategy: Statements (25 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I wish her well in the remaining two and a half years of this Seanad and, I hope, during the term of the next Seanad, if she is lucky enough to be elected to it.

Seanad: Message from Joint Committee (25 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Fourth Programme of Law Reform prepared by the Law Reform Commission.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: While that is unfortunate, it is no coincidence.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is a pity they did not take into account the number of days people are in this House attending to the democratic duties for which they were elected to attend. On one occasion colleagues entered pairing arrangements due to parliamentary business and missed a day on which there were 12 votes. It appears they missed a substantial number of votes but in fact, they missed only one day. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senators Sean D. Barrett and David Norris in welcoming the appointment of the first female bishop of the Anglican Church and look forward to it being the start of many more appointments of women in many other churches, including the one to which I belong. It is no surprise to me that the Taoiseach has refused to debate with the leader of my party. It is very difficult to defend lies...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am sorry, but it is hard to defend the fact that the Taoiseach leads a party that is putting untruthful slogans on posters the length and breadth of the Twenty-six Counties in an attempt to link this House with saving money. It is a disgrace. It has been proved that the amount of money that it is alleged would be being saved is incorrect. The amount would be less than one quarter of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Taoiseach is forcing his colleagues in the Lower House to do the same, which is a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do. As Whip of the Fianna Fáil Party in the Seanad and a representative of that group, I was very disappointed by the very prejudicial article on the Seanad as a body which appeared in a national newspaper yesterday. It did not take account of the long-standing pairing arrangement in this House which facilitates colleagues in attending to parliamentary duties outside the Chamber....

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, and welcome him back to the House again.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I, too, welcome the Minister of State, Deputy White, back to the House. I am always pleased to see a former colleague in the House in his rightful place as a Minister of State representing the Government and I hope to see it recurring for many years to come. However, I wonder where his senior colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, is today. Surely he could have taken a day's...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator without interruption please.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator Norris's amendment to the Order of Business. I wish to pay tribute to the acting leader of our group, Senator White, not only in respect of her contribution on the Order of Business but for the work she has done with regard to the policy document she and our party leader, Deputy Martin, will be launching this afternoon. I wish all Senators and the staff a happy holiday...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----the lives of vulnerable women by failing to pass on information regarding the Marie Stopes clinic.