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Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 86a: In page 89, between lines 42 and 43 to insert the following: "(f) is a shareholder, director or is otherwise commercially involved in another broadcasting company.".

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I note what the Minister of State said. The matter may be already dealt with, as the Minister of State said, but it would do no harm to express it more clearly in the Bill.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the important issue of the national drugs strategy. I do not support the motion but I will support the amendment tabled by the Fine Gael Party because it best reflects the current crisis we are in. Chronic underfunding has been a feature of this area. It is one thing to have a strategy but one needs to look at the reality to date with the...

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true. The Senator is misrepresenting my party's position.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: It is a misrepresentation.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Senator Walsh is trotting out lies and he knows it. The debate is over.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Thank God the majority of the people have some people in this House to represent them on that issue.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, if that is possible.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: A Government Senator asked to which side Sinn Féin is now aligned. I am glad to say that Sinn Féin is aligned to the majority of people who came out on Thursday to cast their votes and to the people of France and Holland. The overwhelming majority of people across the European Union, as shown in opinion polls, would have voted in the same way. The people have spoken. The Lisbon treaty...

Seanad: Lisbon Reform Treaty Report: Statements (5 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Seanadóir White as ucht a chuid ama a roinnt liom. I thank Senator White for providing me with time to speak on this issue. I wish to refer to workers' rights, even though I addressed it last night. The Charter of Fundamental Rights contains no new rights that are not already contained in the Constitution or in international...

Seanad: Charter of Fundamental Rights: Statements (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ní bheidh orm mo chuid ama uilig a ghlacadh. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Rialtas, a chur na ráitis seo ar an gclár inniu. Is deas an rud é deis a bheith agam mo chuid tuaraimí a nochtú sa Seanad ar an gcairt seo, atá mar pháirt de chonradh Liospóin. I am glad to address the Charter of Fundamental Rights that is attached to the Lisbon treaty. I have been listening...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Mullen. Molaim na leasuithe atá cláraithe aige. Tá sé ag iarraidh déanamh cinnte de go gcuirfí níos mó cláracha teilifíse agus raidió ar fáil don phobal níos sine. Más féidir linn reachtaíocht a thabhairt isteach ag rá go gcaithfidh 20% de chláracha déileáil le nuacht, srl., tig linn an rud céanna a...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liomsa tacaíocht a thabhairt do na leasuithe atá molta anseo, Uimh. 13, 14 agus 15. Ar an drochuair, níl an tAire ag glacadh le leasú Uimh. 13. Ba mhaith liom go háirithe labhairt faoi mholadh atá déanta ag an Seanadóir Ó Raghallaigh i leasú Uimh. 14 ar section 25. Sílim go bhfuil tábhacht faoi leith ag baint leis seo agus mar a dúradh roimhe anseo, caithfimid...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I ask that the Leader organise for the Minister for Education and Science to come to the House. I agree with previous speakers on this issue. There is a crisis in education and people need to realise this. It is not just in the area of school buildings but also in class sizes and in the broken promises made by the Government prior to the election. Our children are being left to suffer....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Gabh mo leithscéal. Will the Leader seek clarification that the commitment given by the Taoiseach is one he can fulfil? The veto will not exist if the Lisbon treaty is ratified, and the Taoiseach knows that. That is why this hand-wringing exercise has been going on for months. We had a debate on the World Trade Organisation and supposedly tried to clarify this issue, but when the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I am asking the Leader to facilitate this. In fairness, a Chathaoirligh, you have allowed people on the "Yes" side to contribute. I am asking the Leader——

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Leader clarify this situation? He should ask the Minister of State, who took questions in the House, to respond to my written question as to where in the text of the Lisbon treaty it states that the veto on international trade can be used after the treaty is passed. Comments have been made about the "No" side in this campaign. I am proud of every single person, including Fine Gael...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: We need to stop these lies from the Fine Gael side.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: It is true. Just a couple of days later, Fine Gael Senators agreed that their MEPs had voted for the Bersani report.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Did they vote for the Bersani report?