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Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Is amendment No. 20 being pressed?

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Road Network (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I remind both sides that there is a time limit on contributions.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator needs to be careful.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I do not want the Member to abuse parliamentary privilege in this House to impugn anyone.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The wording used by the Senator makes it easy to identify them.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am putting the Senator on notice that he should not abuse the privilege afforded by the House.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I think the Senator is trying to.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should be careful. I am in a difficult position.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Sometimes by narrowing it down to certain individuals, one does not have to mention names. The Senator should be careful because I do not want to have the House impugned.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Commission of Inquiry (20 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should be conscious that the Minister of State is not the Minister responsible when posing questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have a brief question for the Commissioner on what he stated is probably one of the biggest problems facing him as Commissioner and leader of the Garda force, the importation of drugs. Not that he will need reminding of the substantial shipment in Dunlough Bay in west Cork in recent years which, thankfully, was intercepted and the subsequent significant consignment of drugs brought into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This is of serious concern to me as someone representing a rural area. To illustrate the concern communities feel, four members of the public are in the Gallery. They will not speak or contribute but they will listen to what is being said. One of them got up at 2.30 this morning in Goleen to travel to Cork to get an early train to Dublin. They are community activists in places such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The public relations battle by the Garda - I have great respect for the force and some people very close to me are members of it - as far as rural Ireland is concerned is being lost. Whether that can be attributed to the Garda, at Commissioner level, or to the Minister, at political level, maybe the Minister should take greater cognisance of what is happening. That is the feeling I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am very sceptical. The Commissioner should not take it personally.

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I compliment the Minister of State on negotiating this Bill through the Houses. On this side, there is full support for the measures in the Bill. I acknowledge, as others have done, the tremendous work Civil Defence personnel, apart from the board, have done over the years. Like Senator Mullins in regard to east Galway, I am acutely aware that, during the tremendous flooding in places like...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am glad that a very understanding and sympathetic Minister of State is taking this matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When I raised the issue of flooding in west County Cork about six or eight weeks ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, gave me a commitment to give me an updated report regarding what is happening with Bandon, Clonakilty and Skibbereen. Tremendous work was carried out in Bandon, which was flooded in November 2009 to the extent that in some cases properties were flooded to a depth...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I appreciate what the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, stated and will take it on board. Despite his response, and while I accept he is not the line Minister dealing with this issue, I am concerned that the delays on these issues are of grave concern to the communities in these areas. Flooding creeps up in the night. It affects people, with water damage to their homes and businesses. It...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: On a point of clarification, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, has stated I have been in politics longer than him. That is probably true, but I am not as prominent.