Results 2,261-2,280 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Yes.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I referred to this issue on Committee Stage. It is ludicrous to seek a two thirds majority when a simple majority is required currently. This provision will give a small rump on a council significant authority and this should not be allowed. A small number of people could block or promote a development. A simple majority is more than sufficient. It has served us well up to now and I...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment. I do not believe there is sufficient clarity in respect of this aspect of the Bill. I look forward to the Minister of State's reply. He indicated on Committee Stage that he would return to us on this matter.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second amendment No. 28. It is ludicrous to suggest that the workload of An Bord Pleanála demands that there be a quorum of two in these instances. I have not heard of a quorum of two for playing tiddlywinks. This proposal is an absolute disgrace and could lead to deadlock in many cases unless there is collusion between the two people to agree. It is a dreadful situation to propose...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I concur with my colleague's remarks, especially in regard to the Parliamentary Counsel and the Attorney General. I accept the Minister of State's bona fides but if he is seeking opinions from them, Report Stage should have been delayed until the advice had been provided. He has stated inspectors' decisions have been accepted on many occasions but, in some cases, their decisions have been...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: We accept the Minister of State's bona fides.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (3 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I certainly support the suggestion of Senator O'Malley in that regard. It would show some mark of respect to the people who have taken their lives as a result of the child abuse we have learned about, not alone at the hands of the priests in the Archdiocese of Dublin, and also remind us of all the other aspects of child abuse of which we have learned in other reports such as the Ferns and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: It is a long time coming.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: A long time coming.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator's party made a bags of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: It crippled the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Will the Leader not give the House a debate on the budget?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Will the Leader do it tomorrow?
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: That is the way the Leader treats the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Is it to take place this Thursday?