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Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment so ably proposed by my colleague, Senator Regan. Although I am not a legal practitioner, I have strong views on this matter and believe retrospection should be allowed. Senator Regan quoted the words of the learned Mr. Gerard Hogan, SC, on the matter: they are significant and telling and should be heeded by the Government. When we speak of miscarriages of justice, it...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Is it justice?

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It would only be done on the basis of new facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: We would not be in this position if Fine Gael had been in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: For how long has Fianna Fáil been in government?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The faith and trust that people put in this Government have been misused and abused, given what we saw yesterday. We saw a savage attack on young people. It is a budget for emigration, telling young people that they are not wanted in this country. It is an attack on the most vulnerable, including cutting rates to blind people by €8.30. Carer's allowance has been cut. These are the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: We took it off, but that was many years ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It is not acceptable to change the Order of Business in that way. This is one of the problems we have had during recent weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Yes.

Seanad: Report on Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty: Motion (10 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Not unless Members are given an assurance that a debate will be held on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Government caused enough of it.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Bill before us is a tax on the poor, a charter for young people to emigrate and lacks fairness, imposing harsh measures on those who need our support. Looking at a court case yesterday, I ask where are the Government's and the banks' pledges to protect mortgage holders. A couple from Waterford with a special needs son lost their home, even after promising to pay €800 per month. These...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (15 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: -----and then they try to compound it by suggesting they are not including people over 65. The Government is taking it from them by not giving them their Christmas bonus. It is an untruth to say that the Government is not hitting people over 65 as well as all the people I have mentioned. The Government is taking the Christmas bonus from them and hitting those people as well. This is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator's party seems to have something against stags.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I should treat Senator Butler's comments with the contempt they deserve, but they need to be answered. He said the Fine Gael policies had not been costed or were fairytales. The Fine Gael policies advocated last Friday week were clear, had been costed and were about choices as to whether we hit the most vulnerable in the community or else taxed the wealthy. We advocated abolishing the cap...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Tánaiste said that was rubbish.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: They would do well to remember that.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: They will certainly hold the Government accountable at the next election.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: We did not recommend cutting child benefit.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: No. The Minister should read the document.