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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: Arising from the decision of An Bord Pleanála that the Slane bypass and extra bridge over the River Boyne should not be built, I ask the Leader to take up with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the prospect of a heavy-vehicle ban in that village. In the neighbourhood of this House, the environment has been greatly improved by the diversion of trucks through the port tunnel and...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: The data on how safe Dublin city now is confirm that. There is also the experience of a smaller HGV ban in Maynooth and I am sure Deputies representing the Kildare North constituency will be able to help the Minister in that regard. There is capacity to the east of Slane on the M1, which is designed to motorway standard, to take heavy goods vehicles and there is a link to Ardee, north of...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister to the House and echo the Leas-Chathaoirleach's condolences to him at this sad time for him and his family. Yesterday there was support in the House for the Minister's efforts on the promissory notes and I hope that reassures him and Governor Honohan. I welcome the 10,000 jobs the Minister mentioned in his speech. It is a sign that we are turning the corner and we did...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is the second time he has been here this week. With the support of the IMF the Minister is tackling a deep-seated problem in the Irish economy, which is that it suffers from too much lobbying and too many cartels. The typical reaction around the Cabinet table is to ask how competition can be prevented rather than promoted. The Competition...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: Like Senators Whelan, Jim D'Arcy and Cullinane I welcome the schools building programme. However, a sour note was expressed on "Morning Ireland" this morning when a spokesman for the Construction Industry Federation said many people would be unhappy to see Northern Ireland builders build these schools. I utterly disagree with that remark. The schools should be built following competitive...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following: "(f) whether the procedure related to disease eradication can be accomplished by a non-registered person; (g) that a procedure that can be performed by a non-registered person with the appropriate skills, training and experience that these procedures be performed by a non-registered person. Procedures that...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: The list is inclusive of but not limited to those acts which are enumerated; it is not meant to be an exclusive list. I thank colleagues for their support and welcome the Minister's response, as always. Putting in place a process of consultation but not taking on board what Parliament wishes is part of the system which has the country where it is. Parliament was repeatedly bypassed, we...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for his response.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, to delete lines 33 to 38. According to the explanatory memorandum, this section deals with the new provision to enable the Veterinary Council of Ireland, with the consent of the Minister, by regulation to make indemnity insurance mandatory for specified types of veterinary practice. The requirement will not, however, apply to practitioners in respect of...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister for asking the same question I asked.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: The Minister has said they generally treat animals for reward. The economic distinction in that regard between veterinarians on the public payroll and those in private practice requires examination. Veterinarians who work for the State are doing it for reward, a very handsome reward if one looks at some of the numbers people such as former Senator T. K. Whitaker pointed to previously.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: Yes, but I am trying to get at their malpractice. I will use my old analogy. If I did something wrong to a student in Trinity College Dublin, the lawyers would undoubtedly say that as an individual lecturer, I was not much of a mark. If they could prove I was acting on behalf of the Provost, that would look a little more promising, while if they could prove I was acting on behalf of the...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: There was one other point arising, which might be of interest. Some people in the meat trade who are very proud of their reputation say that the customer is the best person to police the product. It is a longer-term project. Perhaps the veterinary surgeons employed by the State in the meat factories may not be needed in the future in a meat trade that is proud of and defends its...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I wish to raise the issue of the Fry Model Railway Museum, which previously had been located in Malahide Castle. It was a tourist attraction and during my time as a board member of Bord Fáilte, we voted some money for it. It has been shut down and the plan is to move it to Busáras. I seek clarification from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar. The exhibit was...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: I do not know the reason it left Malahide Castle, as it was an attraction there. The locals definitely seek its retention and according to Monday's edition of the Irish Independent, Fáilte Ireland will make a decision in the coming weeks as to the best location for the exhibit. However, there is a strong view that its best location is where it was. It should not have been moved and it is...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: Like previous speakers, I welcome this debate. In the play "Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer", the character of Tom describes how he heard something which he never heard before when a man said to him, "I made a mistake". Such admissions were not a common occurrence when Tom Crean was with the Royal Navy or during his wonderful exploits in Antarctica. We must begin this debate from the...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: -----and that what was done was crazy. Ireland was actually doing well - we had a lower debt-to-GDP ratio than Germany - before we were hit by the tsunami of the banking crisis, which was down to the faulty design of the euro. That is the crucial point. While Senator van Turnhout was speaking, I came across an article entitled, "Fiscal compact treaty: why I am voting "maybe"", by Professor...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: On the faults in the euro, I have considered a number of contemporary references from the period in which the currency was devised. I admire the wisdom displayed by those countries which remained outside the single currency. Those countries did not leave the European Union and they are doing well in all other respects. We should not become hung up on the single currency. Relations between...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.