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Seanad: Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2015: Second Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Simon Harris.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I agree with Senator Mooney's remarks about the reduction in interest rates and the banks. While I welcome the announcement by AIB yesterday that it intends to reduce its interest rate, I call on the other banks to do the same. I pay tribute not only to my own party and our representatives in this House and the Lower House who have raised this issue continually over recent months but to all...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not think Senator Craughwell proposed an amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: If he did, I will second it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I cannot contain my excitement as a result of the declaration by the Government Chief Whip that the Taoiseach is going to add to the Laurel and Hardyesque performance by the Ministers for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform that we were all subjected to yesterday in the Lower House.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Government may feel it is appropriate to spend a valuable week’s time regurgitating old news over and over again.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Even the most loyal commentators in some of the news and media outlets that support this Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----said it was a farce and that both Ministers could have summed up all they had to say in four minutes, instead of the 57 minutes they spent delivering this so-called spring statement. I look forward to hearing what the Taoiseach has to add to this particular farce this afternoon.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I commend the Government Chief Whip here in the Seanad on his loyalty and dedication in repeating exactly what he said here yesterday in defence of that farce.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I agree with what Senator O’Donovan said about An Garda Síochána. While I would like the Leader to invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to debate the resources available and reforms, etc., the most important thing to debate is that morale is at an all-time low within An Garda Síochána and that gardaí are being subjected not only to physical violence...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is attacking republican parties.

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I can hear the Senator clearly. There must be some difficulty with the microphone.

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome Councillor John Paul Feeley, who is a member of the board of governors of UCD, to the Visitors Gallery.

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: As a Cavanman and half a Tipperaryman, I am not going to comment on that. Maybe the Senator should take a look at the players.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is Mick O'Dwyer on the way back from Louth.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is an outrageous statement.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I seek clarification on the resignation or removal of members of the board. The Bill states a person shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office as a member of Sport Ireland or a committee if he or she is judged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with his or her creditors. Why would either of these circumstances prevent someone from being a member of the...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have the height of respect for the Minister of State but I do not believe it is right that a person who enters into an arrangement with his or her creditors or is declared bankrupt should be deemed ineligible to sit on this particular board or any other board. The Minister of State gave the usual answer that this is a normal provision. Why is it a normal provision? It should not be. It...

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. I commend Senators Rónán Mullen, Gerard P. Craughwell and Feargal Quinn for tabling the motion. As we are all aware, the ongoing debt crisis is continuing to dominate the lives of countless people across Ireland. Unfortunately, the Government's personal insolvency legislation has been a failure to date, with an abysmally slow...

Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Daly without interruption. Senator Coghlan, as a senior Member of this House, should know that he should not interrupt other Senators.