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Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enhance the level of information which is made available to the consumers of foodstuffs and for that purpose to introduce a series of new requirements for food labelling and signage, to amend the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Next Wednesday, 3 July 2013.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I wish to share three minutes of my time with Senator Crown if that is permitted.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after ''That'' and substitute the following: "the Bill be read a second time on 17 September, 2013, for the following reasons: (i) to request the Constitutional Convention to consider the constitutional role of the Seanad and to allow time for such consideration; (ii) to facilitate a consultation process with the Nominating Bodies and the...

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State. It is good to learn about particular matters and, in that context, the motion on lobbying tabled by the Independent Senators is welcome. I did not realise that I was previously a lobbyist.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Approximately five years ago I was asked to become president of Eurocommerce, which represents both the retail and wholesale trades throughout Europe. Eurocommerce is based in Brussels and at the time I was not quite sure what I was getting myself into. My wife pointed out that I would only be obliged to attend 12 meetings a year and I then discovered that each of the subsidiary...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: This morning, Senator Barrett referred to the price of generic drugs as against branded drugs. I have before me an ESRI report which is rather startling. I realise we have taken action on this and moved to have legislation in place. Therefore, I am somewhat unsure where we should go from here, but it seems that if there is a 90% gap between generic and branded goods in other countries but...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is very welcome. I did not expect to see him today. The saints have the ability of bilocation or multi-location and the Minister seems to be able to do the same thing himself as well. I add my voice of support to Senator Barrett. When I first saw the amendment I did not understand the rationale behind it. I know he is committed to making sure that we have a very strong...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is very welcome. I did not expect to see him today. The saints have the ability of bilocation or multi-location and the Minister seems to be able to do the same thing himself as well. I add my voice of support to Senator Barrett. When I first saw the amendment I did not understand the rationale behind it. I know he is committed to making sure that we have a very strong...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am happy to second the amendment. The Minister of State is very welcome. I hope he accepts the amendment. When the Minister for Finance was in the House, he paid particular attention to the very points which Senator Barrett has made. Senator Barrett listened very carefully to the Minister and has removed the word "anonymity" from the amendment. Certainly, I got the impression that the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second the amendment. It was interesting to read British financial newspapers over the past week and see references to Mark Carney and Canada being saved because of his regulation. We got used to light touch regulation over the past 20 years and it seemed to do a world of good for some aspects of the economy until everything went wrong. I did not realise that Ireland had such a weak...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second Senator Sean D. Barrett's amendment. He has explained its objective clearly and it makes a great deal of sense. I urge the Minister of State to accept it.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am happy to second the amendment. The Minister of State is very welcome. I hope he accepts the amendment. When the Minister for Finance was in the House, he paid particular attention to the very points which Senator Barrett has made. Senator Barrett listened very carefully to the Minister and has removed the word "anonymity" from the amendment. Certainly, I got the impression that the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second the amendment. It was interesting to read British financial newspapers over the past week and see references to Mark Carney and Canada being saved because of his regulation. We got used to light touch regulation over the past 20 years and it seemed to do a world of good for some aspects of the economy until everything went wrong. I did not realise that Ireland had such a weak...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second Senator Sean D. Barrett's amendment. He has explained its objective clearly and it makes a great deal of sense. I urge the Minister of State to accept it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I agree entirely with what Mr. Murphy says. Most people prefer to be in their own home rather than enter a nursing home. I am stunned to hear that 35% more people are in nursing homes in Ireland than in the rest of Europe. Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: What brought that about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: My experience is that people prefer to be at home. We had experience of a family situation in which there was great difficulty in getting carers. Is there great difficulty in getting carers or were they just looking for full-time carers in that particular case? I do not understand what the objectives of the tender system are. Could Mr. Murphy touch on the home care tender system? I did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: What is causing the delay?