Results 2,501-2,520 of 4,908 for speaker:Diarmuid Wilson
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Before I call on the next speaker, I welcome councillor Padraig Fleming and his guests from County Laois, who are in the Visitors Gallery.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: You will not. The Senator should stick to the time.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Craughwell, without interruption.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Thank you, Senator. I am a very understanding person, as the next speaker, Senator Keane will attest, and she will have six minutes.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I have the list in front of me.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is a matter for-----
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: It will be winter if the Senator does not get on with it.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: No, I did not shout at the Senator. I would not do so.
- Seanad: Spring Economic Statement: Statements (6 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: To clarify, I would never shout at the Senator. She will appreciate that I follow the list in front of me. If some other list went astray, it had nothing to do with me. Perhaps the Senator might take up the issue at the next group meeting with the Whip.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Is the Senator blaming the Leader for it?
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State is aware we raised our concerns about this issue on Committee Stage. Until quite recently, when a citizen of the State took an action to the Supreme Court, it was not possible for a citizen to stand for election to the either House of the Oireachtas, the Presidency or the European Parliament if he or she was adjudged a bankrupt. If a person holding any of these...
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: On a point of order, no amendment has been tabled on the issue I raised it because the Minister of State agreed on foot the intervention of the Leader that the Bill would not proceed to Report Stage until clarification was sought from the Attorney General. There was no need to table amendments.
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: In fairness, I am raising it now.
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: That does not make it right.
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: That does not mean it is constitutional or right.
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Early Child Care: Statements (13 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: This is the Upper House. Senators do not have an ambition to become Members of the Lower House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I join in the tributes to the late Derek Davis and extend our sympathies to his wife, Una, and his family. My first recollection of him was as a newsreader in RTE. He always signed off on the night with a funny joke or comment. I was struck by a recent interview in which he outlined his trouble with obesity. He had to go to the extent of having an operation to try to lose weight. ...
- Seanad: Customs Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 May 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, to the House.