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Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, form a composite proposal and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: We are waiting for him to return to us.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Senator. She was right on the button - exactly eight minutes. Senator Bacik has eight minutes and an excellent example to follow.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, and apologise on behalf of my colleague, Senator Ó Murchú, who cannot be here to take Committee Stage. I fully agree with the amendment that Senator Ó Clochartaigh and his colleagues have put forward in regard to the appointment of the chairperson. I am not insinuating for one moment that the Minister would interfere...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have no doubt she will be moving on to a more senior position in any further Cabinet, so it could be a different person in whom we may not have the same type of confidence not to interfere. The fact that individuals are on this board suggests to me they have the expertise to be members of the board. Therefore, I think it would be a vote of confidence in those people if they were to elect...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister made reference to the fact that potential candidates for the board passed through an independent panel. Will she provide details on the members of that panel? She said that the chairperson must have the trust and confidence of the Minister. Does this mean the Minister does not have trust and confidence in the other members that have not been appointed chairman? As Senator...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: To be fair to the Minister, she was hung out to dry by the Taoiseach on that concern. She was only in office for a very short time.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister cannot say it, but that is what happened. The Taoiseach hung her out to dry when she was only a day or two in the job.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Not for the first time, I find myself in almost total agreement with Senator David Norris. It seems ridiculous that if a Member of this or the Lower House is qualified to sit on the board, that he or she is prevented from doing so. The one stipulation I would make is that Members of the Oireachtas who are board members should not receive expenses because they are paid as Members of this or...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: They are not excluded and should not be because it is unconstitutional to exclude them from board membership. I urge the Minister to reconsider her decision to exclude eminently qualified Members of this or the Lower House from board membership of the National Concert Hall.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I reiterate that I compliment the Minister for not preventing county councillors and members of local authorities from being members of the board.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I reiterate that eminently qualified Members of this House and the Lower House should be eligible to sit on the board. Under section 10 of the Bill there is nothing to prevent someone who has been declared bankrupt from becoming a member of the board. However, section 11 states that if one is a member of the board and one becomes bankrupt then one must resign from the board. Could the...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: We need some clarification.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Some of them are knocking already.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join other colleagues in calling for debates on policing and a number of other issues. I also seek a debate on the Garda Reserve, to which Senator Paul Bradford alluded. I support the Garda Reserve and think it should be expanded. Its role should be increased within An Garda Síochána in the context of community policing, etc. I fully support the concept of gender equality and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: We are in danger of taking the gender debate to a ridiculous level when it would lose its impact.That is my personal opinion.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am not suggesting there are not but to suggest that a certain quota should be reserved on a gender basis is ridiculous-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----and takes this whole debate-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----to a level that will undermine the entire debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: On the comments made by my colleague-----