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Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jun 2003)

Michael Finucane: Does Senator Leyden know the details?

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jun 2003)

Michael Finucane: Does he know the details?

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jun 2003)

Michael Finucane: Senator Leyden does not know the detail yet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jun 2003)

Michael Finucane: When he next comes to Limerick, I will introduce them to him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jun 2003)

Michael Finucane: The Senator should withdraw that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)

Michael Finucane: Do not use that term.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)

Michael Finucane: I support Senator Henry's call for a debate on nursing. The issue has been put in focus due to the tragic death of Róisín Ruddle. Our hearts go out to her family. There are 45 nursing vacancies for the 115 intensive care nurses required in Crumlin Hospital – a scarcity which resulted in the child being referred home. The consultant has stated this could happen again because of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2003)

Michael Finucane: On a previous occasion, I raised the issue of the special savings investment scheme. In accepting it is a highly successful initiative, I noted that many people found it difficult to meet their financial commitment to it. As a savings scheme the SSIA has inevitably removed a significant amount of money from circulation. However, savers' working circumstances often change. Many people who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2003)

Michael Finucane: How is the naming and shaming going?

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: It is a good place to buy duty free cigarettes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: I support the brave unarmed gardaí who yesterday apprehended the two men responsible for a reprehensible crime. Senator Brennan is related to Charlie Chawke who is seriously ill in hospital as a result of this incident. We all know his extended family members and relations and extend our best wishes to him at this difficult time. I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: Will the Leader consider the issue of electronic voting machines?

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: I am talking about electronic voting in the election. Order of Business agreed to.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion. - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: I would like to share my time with Senator O'Meara.

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion. - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: We will deal with the Bill expeditiously as it is short but important legislation to do with oil pollution and the measure of compensation. In the other House I was spokesman for the marine, and much legislation seemed to feature oil pollution. The first significant understanding that we had of oil pollution was probably The Kowloon Bridge in 1986, which I vividly remember, since the incident...

Seanad: Order of Business: Motion. - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: Would the research vessel not have very limited towing capacity?

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: Senator Daly raised the issue I intended to discuss. When the matter was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, an urgent discussion on it was requested. The recent revelations are a matter of great concern for those involved in aquaculture, which is a growth industry in this country. Some people were identified in the course of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: This issue should be examined and a sense of tolerance should prevail. I ask the Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, and the Minister of State, Deputy McDaid, to examine this issue. I am sure many Senators have encountered people who have concerns about this matter.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: I listened with great interest to the previous speaker because he brought a human dimension to the debate. I remember growing up in Foynes, which was ten miles from Glin where there was an industrial school. When I was young in the early 1950s, industrial schools obviously presented themselves as a terrible prospect because I remember that parents of young school-going children who misbehaved...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed). (8 Oct 2003)

Michael Finucane: I did not interrupt anybody and listened with great patience. Deputy Woods made a sterling defence of his stance on the issue recently.