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Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: He is welcome to do so. I am nearly halfway through this report.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: It is like the smoke in a beehive.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I am back to the grindstone. I wish I had the same faith in the issue. It is important to refer to a report commissioned by the Bantry Harbour board from Raymond Burke, a consultant with departmental expertise who is acknowledged as a leading light. The report was published on 16 October 2006. He examined the current set up in Bantry Harbour, the socio-economic profile of the area,...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I always resented people calling quora. I thought people who did so were a nuisance but this quorum gave me the opportunity to get a small breath of fresh air and allow the poor bee who was smoke-filled to get a breath again. Returning to the demise and the bequest of Bantry Harbour, Bantry Port and Bantry Bay to Cork, I quote from the report of Mr. Raymond Burke. It is imperative that I...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: On the issue of child protection and the proposal for a referendum on the rights of children, I was the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Constitution when it was asked by the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, to examine the issue of children's welfare. The committee unanimously agreed that the current constitutional protections of the rights of the child within the family was...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ——stymie and could destroy any potential. I am seeking a debate on this, possibly a four-hour debate like we had yesterday on Bantry Harbour.

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank my colleague for the opportunity to speak first as I have another commitment. This issue concerns an outstanding scheme in Courtmacsherry and Timoleague in west Cork which has been committed to for many years. We were told money was ring-fenced for it. When is it likely to begin and is that money ring-fenced? When will we have progress of this scheme? At local authority level, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to come to the House in the near future to deal with an issue about which I feel strongly, namely, the persecution of Christians throughout the world? There is an organisation in Ireland called Church in Chains. It came as a shock to me when I did some research on the issue that in many countries there is both a failure to have regard for...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: The Kenny report.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: Cad é sin?

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: On a point of information, is it possible for the amendments to be taken separately?

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I thought I was relatively alert, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I was caught napping.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: The amendment concerns the deletion of the reference to Bantry and the amalgamation with Cork. In 2005, when Mr. Vivian O'Callaghan was the chairman of Bantry harbour board, a senior official from the Department, who shall remain nameless, visited the harbour board by prior arrangement and had a meeting with the full board. The official suggested that Bantry harbour authority should engage...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: Not that I am advocating this. I am relatively comfortable here despite the pressure I am under at the minute. However, in future members of Cork County Council or other bodies will ask what is the point of having a board in Dublin. It is like a duck that is shot, still alive and limping and cannot fly. It will do huge damage to the process in which we have engaged. As well as this I can...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: The Bill has overtaken the sequence.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister of State can accept my amendments and I will be very reassured.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I would be very reassured then.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: At least the Minister of State would assuage public fear.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: With all due respect, there is one way in which the Minister of State can reassure me, that is, by accepting my amendments, which he may do later this evening or on the next occasion. He is coming around to my way of thinking. I refer to section 18 to which my amendment refers. It is important for me to state my position and the difficulty I am in. The section states: 18.—(1) The...