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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: He is a member of Louth County Council and a member of Dundalk Town Council. He has been heavily involved in many local issues and has made a remarkable contribution in his own local area. I wholeheartedly welcome him here today, as leader of the Fianna Fáil group and as Leader of Seanad Éireann. I wish him well in his political career and look forward to working along with him for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re draft directive on interpretation and translation in criminal procedures - referred to committee, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion re Disease of Animals Act - back from committee, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 1; and No. 3, George Mitchell Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill 2010...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Will the Senator be standing for election?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: It was not accepted.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I welcome former Senator and Deputy Seamus Cullimore and his group to the Visitors Gallery. It is nice to see him still active in public life. Senators Frances Fitzgerald, Joe O'Toole, Alex White, Dan Boyle, Paul Coghlan, Marc McSharry, Feargal Quinn, Ann Ormonde, John Hanafin, Eugene Regan, David Norris, Niall Ó Brolcháin, Jerry Buttimer, Mary White, Jim Walsh, Paschal Donohoe, Labhrás...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I am responding to the genuine sincerity with which the request was made. Politics is the art of the possible. This debate will take place when it is humanly possible and within the next number of days. I will allow an all-day debate on the topic. In many years, I have never seen family businesses and small and medium sized enterprises facing such challenges as they do at present. I refer...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: For the information of Senator O'Reilly, it was to Cavan's advantage that Senator Leyden made the statement.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Buttimer and Mary White called for a debate on job creation. That can be included in the debate on credit for small and medium-sized businesses. Senators Ó Murchú and Daly expressed their disappointment, shock and horror at the abuse of Irish passports. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, is doing everything he possibly can to try to find out the truth. It is an...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Some 800,000 people are employed by small and medium-sized enterprises.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: It was the 40th plenary session in 20 years. It is very simple; there are two plenary sessions each year.

Seanad: Draft Directive on Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Procedures: Referral to Joint Committee (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Seanad: Diseases of Animals Act 1966: Motion (23 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001)) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) shall continue in force for the period ending on 8th March, 2011.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, Arbitration Bill 2008 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and resume at the conclusion of No. 38, if not previously concluded; No. 2, statements on the final report on the Twenty-eight Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007, a proposal for a constitutional amendment to strengthen children's rights, to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senator Norris should speak to his leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Prendergast, Corrigan, Norris, McFadden, Callely, Carroll, Bradford, Ó Brolcháin, Mullen, Feeney and John Paul Phelan have expressed their views in respect of banking and the "Prime Time" programme. In respect of banking, the Finance Bill will be before the House by the second week of March. As I stated previously, additional time will be allowed for each...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: As someone who has enormous experience in this area, I should outline that Members on this side of the House, through their membership of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, are doing everything within their power to enable this to take place.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: This will take place at the earliest possible time-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: Those Members who come from a business background and who have created an enormous number of jobs in their time-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2010)

Donie Cassidy: ----- know what they are speaking about in this regard.