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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: -----piece of work.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State. I agree with Senator Kelly about whistleblowers. We are paying some bankers €500,000 per annum to tell us what we already know. If someone were paid €500,000 to clear up cartels it would be money well spent, rather than going to a banker. The case for providing extra resources to the Competition Authority is a good one. We should put more resources...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: As someone who has used agency workers in my time as an employer, I always found they were in limbo. It has become more focused over recent years when we have found many family members and friends have taken up agency work. There is a generation coming into the workforce which seems more comfortable in this type of employment because it allows them to specialise and move abroad. It is...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank the Minister for his co-operation and obvious personal interest in this Bill. Senator Quinn, who has much more experience in the Seanad and in business than I will ever have, articulated it well. As a parent, both of a permanent employee and someone who is working part time, I can see the merits of the legislation. I was elected to the Seanad 12 months ago yesterday. Today was good...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Darragh O'Brien, who has touched on this issue on previous occasions, worked in the insurance business in a previous life, as did I, and we probably have similar views on pension funds. Basically, the amendment proposes that the Government should borrow money from private pension funds to fund infrastructure. At present, the Government cannot borrow money from anywhere except from...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin does not recognise the Thirty-two Counties.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin is running two different parties.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank Senator Cullinane for his confidence in us.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Those are the facts.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The truth has not gone away.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Can Senator Cullinane define "green"?

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I thank Senator Jim D'Arcy for highlighting my letter in yesterday's edition of The Irish Times which was based on a debate on the integration and survival of small schools. I pointed out that Northern Ireland seems to be ahead of the curve compared to the position here, for which credit must go to Minister O'Dowd, and I congratulate him on that. There is a more focused debate in Northern...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I agree with Senators about the Garda stations; we should ask the Minister to come to the House to discuss this. There was an incident last night in the St. Johnston area of Donegal, near the border with Derry, in which a young guy was injured in a punishment shooting at his home. The issue is not whether the Garda stations should remain open; it is whether there should be more gardaí on...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I echo Senator O'Brien's call for an honest debate on policing, especially on rural Garda stations. Crime levels have reduced by 12% in the past year. The previous Government should take some credit for that as the drop did not occur since last February alone. While I agree with the Senator that policing should be discussed, I must point out to members of the Opposition, but not those in...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: It is on inviting the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I spoke to a local sergeant in Carrigart in Donegal, a rural station. He read from a newspaper that Sinn Féin members said last summer they were monitoring the activities of Carrigart Garda station because they were not happy with how the law was being applied there. The local sergeant was applying the law and Sinn Féin was not happy with the arrangements. This was in the local press....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: As the local sergeant said to me this morning, Sinn Féin-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I support the call for the Minister to be invited to the House at some stage. I am not seconding the amendment. The local stations in Donegal were always monitored by Sinn Féin, but for the wrong reasons.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I wish the Minister would come in to address the issue.