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Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State. I think he is getting very fond of us. He seems to be coming here a little more often than he did previously. I feel a little shy about speaking after listening to such expertise among those who have spoken up to now. That expertise has come from different areas. Senator O'Donovan reminded us of what happens in a smaller solicitors' office in a smaller...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Okay. The Bill before the House is worthy of support. It has taken a long time to get this far. I hope this legislation comes from the perspective of putting more regulation on the legal profession. It sounds from everything I have heard today that this is needed. It has been argued that this kind of regulation is necessary because the legal profession has not adequately regulated...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I would like to make sure attention is paid to the decision of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce mandatory pay-by-weight on bins. The announcement took place in the past number of days, but seems a regressive step for a Government that had to cope with the outcry about property tax, water charges and bin charges to insist that householders who are...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 15 be taken before No. 1. The Minister for Finance met the banks this week and we have not heard from him exactly what came out of that meeting. We should have the Minister in the House very shortly to tell us the outcome in regard to variable mortgage rates. The Bank of Ireland has said it has no intention of reducing its rate, yet...

Seanad: Central Bank (Emergency Powers) (Variable Interest Rates) Bill 2015: First Stage (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to empower the Central Bank to direct banks to reduce mortgage interest rates chargeable in respect of the holders of variable rate mortgages pertaining to their principal place of residence.

Seanad: Central Bank (Emergency Powers) (Variable Interest Rates) Bill 2015: First Stage (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: On 9 June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act 2013: Chairman Designate of Panel of Adjudicators (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Professor Bunni is very welcome to the committee. We are close neighbours and live in the same part of Howth but I have not met him previously. I am a great admirer of what he has achieved and what I have read in the presentation. One of the questions we had in developing the Construction Contracts Bill, which became the Construction Contracts Act, was how we would handle dispute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act 2013: Chairman Designate of Panel of Adjudicators (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Professor Bunni did very well in three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act 2013: Chairman Designate of Panel of Adjudicators (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Dr. John Bradley referred to stimulation. Could we stimulate in a much broader way the opportunities in tourism between the two? One of the criticisms in recent times has been the fact that the wonderful Wild Atlantic Way stops short of the Border. There is also the new tourism initiative called Ireland's Ancient East, which starts short of the Border. If there was one opportunity for...

Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister of State is very welcome and it has been very interesting to read and hear her statement, including the success stories. I would like to talk for a moment about confidence. The danger is that people lose confidence. Although I would not say it can be regained easily, it is possible to do so. I had 75 employees in my company when I stepped down who were intellectually...

Seanad: Springboard Programme: Motion (27 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister of State is very welcome. I know his enthusiasm and his heart are in this programme. I have been involved since the beginning, and I have been chairman of the selection committee for the past five years. One sees such satisfaction in people who have changed course, probably having had a degree in architecture, quantity surveying or something like that, who suddenly found there...

Seanad: Springboard Programme: Motion (27 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Language is just one of the areas in which we are weak. We are so weak on that in Ireland. Last year, when a company - I think it was Hewlett-Packard - said it was taking on a number of people and stated that they would need a modern language other than English, one of the reporters at the time said that meant no Irish need apply, because we are so bad at modern languages. One of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I was planning to congratulate the Leader on arranging the debate on Aer Lingus because it was not planned yesterday but we were told one was scheduled late last evening. However, having listened to Senators Darragh O'Brien and Byrne today, it does not make sense to have a debate at 5 p.m. after the Dáil has made its decision, nor does it make sense because, as Senator Byrne said,...

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: May I share one minute of my time with Senator Norris?

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Yes. I will make do with four minutes.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Part of the reason for doing this is that I hope Senator Sean Barrett will be able to take the other slot from us.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I am grateful we are having this debate. It is not ideal not having a Minister here but it is better than what was going to happen at 5 p.m. and I congratulate the Leader on that. We all have a great affection for Aer Lingus. It is one of those brands that has been around for some time. If I am not mistaken, I think Aer Lingus and I were born in the same year and, therefore, I feel...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Feargal Quinn: I support the comments made by Senators Ó Murchú and Mooney on the messages that have come from Europe on abortion. Let me remind Senators what happened in Britain. The Conservative Party in Britain discovered that a very large number of people were unhappy with the instructions from Europe and a referendum will be held to see if the country can temper such instructions. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Feargal Quinn: Mr. Quinn will know that the Quinns are generally recognised as being optimists but if he is coming to work on a Monday morning does he have a worry in the back of his mind that would make him say, "I hope this is not on my desk today"? In other words, what are his concerns? What could go wrong? Is there a particular aspect about which he is concerned, especially in regard to competition?...