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Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: What is the difference between "Irish ship" and "relevant Irish ship"?

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I accept that but I missed it when the Minister of State went through the section fairly rapidly. I am sure he remembers it.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: Does this concern the establishment and maintenance of a temporary exclusion zone around a maritime casualty or an offshore unit?

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: What would be classified as a temporary exclusion zone area-wise?

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: How does it improve the text if one is deleting "harbour authority" and substituting "harbour authority"? Surely, it is the same thing.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: There is a slight change in the punctuation.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: How does the punctuation improve it?

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: Observation is the key to success. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 27: In page 26, lines 13 to 20, to delete paragraph (b). Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 28: In page 26, line 22, to delete ", Irish ship" and substitute ", relevant Irish ship". Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 29: In page 26, line 38, to delete "Convention;'." and substitute...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: This amendment, which I have studied, is interesting. It seems rather draconian to revoke all licences, whereas the amendment proposed by Senator Tuffy would at least give the Minister a certain amount of discretion on whether he revokes all the licences or certain licences.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: The Government recommended that there should be 14,000 gardaí, but it did not weigh up the logistics. How will the Government increase the figure to 14,000? The Minister of State should get on with his job instead of criticising us.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: It is nonsense. The Minister of State did not address any of the points made about criminal activity and drugs associations.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: All we have heard is waffle.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: The Fianna Fáil Party was in power from 1993 to 1995.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I am merely setting the record straight.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. - National Drugs Strategy: Motion. (12 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I wish to focus on the conflict in Limerick city, which has been in the news in recent days. The level of family feuding there is unparalleled in other parts of the country. Why has this happened? It is due to drugs. The Programme for Government spoke about providing resources to deal with the drugs issue. There is an acute problem in Limerick with the provision of resources. A total of €7...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I wish to briefly go down memory lane. When I was growing up, it was great to go to the cinema to see the cowboys and Indians.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I will come to that. The Indians never trusted the leaders of the cowboys and said they spoke with forked tongues. I had not heard that phrase until Mr. Hanly used it about the Minister for Defence, Deputy Michael Smith. He said collective Cabinet responsibility—

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: It is about time the Government got its act together on the Hanly proposals. Either it is serious about them, or it is not. Perhaps Senator Leyden was right when he said in the Roscommon newspapers that it should be scrapped.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I referred to people speaking with forked tongues.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (13 Nov 2003)

Michael Finucane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(e) new television or radio programmes to foster understanding of the global dimensions of Irish society.". When I spoke on Committee Stage I referred to the importance of this amendment. Sometimes we are inclined to forget the international dimension. I think of the contribution of Concern and other such...

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