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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: My point is——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: My point is——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: On a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: Chairman——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: May I make a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: Under Standing Orders, may I make a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: On a point of order, as a result of the smoking ban, smokers are spending more time at home——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I will resume the issue at another time.

Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements (Resumed). (2 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the Minister of State. I suggest to Senator Ormonde that the way to create awareness of the guidelines from the report on the strategic task force on alcohol is to implement them as Government policy. Perhaps she might get the opportunity to raise this matter at her next parliamentary party meeting. Two years ago an interim report made many of the same kinds of suggestions. These...

Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements (Resumed). (2 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: It is alive and kicking.

Seanad: Report of Strategic Task Force on Alcohol: Statements (Resumed). (2 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: Will the Minister of State ban the drink?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 32 to 39, to delete pages 5 to 9 inclusive and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 9. I welcome the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív. He had a close call and I am glad he is recovering and before the Upper House again. The Committee Stage debate on this Bill was truncated and too emotional at times and I wish...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I will take the blame if an argument straying from the amendment arises. I am delighted the Minister said there is too much emphasis on reports and paperwork. Too much money, energy, expertise and time is spent on compiling reports of which the biggest culprit is FÁS. A supervisor running a community employment scheme, in tracking 15 participants, must produce progression reports from...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I concur with Senator Ryan. The Minister summed up his own stand on this issue in seeking the allocation and disbursement of money to be done on a transparent basis. We are all in the game of protecting ourselves and not putting ourselves in a compromising position. The Minister should not put himself in a compromising position. He should delegate the task of appointments to somebody else, be...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, to delete lines 8 to 29. A great deal of information is contained in these amendments. They return us to the issue of funding distribution and the so-called board. I still have suspicions about and problems with who will be accountable and in who will have discretion in regard to the distribution of money. My fear is that this board will be established as...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Joe McHugh: The Minister makes a plausible case and I do not believe he is being devious or trying to mislead Senators. As Senator Ryan stated, he is genuinely trying to map out the way forward and I agree with much of his language and many of his hypotheses. The bottom line, however, is that this dormant accounts fund will be a slush fund subject to ministerial approval at Cabinet level. It flies in the...