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Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Bill and look forward to its speedy passage. I look forward to the contributions from those who oppose it.

Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is important that these agencies should be accountable to the Minister when he requests answers from them. I understand from where Senator Paddy Burke is coming in respect of this matter. However, the onus should be on the authorities to answer any specific questions put to them by Oireachtas Members or the Minister. The latter should not be responsible for answering questions from Members.

Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Roads Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, and the Minister, Deputy Cullen, for taking this Bill through the House. I also thank all Senators who contributed to the debate, especially Senator Paddy Burke. We had a lively Second Stage debate on the Bill but it was worthwhile. The Minister of State took on board some of the topics discussed on Second Stage and aspects of the amendments...

Seanad: Roads Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: Tomorrow morning at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: EU-US Agreement: Motion (4 Jul 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I should like to share my time with Senator Mooney, with the agreement of the House. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, to the House and congratulate him on his recent appointment. I should also like to welcome his officials. I congratulate those Senators nominated recently by the Taoiseach. I note that some of them made their maiden speeches today. I hope this is not my...

Seanad: EU-US Agreement: Motion (4 Jul 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, 9/11, in New York and Washington DC have led to major changes in the way security matters are handled throughout the western world, not least in the United States. The need to monitor and control internal and international flights into, out of and over the United States has required the collection and analysis of vastly greater quantities of data...

Seanad: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Sep 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is correct.

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage. (4 Oct 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today".

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senators in wishing my fellow Cavan man, Archbishop Seán Brady, the best of luck with his pending elevation to the College of Cardinals. It is a great honour for Archbishop Brady, his family in County Cavan, the Bishop of Kilmore, the priests of the Kilmore diocese and those who serve in the Archdiocese of Armagh. Archbishop Brady will do an excellent job when he is elevated to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is being corrected for the second time today. I join Senator Quinn in correcting Senator O'Toole, this time by pointing out that the late Bishop Francis McKiernan was Bishop of Kilmore rather than Bishop of Clogher.

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: They are facts.

Seanad: Arts Funding (6 Dec 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: Was it a pipe band?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 Dec 2007)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Appropriation Bill 2007 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her."

Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: I also welcome the Minister for State. I wish to share time with Senator Joe O'Reilly.

Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: In 2007, a consultancy firm was engaged by the Health Service Executive to carry out work on the possible location of a new regional hospital for the north east. The company in question, The Health Partnership, received 44 submissions from potential locations in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Dublin and Meath. I understand that two submissions were made from County Cavan and that the...

Seanad: Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (31 Jan 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the decision by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to carry out an independent feasibility study of the proposed interconnector between Northern Ireland and the Republic and, in particular, the area from Woodland in County Meath to Kingscourt in County Cavan, on into counties Monaghan and Tyrone. I would ask that the terms of reference...

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.