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Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: When I was in Dingle three weeks ago, the Irish name Daingean was already appearing on signposts. Tourists and domestic dwellers know it is Dingle. Senator O'Meara mentioned people who avoid taxation. She also said that the Minister for Health and Children, in a letter to a colleague, said that the report of the task force on medical staffing, previously called the Hanly report, will be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I do not know of a coalition government that did not have tensions. Senator Ormonde wishes us to revisit the guidelines on apartment blocks and I agree. Senator Finucane mentioned the postal unions, the social dimension of An Post and the fact that workers have not received their incremental payments under Sustaining Progress. We will ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The matter is a nuisance. Senator Mansergh mentioned the various tax schemes and that the Minister is issuing his review before the end of the year. Senator Coghlan spoke about Dingle and its Irish name Daingean. Well done to the Senator on his knowledge of the Irish language. He described the present situation as farcical. Senator Scanlon reminded us that many of these tax breaks are the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The new apartments do not have such management companies, but the older blocks did and some of them still operate. It is a good point because one knows that the money is being spent on tending the grass, cleaning and painting, etc. Senator Kitt asked that the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs be invited to the House to discuss the new placenames regulations. Senator Ulick...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The amendment is very interesting.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: This amendment is very interesting. I note the "hue and cry" aspect and the many hues and cries we observe nowadays. I agree with the element wherein every citizen was to help the sheriff to catch his man or woman. We were only to observe this statute in Ireland but, as in all of the relevant matters, this was extremely interesting. Does the Minister of State intend to introduce this element...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I would support such action.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It was not.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Indeed.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Sunday Fairs Act of 1448, which penalised those who kept fairs and markets on Sundays, is interesting.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I echo the Minister of State's tribute to the staff who worked on this Bill. Their heads must have been spinning with the names, dates and descriptions. I have been looking at some of the Acts. The Sunday Fairs Act penalised those who kept fairs and markets on a Sunday. I remember when the Minister of State had responsibility for labour affairs, there was a brouhaha about Sunday trading and...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: For example, the Fabric (Misdescriptions) Act 1913 has been superseded by an EU directive. It is important that the Minister of State presses ahead with this work. Secondary legislation and directives are increasingly governing our lives. They tend to come in large tranches, much more than we wish. Not alone will the Minister of State be dealing with Acts from the 13th century and the...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: They whipped it.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: This Bill is not one which will give rise to hallelujahs in the street, or paeans of praise from anyone, yet a great deal of very necessary work has gone into it. No doubt there were many hours of research, checking and re-checking with the Attorney General. I thank him too, because much of the work took place in his office. I also thank the Minister of State. Every Minister likes to promote...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: He is enjoying himself, I hope.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the aviation action plan to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 5.30 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 15 minutes, those of all other Senators not to exceed ten minutes and the Minister to be called upon to reply not later than five minutes before the conclusion of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes, they are public patients.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes raised last night's programme on nursing homes and the need for an independent inspectorate. I concur with his assertion that, while the HSE is not currently permitted under the 1990 Act to close nursing homes immediately, it should have this right. Situations are often so awful as to require knee-jerk responses. Last night's programme revealed terrible acts of vandalism...