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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government also has a role to play in addressing the issue of management companies. I will not press my amendment but I put the House on notice that I will not let up on the issue. I would like the scheme to be extended to tenants in apartment blocks.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I should also like to thank the Minister of State for introducing this Bill. My party is very positive about it and we believe it has great potential as regards benefiting not just current tenants, but people on waiting lists as well as the homeless. On the whole, we welcome the Bill. We are pleased the Minister of State has accepted a number of our amendments. We would have liked to him...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I commend the Fine Gael Senators on introducing this Bill to the House. It shows their concern for the criminal justice system and their knowledge that it is facing incredible pressures at every level. The Labour Party supports their well-intentioned motives which are firmly directed at improving the lot of the innocent in society and the victims of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Yesterday, the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded its risk assessment in respect of Irish banks. The agency is particularly concerned with regard to economic conditions for small businesses and stated that, while our guarantee in respect of the banks addressed short-term liquidity problems in the Irish market, it failed to take account of long-term issues. Will the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Steady on.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I am somewhat disappointed that the Minister of State is not taking on board the amendment that was considered in the House last week. Amendment No. 9, which concerns the advancement of sport, was suggested by the Federation of Irish Sports, which represents 60 different sports organisations. The amendment seeks to ensure that bodies whose primary purpose is the advancement of sport will be...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State for so doing. He gave that undertaking last week and I appreciate that the Bill will be changed to reflect it.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, after line 40, to insert the following: "(2) This Act applies to humanism as it applies to religion.". While the Labour Party tabled this amendment on Committee Stage, it withdrew it because there also was a reference to cults. I have resubmitted it to state "This Act applies to humanism as it applies to religion." The Minister of State will be aware that...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I appreciate the comments of my colleagues from both sides of the House. I am disappointed that the Minister of State will not accept this but I will not press it.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 11, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: "(b) the promotion of human rights,". This relates to the promotion of human rights. It is a slightly different wording than that of my party's amendment last week. This would give the same definition that is included in other jurisdictions such as England and Wales where, in both cases, the protection and...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Members feel strongly about the failure to accept these amendments. Those on the Opposition benches have been approached by organisations such as FLAC, Amnesty International and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties in respect of this matter. Senators on this side have posed questions, as has Senator Boyle on the Government side. I agree with the latter in that there is a large hole in the...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I compliment the Minister of State on agreeing to remove the provision excluding members of local authorities. It is good news and means councillors with specific experience can sit on the board. It benefits the Bill and I thank the Minister of State for tabling the amendment.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I, too, welcome the passing of the Bill, which is timely and helps to put matters on a statutory footing. Also, it helps to improve the whole process of better regulation in the sector. I am particularly pleased the Minister of State has taken on board so many of my party's amendments and compliment him on doing so. While we were less fortunate in regard to our amendments on issues such as...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: We are not just talking about millionaires.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: It is not just millionaires that are to be considered.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: The implications of last night's interest rate cut in the US will be seen worldwide. The reduction in the interest rate on the dollar will probably lead to a reduction by the Bank of England. That will mean the euro will rise again against the pound and the dollar, two currencies on which we depend strongly for our tourism income. We may well see fewer tourists next year from the US and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: That was in the newspaper last Sunday.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: We need to make sure that we tackle this problem. The Leader should arrange for officials from Fáilte Ireland to come in here and tell us what they will do to make sure that the competitiveness of our tourism market is not affected by the currency fluctuations. I congratulate the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on its publication of a guide to management companies. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: What about rural areas?