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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming Esmond Birnie, a former MLA for South Belfast. On the day when we are looking forward to the publication of the report of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis, it is interesting that the advice of Mr. Birnie was that the design faults of the euro made it a currency that he advised the authorities in Northern Ireland not to join. It is...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: My colleague in the English department in TCD, Terence Browne, wrote about "Dancing at Lughnasa": "Their dance is the dance of the misplaced, of proud, gifted, bravely energetic women whose lives were misshapen by an Irish society that will, as it changes, destroy the life they have struggled to achieve". Senator Ó Clochartaigh has referred to the social commentary that runs through...

Seanad: Public Transport Bill 2015: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank Senator Mooney for facilitating this and I apologise to the Minister and Senator O'Neill. I mean no discourtesy to any party. I thank the Minister for his presentation and the many interesting points made. The deadline is because of the need to take a team photograph of the members banking inquiry prior to the presentation of its report at 3 p.m. There is much to support in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Leader for scheduling the debate on the banking inquiry report for next week. I welcome the article by Senator O'Keeffe and the comments by Senators Bacik and Hayden. Banking with a Government guarantee has to be tightly regulated. People all knew where the Department of Finance and Government Buildings were when they were looking for the €64 billion and it is the right...

Seanad: Regulation of Drones Bill 2016: First Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: I second Senator Feargal Quinn's motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: I agree with Senator Mary Ann O'Brien regarding Terry Wogan. In very hard times for Irish people in England he was a one-man Anglo-Irish agreement, and it is coming out now that he played a role behind the scenes in promoting better relations between the two countries. Edmund Burke wrote, "If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed."...

Seanad: Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Leader for proposing extra time for this debate. I also thank Senators D'Arcy, MacSharry and O'Keeffe. The Seanad was very well served in the inquiry. All Members across the political spectrum in the Dáil performed splendidly. They all thanked their assistants when they spoke in the Dáil last week. I add the names of Dr. Charles Larkin and Ms Ursula Ní Choill....

Seanad: Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: I am willing to second Senator Kelly's amendment to the Order of Business. Today, there is a strike in the institutes of technology throughout the country. The institutes have had a 33% increase in students with a 10% decline in staff.I hope the new Oireachtas will address that issue and perhaps look to the highly successful apprenticeship systems in Norway, Austria, Germany and...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: Of course, O'Connell, as well as Redmond and Henry Grattan. They achieved much in Parliament on behalf of the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: There is much more to do and may we all be successful in our endeavours to return here.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.