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Seanad: Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012: Motion for Earlier Signature (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: 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 Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.??.

Seanad: Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012: Motion for Earlier Signature (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: 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 Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.??.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: There are a lot more than on other occasions for the Order of Business.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: We have had it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I accept the bona fides of the Opposition Members who are for or against the Bill. However, I cannot accept the hypocritical comments from the other side, including the suggestion by one Member that we should not take money from carers and those who need it. Is it amnesia from which that Member is suffering? This budget takes ¤325 from the respite grant whereas Fianna Fáil's last two...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: You are like a spoiled child all day, commenting when other Members were speaking.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Sit down and listen to what people have to say. The Senator is interrupting everybody all day. We have been speaking about pre-budget debates, which is something we have had far more of this year than we ever had before. I remind Members that on 18 October 2012 the Minister attended for pre-budget statements on social protection and 12 Members contributed. We did not have the same passion...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I am interrupted again.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I am speaking to section 5.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I am sure of a lot more things than you are.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I did not give your name earlier, but you were the one who said you should not take from carers.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: You took ¤850 a year. You have amnesia. When I was made redundant in 1997, I worked for over 18 months with the Carers Association on a FÁS scheme. I was not on the big wages that many charities CEOs receive of ¤100,000 or ¤200,000. I worked on a FÁS scheme. There are many Members who have cared for loved ones down the years. We do not need any lectures from people on the other...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is: No. 1, report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Order 22(3) regarding the summoning of the Seanad, to be taken, without debate, on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Appropriation Bill 2012 [Certified Money Bill] - all Stages, to be taken, without debate, on the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, motion for the earlier signature of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: -----and the Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach for their patience in putting up with us on many occasions when they were challenged throughout the year. I would also like to thank the Cathaoirleach's secretary, Aisling, and my own secretary, Orla, for keeping us on the straight and narrow throughout the year. I thank the ushers and all the staff of the House for their help and...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: It is Committee and Remaining Stages, as I said on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: We will do that.