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Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The threat of the veto is enough.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is not being up-front and honest. The referendum right would be withdrawn if we changed the Constitution by agreeing to the Lisbon treaty.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Joint Committee on European Affairs has obtained a legal opinion clarifying that.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: And lose the right to have a referendum.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister should just acknowledge it. We want to have an honest debate. He should acknowledge it and defend the position that he is giving away the right to a referendum.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is the one clouding the issue.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I challenge the Minister that he was deliberately misleading the Seanad earlier today in his statement that the Commissioner was secured indefinitely, because he cannot back it up. Either he deliberately misled the Seanad or he is trying to spin this issue out of control.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: It is the wrong point.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to have my dissent recorded to that decision.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Vótáil.

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to have my dissent recorded from the decision to pass the Bill.

Seanad: Statement for Information of Voters: Motion (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Vótáil.

Seanad: Home Help Service (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The first time I raised the subject of this Adjournment debate - the decision of the Government and the HSE to withdraw home help services - in the Seanad was approximately six weeks ago, when it first reared its ugly head in County Donegal. This evening, I am calling on the Minister for Health and Children to reverse her decision to reduce by 2,246 the...

Seanad: Home Help Service (9 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister of State take a clear message to decision makers at Cabinet level to the effect that this issue is not going to go away? The response the Minister of State has been asked to deliver tonight on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, is complete and utter nonsense. I have that response already and it is devoid of any real facts as regards what is...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. Cuirim fáilte roimh na ráiteasaí. Is trua nach bhfhuil níos mó ama againn chun an cheist seo, ceist an Tuaiscirt agus ceist aontú na hÉireann a phlé sa Seanad níos minicí. Déanann sé beag den cheist nuair nach bhfuil againn ach uair a chloig ar an lá seo. There is no doubt that the most pressing issue in terms of the implementation of the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish with my next point. Unfortunately, we do not have enough time to debate these issues in full, but we have seen terrible incidents on our television screens. I deplore last night's activity throughout many parts of the Six Counties. In particular, I deplore the individuals and micro-groups responsible for it. Let us be clear that they exploited a situation in which the Orange...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I urge the Taoiseach to support Martin McGuinness's call and to ask the Orange Order's leadership to engage in dialogue with the leaders of nationalism in the Six Counties and to respect the views of people on the ground.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to add my voice to the calls for an amendment to the Order of Business to address REPS, which is crucial to rural Ireland and the future of small farms across the State. I also add my voice to Senator Twomey's amendment concerning pharmacists. I refer to the problem that those who want to receive medication in the next few weeks will face if this dispute is not resolved. This is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, in the House of Commons, MPs gathered to open a debate on Irish unity. Yesterday we had 60 minutes to talk about Northern Ireland and no party mentioned Irish unity. These are questions we need to start debating. MPs can open a discussion in the House of Commons on Irish unity yet this Chamber will not discuss it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Pearse Doherty: I ask the Leader not to adjourn the House and to continue to have these debates over the next eight weeks.