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- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I ask Senator Gilroy to address the Chair, rather than Opposition Senators. I have been observing him all day and he has a fierce canny knack of bringing attention to himself and provoking the Opposition.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: We are up against the clock and the Minister of State wishes to respond.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is rambling. He should stick to the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Some of those who speak will not have an opportunity to do so. I ask Senator Paul Coghlan to be brief and to the point.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Please allow Senator Coghlan to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Cáit Keane. We are discussing amendment No. 26 and if anyone transgresses my ruling, I will immediately call for a vote. Speakers are wandering all over the place.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should speak to the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should stick to the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Let the Minister of State answer.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Following up on the question of the PULSE system and the inadequacies and so on, I would see the PULSE system, in one sense, as the bible or foundation stone of the Garda Síochána. Arising from that, will the witnesses comment on a problem we seem to have in Ireland for some time, namely, the amount of crime committed by people out on bail? How can the PULSE system track this?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: If there is a lack of interaction, perhaps the witnesses will comment on it because it is a serious issue. If there is a lack of co-ordination perhaps there should be co-ordination. If someone has committed a crime and is left out on bail, that person should be tracked by PULSE or by someone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I thank the witnesses for their enlightening answers. I may have mixed up PULSE with bail. The latter is a source of concern for me and I appreciate their comments. They recommended that information technology graduates and science experts be recruited into the Garda, perhaps at the rank of sergeant or inspector. That is a good idea because most gardaí who pass through Templemore do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: My third question arises from the witnesses' comments on domestic violence. Up to ten or 15 years ago it was badly managed. Some of our judges and gardaí were not properly trained. Domestic violence is still committed substantially, although not exclusively, against women. Could the witnesses elaborate on how we can better manage and improve the whole area of domestic violence, which...
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Sheahan, without interruption.
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Sheahan, without interruption.
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: We have had little interruption so far. In fairness to the Senator, she has just six minutes.
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: It does not matter whether she is being interrupted by the Minister or by another Senator. The Minister will have time to respond as well.
- Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: The clock is ticking. Senator Reilly should be given a chance.