Results 501-520 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (25 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: What about Roscommon?

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: A couple of weeks ago we debated the pros and cons of the national car test. It has come to my notice that Garda vehicles are exempt from the national car test. Surely the safety of gardaí is as important as that of any other citizen in the State. We should not ask gardaí to take cars out on the road which do not have the proper safety measures in place. The Minister announced a traffic...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I agree with Senator Tuffy that these moneys should be ploughed back into the areas most affected by crime. I support the amendment.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized in excess of €60 million. I realise the Department is ploughing moneys into crime prevention and so on but any moneys seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau should be additional to those funds and should be put back into the communities which have been ravaged by the scourge of drugs, in particular. Those moneys should go to the Department of Justice,...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State's response and ask him to elaborate on the constitutional barriers to reducing the length of time from seven to three years. It would be beneficial if the funds were to come on stream in a shorter period than seven years. The Minister of State might expand on any constitutional prohibition on such a reduction. My amendment No. 2 proposes the insertion of a...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following definition: "'drug related initiatives' means voluntary and State funded programmes established to discourage people from taking drugs, or established to assist in the rehabilitation of drug users;". I do not intend to press this amendment.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, line 16, to delete "State;"," and substitute the following: "State, (c) for the avoidance of doubt, "criminal conduct" shall be construed as involving conduct irrespective of whether that conduct has resulted in a criminal conviction;". The amendment seeks to extend the definition of what actually amounts to criminal conduct. The Minister for Justice,...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 1999: Committee Stage. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: These are substantial amendments and form a major part of the Bill before the House. I agree with the Minister of State that they are necessary. However, I wonder why they were not included in the Bill ab initio. I would certainly agree with the corrupt enrichment order which provides that anyone who has benefited from crime should be penalised. I am somewhat concerned about the kite which...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: We promised it.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: He did not promise 10,000 jobs and have to renege on them.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: We heard it from the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, today.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: In what year was that promised?

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: A site was offered in Waterford and the Government also scrapped the plan to relocate 500 people there.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: The Government was supposed to deliver 10,000 decentralised jobs in three years.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (30 Nov 2004)

Maurice Cummins: Fewer people will be decentralised.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister. I read his Second Stage contribution in the other House and I am glad he has not adopted the same confrontational style he did there. It did little for the caring and sharing image the Government wishes to portray.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I am glad that style has not been used in this House. I am sure the Minister will hear a lot more reasoned, calm and constructive contributions on the Bill, to which I look forward. I have no intention of speaking about what should have happened as regards consultation and debate prior to the referendum. The referendum has taken place and the people have spoken and made their intentions known...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: That is what we want.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (2 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: On behalf of my party, I express my sympathy to Ted Russell's wife, Derry, and his son and daughters. In my capacity as chairman of the Port of Waterford, I had the pleasure of knowing Ted Russell when he was chairman of Limerick Harbour Commissioners. He held that post for 26 years and was a member of that body for more than 40 years. As the Leader stated, he played a very active role in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I want to raise the issue of the Taoiseach's statement yesterday on the proposed release of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. I agree with Senator Brennan that the matter should have been handled in a different manner and his wife and family should have been consulted before any such statement was made. People quoted the previous Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, and the Taoiseach. On...