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- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Clearly, the answer is "No".
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Will he answer?
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: No problem. He answered it without answering.
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: That is not-----
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Senator Craughwell wanted to close the base.
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Senator Craughwell identified someone in his contribution-----
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: -----and made a very serious claim.
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: We are not in the Wild West where we can say things and-----
- Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Clearly, Senator Craughwell is not willing to respect them.
- Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I hope Senator Gavan will take this in the good-natured way it is intended, but I think we have had a first in this House today with a Sinn Féin Senator commending the Fine Gael Seanad group. I thank him on behalf of the group and long may it continue.
- Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I think Senator Byrne is stretching it a little bit there.
- Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I thank the Minister for his attendance, which shows that he is taking this matter seriously. I acknowledge the commitment in his statement to increasing staff at the Passport Office to cater for the expected increase in passport applications to some 1.75 million this year. That is a staggering figure when one considers the highest number ever dealt with previously was around 1 million....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I thank the witnesses for their attendance this afternoon. It is much appreciated. This is important legislation, which I broadly support. It seeks to provide legal protections for newly discovered archaeological sites, to establish a single register of monuments, to provide a clear statutory basis for the Commissioner of Public Works or relevant local authorities to manage monuments and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I appreciate that. I am just asking for the views of An Taisce.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: An Taisce would have a difficulty with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: Could that be responded to in writing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)
John Cummins: I thank the Chairman for that.