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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business today is No. 1, Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1.15 p.m., and No. 2, Private Members' business, Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 4 p.m and to conclude no later than 6 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Darragh O'Brien referred to the gambling control Bill. We will await the Minister's comments on same.We were initially told that the Bill would be introduced last year, but I now understand that it will not be published before the summer. I agree with the Senator that it was initially intended that the Betting (Amendment) Bill and the gambling control Bill would be run fairly...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I am sympathetic to the amendment proposed by Senator Darragh O'Brien but I await the Minister of State's response. I share the Senator's concerns regarding the gambling control Bill. It was intended that it would be introduced in parallel with the Betting (Amendment) Bill. I am aware it is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality but it is not leading to the spirit that was...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: They are hobby horses.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator O'Brien should not lose the house whatever he does.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Bill, which is a good first step. Its focus is on facilitating the taxation of remote betting and levelling the playing field for bookmakers. Everybody will agree with this. I cannot disagree with anything my colleague in the Opposition stated. The gambling control Bill is an essential part of the gambling and betting jigsaw which must be put in place. We have now put in...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and to be adjourned not later than 2.30 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 2, Workplace Relations Bill 2014 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to be adjourned not later than 4.30 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Byrne proposed an amendment to the Order of Business similar to the one proposed yesterday. As I mentioned yesterday, there is an ongoing Garda investigation of this matter. I appreciate that it is a very serious matter and I have asked the Minister if she will be in a position to come to the House even for a short time next week. That request is with the Minister. She has given...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Workplace Relations Bill 2014 - Committee Stage (resumed) to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and to be adjourned no later than 5 p.m. if not previously concluded, and No. 59, motion 17, Private Members' business, to be taken at 5 p.m. and the time allocated to this debate is not to exceed two hours.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: A lot of Senators are batting for the cricket team today and I join them in congratulating the Irish team on its success. I hope they will get to the quarter finals, but they will need another victory. I am glad that Senator Eamonn Coghlan mentioned the grant aid of €487,000 to Cricket Ireland, but Senator Darragh O'Brien made a point about capital funding. If it applies for capital...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: If the application is as good as others coming before the Minister, I am sure it can receive funding. The Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, will be present in the House for Private Members' business. Senator David Cullinane asked for an overall debate on health and we will have that debate today. It was arranged before he even knew about it. The Minister is looking forward to...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: -----and in respect of the important service the firefighters provide for the public on a daily basis. Senator Paul Coghlan outlined that there are 34 Border crossing points in the Dundalk Garda region and that 17 years after the peace process, there should be no perceived no-go areas. This is a point Senator Quinn also has mentioned. Fuel smuggling has been going on for far too long and...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Next Thursday.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion (25 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, the Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 - Committee and remaining Stages, to be taken at 1.15 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Mark Daly has a habit of putting his foot in it and he has certainly done so today in talking about the Taoiseach's salary which is 40% lower than that of the last two Fianna Fáil Taoisigh. The Taoiseach is earning €100,000 less than the last two Taoisigh from the Senator's party. Instead of criticising the salary of the Taoiseach, the Senator should have chosen a...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator David Norris was 100% right. Senator Mark Daly was just looking for red top tabloid headlines from the tripe we had to listen to from him about salaries.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The other subject Senator Mark Daly had the gall to raise was the minimum wage. Fianna Fáil told the Government when it took office that it could not do anything about the minimum wage or change anything the troika had done. The first thing the Government did was increase the minimum wage. The Senator ought to start picking his subjects with a little more care. It is just as well...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Mark Daly is making a mockery of his party with the issues he has raised on the Order of Business today. Senator Ivana Bacik made reference to the low pay commission, which starts its work today.We all welcome the fact that the commission is up and running. Senator Keane asked that it examine the child care sector and I am sure that is one of the sectors that will be included in its...