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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator might have been here but a lot of his colleagues were not.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1) The Seanad shall meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, 11thDecember, 2015 and the following arrangements shall apply: (a)Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (b)there shall be no Order of Business; (c)the business to be taken shall be confined to the items set out in the Schedule to this...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015: Referral to Joint Committee (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015,copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 9th December, 2015 be referred to the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, in accordance with Standing Order 70A(3)(j), which, not later than 17th...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Several years ago, I introduced a Private Members' Bill in this House proposing that LAMA, the Local Authority Members Association, would have nominating rights to the Seanad. The previous Government voted against that Private Members' Bill. While I welcome the Bill, I welcome the amendments proposed by the Government more. Those proposals give rights to the Local Authority Members...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator is not addressing any of the amendments before us. It is a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Island communities are not being disenfranchised.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I propose a suspension of the sitting until 4.40 p.m.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I would like to report progress.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Appropriation Bill 2015 (Certified Money Bill) - all Stages, to be taken at 1.45 p.m. and brought to a conclusion not later than 2.45 p.m. by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to recommendations, include only those set down or accepted by the Government, with the time allocated for Second Stage contributions by group...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Mooney said the multi-agency approach to flooding had not worked and should be abandoned in favour of a single agency approach. Senator Quinn agreed and also called for a Shannon river basin authority. The Minister of State, Deputy Harris, spoke comprehensively on the situation and the Government is doing everything possible. The money, some €430 million, is in place through...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Is it not natural that there would be so many fewer people?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: If one closes down the Garda Training College in Templemore, how can one expect to have more gardaí? Let us be fair about it and look at the facts rather than dealing with extraneous issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: It is because of the policies the Senator's party pursued.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: That is because of the policies the Senator's party pursued in government, which included closing down the Garda Training College in Templemore and stopping recruitment. We have already recruited 1,100 more gardaí and we will do a lot more in the coming years because we have rectified the economy.It is still fragile-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: It is still fragile-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: I assure the House that the Government will do everything possible on law and order and having more gardaí on the streets-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: -----and we have introduced legislation to assist gardaí in their efforts to combat crime.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Bacik said that the minimum age for marriage would now be 18 following a Cabinet decision today, which she welcomed. She also complimented all of the volunteers working on the flooding. Senators Zappone, Quinn, Keane, Daly and Mullins referred to Ibrahim Halawa. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade gave a comprehensive update last week on his case. The Government is doing...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Maurice Cummins: It is most regrettable-----