Results 761-780 of 1,591 for speaker:Eugene Regan

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: I will mention a subject covered in this morning's The Irish Times, that is, a report on the 2009 summer scientific meeting of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. It points out that alcohol has been blamed for 6,500 deaths in Ireland in the past five years and more than 3 million hospitalisations. We all know that Ireland has one of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: The Irish Medical Organisation and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland have made recommendations. France is also a good precedent, as its total ban on advertising has worked. Will the Leader arrange for a debate attended by the relevant Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: Another rushed job.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: No doubt this is one of those terrible tragedies about which it is difficult to speak. Suicide is always a difficult subject, particularly in this case when it involves an entire family. The "what if" question in a suicide situation is especially difficult, both for all the members of the wider family and all those who had any interaction with the people who, essentially, are the victims of...

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: ——on the motion to present the full report to the joint committee for consideration? The point of the motion does not concern the Government's redacting of a published public document.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: What is the legal impediment to referring the report in full to the joint committee? The Kelly Fitzgerald case set the precedent for this. Will that precedent be followed?

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: I have not used that word.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: We are discussing this House.

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I made specific statements. The Minister of State has attributed something to me, although I do not necessarily disagree with it. I have addressed particular comments and questions to the Minister of State and I ask that they and nothing stated in the Lower House or elsewhere be dealt with.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Eugene Regan: Senator Walsh should respect the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: No one said that.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I do not think people on the Government benches can claim it is business as usual after last week's elections. Just as Standard & Poor's has downgraded this country's sovereign debt rating, the electorate has downgraded the Government's rating. It is indisputable that the people have issued a vote of no confidence in the competence and ability of the Government to manage the economy and...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I thank Senators O'Toole and Quinn for supporting my call for a debate on the Schengen Agreement. I raised this matter last week and as the Leader agreed there would be a debate, perhaps he can confirm when the debate on Schengen will take place. The reality is that it involves passport-free passage between member states. One justification for having this restriction and for Ireland not...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the fact this Bill is initiated here and is being introduced in this House. In June 2008, Fine Gael published its Victims Rights Bill to give the victims of crime comprehensive statutory rights for the first time under Irish law. The Minister at that time attacked Deputies Shatter and Charles Flanagan, the co-authors of that Bill, and surreptitiously...

Seanad: Human Trafficking: Motion (10 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern. Fine Gael supports the motion before the House. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this difficult and important issue. Human trafficking is the third most lucrative illicit business in the world after arms and drug trafficking. The Government's record in this area is not impressive. The introduction of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking)...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: A worrying report appears in The Irish Times today under the headline "EU members fear Lisbon guarantees may reopen whole debate". I presume this refers to the concern of other EU governments that the possible inclusion in the Lisbon treaty of a protocol relating to the guarantees Ireland is seeking in respect of abortion, workers' rights, neutrality etc. may cause political problems in...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: Is there a need for an integrated computer database to facilitate this "catch me if you can" approach to policing and the investigation of fraud in order that we might tackle this issue more effectively?

Seanad: Health Services. (11 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: The issue I am raising is a specific one but it arises in the context of a more general problem in the health service, namely, that hospital beds are being occupied by persons who do not require hospital care but rather nursing care or special assistance. A gentleman whom I will not name who suffers from Parkinson's disease and is confined to a wheelchair has been cared for in an acute...

Seanad: Health Services. (11 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I welcome the HSE's undertaking to engage in a case review in respect of the person in question. I hope the statement to the effect that the Cheshire Home in Blackrock is not suitable is not an indication that the case review is being prejudged. However, I again welcome the commitment to review the needs of the individual to whom I refer.

Seanad: Health Services. (11 Jun 2009)

Eugene Regan: I accept that.