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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: We should have mandatory sentencing and if a life sentence is given down it should be for life.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed? Agreed. I call the Minister, Deputy Burton, who is very welcome to the House. The Minister has 15 minutes to reply.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: We have had this already.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator has five minutes.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: We cannot get into a debate on the matter. This is a matter on the Adjournment and the Senator has made her contribution.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister of State will bring the Senator's message to the Minister.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister of State for dealing with the first three matters on the Adjournment. I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to deal with the next matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator should conclude.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is way over time.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator has used up more than her time.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Thank you, Senator.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Senator, do I have to say it again?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator should not make a speech. She is supposed to ask a question.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister gave a very comprehensive reply.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda-PSNI Transfers (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: If Senator Keane wishes, she can ask the Leader of the House to arrange a full debate on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Management of Upland Habitats in County Wicklow: Discussion with Wicklow Uplands Council (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the delegates from Wicklow Uplands Council for their presentation. It was very interesting. It was equally interesting to hear from the delegates we had in regarding the equivalent scheme in Burren. We have to consider this matter in a way that supports rural Ireland, which is facing many pressures. Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, Senator Ó Domhnaill and others referred to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Management of Upland Habitats in County Wicklow: Discussion with Wicklow Uplands Council (18 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: The definition under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme is of stocking rates. Is Mr. Dunne proposing in his scheme that a certain stocking rate be defined for an active farmer?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill in the House and I am thankful for the time allocated. Public disclosure on this matter is of the utmost importance, which is why I am strongly supportive of this referendum being put to the people. It is the purpose of any referendum to change the Constitution in a particular way. In this case, the referendum would seek to make no fewer than...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill in the House and I am thankful for the time allocated. Public disclosure on this matter is of the utmost importance, which is why I am strongly supportive of this referendum being put to the people. It is the purpose of any referendum to change the Constitution in a particular way. In this case, the referendum would seek to make no fewer than...