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Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: I take it that is support for the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: Support for the Tánaiste for research would be——

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister to the House and I support the Bill. I think Senator Quinn used the wrong metaphor. When one is buying or spending, one can talk about the blank cheque but when one is selling, the blank cheque metaphor does not make sense. Air transport is of significant strategic importance to this country. Mr. Seán Lemass saw it as the most important innovation in his lifetime in...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: Carabiniere.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister and this important and enlightened legislation in which he is entitled to take some pride. It is a tribute and a positive reflection on the officials of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform who are sometimes unfairly impugned in this House. The Department has changed a great deal since the 1960s and 1970s. I had the privilege of working with many of its...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: A few specific points arise from reading the Bill. Obviously, section 7 is very important in that it provides an overall definition of the functions of the Garda Síochána. I query the wording of section 4 which provides that in performing its functions the Garda Síochána shall have regard to the importance of upholding human rights. Why does the section not provide simply that the Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: While I have great regard for those who work in the public transport services, we should not take the path of political strikes. It might perhaps be useful to have a debate——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: ——on social partnership, since Ministers and trade unions have an equal responsibility to operate within that spirit.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: It must be withdrawn without qualification.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: The provision of 68,000 houses was not too bad.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: The Senator is embarrassing himself.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: And Tipperary.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I declare an interest in that my brother is a member of the planning profession, although he operates in a different county from that in which I live. Therefore, I hear the views of both sides, namely those of constituents and colleagues and those of planners. I am glad the heat of this debate has lessened considerably, thanks to...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: ——political stroke or manoeuvre.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: They have never seen a broadsheet.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: It happened before the State began.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: The Senator should not presume that I will be losing anything.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "acknowledges and endorses the commitment of the Government to good governance in State-sponsored Bodies, including its approach to the appointment of board members to such bodies." I declare an interest, in that when the Leader was Minister, she appointed me to the philatelic advisory committee...

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: ——because of the contribution she felt I could make rather than because of any party affiliation. This motion was tabled by the three Independent Senators from Trinity College, plus Senator Fergal Quinn. Without casting any aspersions on the movers of the motion or attributing to them any——

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Martin Mansergh: ——nostalgia for the old order, the historian in me cannot——