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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: In the coming weeks the inaugural meetings of the joint policing committees and the municipal policing committees will be held. This will afford Members of this and the other House as well as local authority members throughout the country an opportunity to meet the Garda and give their views with whatever information is pertinent to the curtailment of crime.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is a unique opportunity and is something that should be welcomed.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: We could use old building blocks and plaster. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on this subject because many important contributions would be forthcoming from all sides of the House. It is a unique opportunity for Members of the Oireachtas as well as local authorities to do their bit in solving serious crime and tackling it in a manner that reflects the views of the people they represent.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: A speech.

Seanad: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Statements (25 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: One of the things which will ruin what we have come to regard as intellectual property is piracy which has been brought to my notice on a number of occasions. I have had an interest in the music business for quite some time. The products of struggling artists, especially in the area of traditional music, are being pirated. On a recent visit to Scotland, I spoke to Jimmy Shand junior. I...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: In view of the fact the Minister is attending a vote in the other House, I move that we suspend the sitting until 5.10 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Buttimer would get the fright of his life if the Leader did so.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: There are few Members in this Chamber——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: There are few Members of this House or of the Lower House or, indeed, members of any chamber right around the country, local authority and other, who have not from time to time made representations for people to be housed. I welcome that and long may it continue. I ask my party's spokesperson on housing, Senator Butler, and the Deputy Leader of the House to arrange a debate on local...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Several colleagues have spoken about health issues. It would be helpful if we held a rolling debate on these issues. I strongly support the call for a debate on men's health. We held a debate on this issue in the last Seanad. Unlike their female counterparts, men are slow to look after their health. Statistics indicate that men visit general practitioners at the urging of their mothers,...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: When the peace process was brokered — we commend all those who participated in that — how many people said at the initial stages that it was not possible, that divisions were too deep-seated and that agreement was not possible? Thanks be to God those people were wrong. When Sinn Féin and the DUP, who were at opposing ends of the political spectrum, came together to form a government in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ar nós na Seanadóirí eile, cuirim fáilte roimh an seans a bheidh againn stádas na Gaeilge a phlé níos déanaí inniu. Beidh gach Seanadóir in ann a gcuid tuairimí ar an ábhar sin a chur in iúl. Tá sé fíor go bhfuil an teanga faoi bhrú. Now that the economy has slowed, particularly in terms of planning, it would be timely to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage...

Seanad: Irish Language: Statements (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ar dtús báire ba mhaith liom, admhaíl nach bhfuil neart Gaeilge agam, ach mar sin féin, tá an-suim agam sa teanga dúchais. Fáiltím roimh an deis chun díospóireachta a bheith againn as Gaeilge. Fáiltímid roimh an sampla maith atá tugtha dúinn uile ag an Taoiseach Brian Cowen ó cheapadh é. Is féidir linn uile níos mó iarrachta a dhéanamh chun an Ghaeilge a thabhairt...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I move: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognising the need for reform of Seanad Éireann, notes: the commitment in the programme for Government to determine the extent of cross-party agreement on the recommendations of the Report on Seanad Reform to advance proposals for implementation, that an all-party group of Members of both Houses of the...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is very important that the whole concept of Seanad reform is being debated and I hope it will not be the last debate. With regard to the vocational panels and the 43 members elected under five different panels, all of which have two sub-panels, I note that five members, or 20%, were initially on the committee. While we are all aware Senator Ryan resigned for his own reasons, I note that...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I join those who stated that the proposed strike should not go ahead. As a long-standing member of a trade union, who served on a branch executive for many years and as an assistant honorary secretary for two years, I am very aware of the work of trade unions and their relevance. However, this is wrong. As a member of a party that commenced the concept of social partnership, we have no...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I was very pleased, as, I am sure, was the Cathaoirleach, to see one of the midland hospitals, namely, the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, named as one of the top performing hospitals in the country. This is against a background of efforts by certain members within the HSE to transfer services from Mullingar to elsewhere. I would welcome an early visit by the Minister for Health and...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Dáil]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 which amends the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 to provide for the introduction of limits on expenditure by candidates and political parties at local elections. These new limits will be put in place for the forthcoming local elections to be held on 5 June 2009. There are...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Dáil]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator was going places.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Dáil]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Tomorrow at approximately 11.30 a.m. Committee Stage ordered for Wednesday, 25 March 2009.