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Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I wish to share my time with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the House and am pleased that we are debating such an important issue. It has received some attention in media circles in recent times for very good reason. One can see that it is not as simple as it might initially appear.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: The issue is not as simple as one might assume, although no one in this House has suggested it is simple. It is a fraught and complex one. I am not going to lecture the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, who comes from a strong fishing constituency and has vast political experience on the finer details of the issues. The committee referred to a perceived imminent and ongoing threat to...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I support the motion and welcome that we are debating an extremely important issue. I do not believe there is anybody who cannot attest to the wonderful service provided by many people to many homes throughout the country. The service has been developed in recent years and thankfully our economy is now sufficiently buoyant to allow us to do so. It began with the helpers being paid a pittance....

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I raised the issue I am about to raise now on the Order of Business yesterday. It concerns a four year old, Great Agbonlahor, and this is a picture of him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I accept the Chair's ruling. This four year old boy is autistic and is now in foster care. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is to be commended on ordering a reprieve of one week in regard to the deportation of his family. This boy is receiving one-to-one tuition, he has a classroom assistant and is being cared for. If he goes back to Nigeria he will not get that assistance....

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: The sheer horror and injustice of the catalogue of events described in the Ferns report appalled everybody. I wish to single out two people in particular, Colm O'Gorman of the One in Four organisation and Bishop Eamonn Walsh, whom Mr. O'Gorman has justifiably praised for the painstaking work he has done in the diocese over the past two years. I support calls for a debate on this issue. I know...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: At least Senator Minihan read the document.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: The reform is very important; Senator Minihan should read our document.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: Government inaction.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: It was at the Ard-Fheis.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I support the sentiments expressed by Senator Brian Hayes. Nobody doubts that the anniversary in 2016 will be a significant historical event. The manner in which the announcement was made and the lack of all-party consultation are the real issues. I speak as a member of the only political party that existed in 1916. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael did not exist then. The Army is the Army of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: That make up costs the State a great deal of money.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Michael McCarthy: There was no Ard-Fheis there.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I thought Senator O'Toole was a brick; now he is a cavity block.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I am about to do that. Unlike the cavity block, I am a bit full.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: A number of advertisements are being run in this morning's newspapers by the Department of Agriculture and Food. They call on those who are involved in any way with the poultry trade to register and advise them of their obligations under the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 and registration of poultry flocks audit 2005. They also advise those who are involved in rearing turkeys for local...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I would like to know if Deputy O'Donnell was speaking in terms of official Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

Michael McCarthy: I, too, want to raise the issue of crime. It is extremely worrying that 17 people have lost their lives due to gangland killings of one description or another — executions being the most recent type of manifestation of the worst type of violence that exists in this country. I echo the sentiments of the acting leader of Fine Gael, Senator Finucane. It is amazing that throughout the period...