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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: This is repetitive.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I know the Senator was.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Senator Donohoe should know that I was smiling at someone in the Visitors Gallery. I apologise if he got the wrong impression. Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, Walsh, Coffey, MacSharry, Kelly, Bacik, Regan, Quinn, Coghlan, McFadden, Ó Domhnaill and Donohoe all called for a debate on the economy. I have given my word to the House that this is going to take place. Now that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Long before the Senator's time, as Johnny McEvoy said.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I ask that some Senators have the decency to listen to the responses to the questions they have asked.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Senator Buttimer is not in a council chamber any longer. He has been uplifted and I am sure his family and parish are very uplifted along with him. I know he has an onerous task in living up to this responsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: No shouting and roaring from the other side, please. Senators Norris and Fitzgerald quite correctly have asked me to raise the matter of Zimbabwe with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the context of the agreed all-party motion. I certainly will do that on the conclusion of the Order of Business. Senator O'Toole highlighted the difficulties being experienced with funding for Gaeltacht...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: If I want a squeak, I know where to look. Senator Buttimer called for a debate on the aviation industry. I have already said a debate can take place on this issue. He also called for a debate and update on the national development plan. This is very timely and should take place, hopefully, before the summer recess. Senator Quinn called for the Minister to clarify the referendum on...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2008, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 3 June 2008.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I welcome the new Minister of State to the House. I congratulate him on his appointment by the Taoiseach and I wish him well. He has gained a lot of experience through his membership of local authorities and of the Dáil, so he will be well equipped in the coming years and will hopefully go further. I wish him, his wife and his family health and happiness in his new position, which was...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Ag 10.30 a.m. maiden amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: We have some back-up material if anyone steps out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 12)(Church of Ireland College of Education) Order 2008, back from committee, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion re the Planning and Development Regulations 2008, back from committee, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, motion re the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Las Vegas.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: We had a fellow here in the 1980s who had all that.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Donohoe, O'Toole, Doherty, Walsh, Regan and Coffey all called for a debate on the economy. I have already said that we will have a lengthy debate on this issue before the summer recess. The OECD report will be discussed in the House next Wednesday at 3 p.m. There is no difficulty in giving as much time as is required to discuss this issue before the summer recess and to let the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I will say this. I congratulate the Irish people for their foresight and wisdom in returning a Government that delivered to them when it was in power.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Imagine what it was like in this House when interest rates were at 17%, inflation at 15%, 50,000 people a year were emigrating——