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Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: I support the amendment. If one reads section 12 as it stands, it appears that it might suggest that different standards may apply in respect of those held in temporary custody. The amendment put forward by Senator Bacik is, therefore, well founded and would improve the Bill.

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: In a sense, we have delegated legislation to the Minister and what Senator Bacik is saying is that we in this House are supposed to set out the principles upon which the Minister draws up regulations. I do not find the principles in the Bill. It is all procedural and there is nothing substantive in it. What is suggested in the amendment is that we should define the principles and the...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: I believe Senator Bacik wishes to table one amendment that she had moved and subsequently withdrawn on Committee Stage.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: We welcome the fact that the Government has accepted this Fine Gael amendment. A Bill which puts €54 billion of taxpayers' money at risk should not be guillotined and that this type of amendment can emerge in a short debate before the guillotine in the Lower House today shows the pitfalls of rushing legislation and not allowing a full debate on each and every provision. The conflicts of...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: The Senator can never resist doing this.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: I never said it was.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I was speaking about the Lower House.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: It is for the Cathaoirleach to decide what is a point of order.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: It is a correction. Let us be fair.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: She made good points.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: There is no doubt AIB has outwitted the Minister for Finance on its choice of managing director and on executive pay.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: Last April the Minister announced a cap of €500,000 on the pay of chief executives but not on the pay of senior executives in banks. It is interesting no such general limit applies to them. The cap has been disregarded in this instance, which highlights why the Minister is bottom of the list in a Financial Times survey published today of finance Ministers in the European Union. One of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: We have a free press.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: I revert to the issue of a cap on the pay of banking executives. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan attempted to explain the sequence of events regarding the cap on the pay of the new chief executive or managing director of AIB. He said when he was informed of the matter he made no decision on it and, as any Minister for Finance would do in the circumstances, he brought it to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: -----by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey. I ask that the Minister come to the House and explain the situation. A new licence was granted in record time to another operator and a local businessman who took the initiative of setting up this excellent service has been done down by the Minister for Transport.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Eugene Regan: I also want to raise the matter of farm incomes, as referred to by Senator John Paul Phelan. The Irish Farmers Association estimates farm incomes in 2009 will show a drop of 28% on top of a 13% drop in the previous year. Farmers particularly have been affected by the recent flooding, on top of such a devastating fall in income. There are also villages and towns which are badly affected....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: The question has been raised of whether we face a national emergency or disaster because of the flooding. The Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, indicated that as Dublin was not affected, a national emergency was not being declared. Given that the car of the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, has since been submerged in water along the Strawberry Beds, perhaps we can now declare a national...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: The purpose of these amendments is to take account of the position of victims of crime and to provide them with legal representation. Amendment No. 18 refers to the information given by the Garda Síochána to victims of crime in terms of early release on bail and the terms of such release. Amendment No. 19 refers to information in respect of parole and the notice of prosecution for breach...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: That would be too much.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: The Minister's reply is predictable, particularly in the context of our previous discussion on the matter. There is no question that the victims' charter is comprehensive. If its provisions are implemented in an effective manner, the charter can go a long way towards meeting the needs of victims in being provided with information and involved in the criminal prosecution process. I welcome...