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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: While it is a hopeful sign that GDP increased by 0.3% in the third quarter, the real measure of national wealth and our standard of living is GNP which has declined by 1.4%. There is no question that we are not yet out of the woods. When we discuss the state of the public finances and the economy which is expected to contract by 7.5% this year, we must consider that throughout the year...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Eugene Regan: On the Minister's admission, the scheme cannot take effect until it is approved. The delay is down to the Minister and the Government. I ask the Leader to explain.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: There were many events during the Christmas and festive season which warrant comment today, one of which I would like to mention, namely, the death of Mr. Jens Bang, a Danish citizen and former EU Commission official and my father-in-law. I have a specific reason for mentioning this event. In Denmark, when a person dies, the death is recorded in a central register, thus ensuring all public...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: The action of the air traffic controllers is purely and simply economic blackmail because air traffic control is a vital service that is essential to the economy. Damage has been done to the 20,000 travellers, tourism, our exports and the image of the country. We have no chance to secure economic recovery unless it is on the basis of a competitive economy. To give in to this economic...

Seanad: Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security: Motion (21 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: It is strange that we are having a debate on establishing a committee in the European Union. The reason for doing so seems so self-evident. As the Minister of State said, the European Union has an important role to play in bringing together the actions of member states in this area aimed at promoting and ensuring internal security and police co-operation. The reason we are doing this is...

Seanad: Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security: Motion (21 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: It involves reconfiguration of existing committees at Council level. It is important that the Minister set out his agenda and that we establish what we want to prioritise through co-operation with other member states at EU level. I fully support the choice to opt in to this decision. We should participate fully on the committee.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: We adopted legislation on NAMA in this House on 12 November, at which point I indicated that this did not mean it was a done deal in that it had to be approved by the European Commission. I also asked the Leader if we would be kept informed in respect of the notification of the scheme to Brussels and whether it would diverge from the business plan of which the House was informed in October....

Seanad: Haiti Disaster: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive report on what has been done thus far by Ireland and the EU to deal with the Haitian disaster. Haiti is a unique state with a long history of political instability and natural disasters, of which this earthquake is the most dramatic instance. That the country's plight has given rise to extraordinary generosity in a time of recession in...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: I support the call of Senator Cummins for a debate on crime, as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is getting away with murder on the issue. If politics is to be results-based, the Minister has failed. Senator Quinn referred to a very important report from the Garda inspectorate on resource allocation within the Garda Síochána. It outlines various recommendations on how we...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I asked the Leader about the NAMA scheme notified to the European Commission by the Government on 23 December 2009.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: I am asking the Leader and I will come back to this question. What is in that scheme?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I wish to raise an issue of perjury. The Statutory Declarations Act 1938 makes it an offence to lie on oath. In addition, the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act 1923 makes it an offence to malign or defame a candidate in an election. Perjury goes to the heart of the criminal justice system, as indicated by a judge in Limerick last year when a man was sentenced to one year in prison after...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The case has concluded. On his own admission and in an apology to the court last December he admitted-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I have a very specific question for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I need to introduce the question and explain it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Minister categorically and emphatically denied that he had made an allegation about ownership of a brothel in Limerick by a candidate in the local elections. That is why Mr. Justice Cooke did not grant an injunction in the case - the court had been misled. When the journalist's tape of the interview was produced, the Minister admitted he had made a false statement and apologised to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: There is an issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: -----of the Minister's fitness for office in such circumstances.