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Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Leader's star sign is looking good.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Senator is being controversial.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: It is very unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: We have had enough of it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: A great deal of attention has been focussed on the register of electors over the last few days. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, has spoken about the issue. I do not think there is any more certainty on foot of his comment that the onus to carry out the work that is needed is strictly on local authorities. We are aware that changes to the register...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: Castlepollard is a big area.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I join in the expressions of sympathy for Máire Buckley, who was a native of Newcastle West. Many of the people of the town who know the Buckley family well were stunned by the news. She was a beacon of light in educational circles and was known for her work with the disadvantaged in the inner city. On a regular basis statistics are published on the numbers waiting for driving tests. Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: Please allow me the same latitude as the previous speaker.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I am about to finish. I hope common sense prevails in the current partnership talks and that we do not have a stupid situation where a union will oppose a sensible proposition by the Minister. I support the Minister in what he is trying to do in this regard. If I was allowed the latitude, I would try to highlight the folly of taking politicians out of the equation.

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I call Senator Scanlon.

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I presume that is acceptable.

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Minister of State's time has concluded.

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: In the 28 years that GRA conferences have taken place, this is the first time the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was not invited to address the gathering. In that context, the low morale within the Garda Síochána regarding the reserve force is apparent. When the Garda Síochána Bill was going through this House — and the Minister consistently reminded us that it had the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I did not say that at all. I said the Minister should come to the House and explain his statements. The Senator should get it right.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: Of course the Senator dislikes the suggestion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I compliment the producers of "Prime Time Investigates" on their programme last night, which was followed by a very comprehensive analysis on "Questions and Answers". This morning, I listened to the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, admit on my local radio station that he was embarrassed by the programme, as he should, given that he has been in...

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have spoken on various issues related to road safety many times on the Order of Business. There has been considerable lethargy in enforcing action to rectify the difficulties that exist. It was a shocking indictment of the Government when the previous chairman of the authority mentioned that he believed that more than 200 lives a year could have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: When Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats first came to power in 1997, their concerns about increasing house prices led them to commission Peter Bacon and Associates, a firm of economic consultants, to produce a report with the objective of dampening house prices. The firm followed up with two further reports in 1999 and 2000. However, house prices have since escalated out of all...