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Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Please, could we avoid personalising this debate?

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Colleagues, please.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendment No. 20 has been already discussed with amendment No. 6.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: While I allowed the Senator some latitude in terms of speaking to this amendment, it has already been discussed with an earlier group of amendments. I will allow a brief comment from the Minister if he wishes.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call Senator Burke but I do not expect him to answer the questions asked by Senator Byrne. The Minister will speak afterwards.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Does the Minister wish to comment?

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator should ask Deputy Shortall about that.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I wish my opposite number, Senator Paul Coghlan, well in his position as acting Leader this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I know that his insecurity has necessitated his arranging for his assistant Whip to sit alongside him. I wish him well in his acting position.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yesterday morning, my colleague, Senator Paul Coghlan, raised the issue of a long-established business that had been forced into receivership by the Ulster Bank. This morning, I read in a national newspaper about the same happening to another long-established business, Olhausen meat producers, which has been in existence for 126 years. Yesterday morning, 160 workers were informed at 7 a.m....

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator should sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join colleagues in calling on the Leader to arrange a debate on the proposals launched this afternoon by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan. I have not had an opportunity to read the entire report, which runs to more than 200 pages, because my party did not receive copies until about an hour ago, unlike some of our colleagues opposite who...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yes. Given that Senator Landy comes from a major urban area, he will not be badly affected by the proposals. The title of the document, Putting People First, is an insult to citizens, especially in Cavan-Monaghan, where they will be given an opportunity to vote for 79 fewer public representatives at the next local elections.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I suggest Senator Landy and his colleagues go back to the drawing board. They should call in the Minister and get this right. While I welcome reforms, one of the major reforms in the report - I read about it in the executive summary - is to change the county manager title to one of "chief executive". That is some achievement.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join with other colleagues in calling for a debate on the Prison Service. That debate should not just be about prison buildings but about the culture of what goes on in those prisons. I commend Judge Reilly for his persistence in undertaking his task of exposing what was going on in St. Patrick's Institution. It is a disgrace that in 2012 these types of horrific incidents should be...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----and glossy. I wish to say two things, with your indulgence, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: No, we are not. It is a big document. Putting People First will mean 32 fewer councillors in Munster, 22 fewer councillors in Connacht-Ulster, seven fewer in Leinster and 53 extra in Dublin city.