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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I wish to clarify the Order of Business. I said that the statements regarding the Morris tribunal reports would commence on the conclusion of the Order of Business and would adjourn not later than 1.40 p.m. I should have said that they would conclude not later than 1.40 p.m. Senators Cummins, O'Toole, Alex White, Coghlan, Bradford, Regan, Healy Eames, Boyle, John Paul Phelan and O'Reilly...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I have no difficulty in asking the Minister to come to the House to discuss the achievements of the Government in funding for education. As Senator Hanafin said, we have had 11 years of surplus and this year is the one year we will face extreme difficulty and that will possibly continue for the following two years. Our future depends on our investment in education. I must take on board...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: That will take place next week. I know that many Senators will wish to contribute to that discussion. On the request for a debate on agriculture, I am actively pursing the Minister in terms of a date in his diary for this debate. It is timely that this should take place and I have no difficulty in accommodating such a debate at the earliest possible time. I will come back to the House next...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I am giving the House the benefit of my experience, which the Senator seems to lack from time to time.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: My late father told me I was getting involved in a very difficult industry. He said I was going in with my good name and that if I came out the same way I would have achieved a lot. For many years I wondered why he felt it necessary to say that to me because I always tried to do the right thing in my life. At the end of it all, I realised how sensible a remark it was from an ordinary man...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business and to take Nos. 1a and 1b on the Supplementary Order Paper, that all Stages of the Mental Health Bill 2008 be taken now and that Second Stage conclude within 35 minutes, with the contributions from the group spokespersons not to exceed five minutes and those of all other Senators not to...

Seanad: Mental Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Now.

Seanad: Mental Health Bill 2008: Motion for Earlier Signature (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Mental Health Bill 2008 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Seanad: Mental Health Bill 2008: Motion for Earlier Signature (30 Oct 2008)

Donie Cassidy: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 4 November 2008.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Before the Order of Business I would like, on behalf of myself and the House, to offer our congratulations to the US President-elect, Barack Obama.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Barack Obama's remarkable personal story, together with his eloquence and huge political talents, send a powerful message of hope to American citizens and America's friends right across the world. We look forward to the President-elect building on America's strong relationships with EU member states and other countries around the globe. We look forward to working with him and his...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the over 70s entitlement to medical cards, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude at 1.40 p.m. if not previously concluded, with spokespersons having ten minutes, all other Senators seven minutes, on which Senators may share time by agreement of the House, and the Minister to be called upon ten minutes from the end...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, O'Malley, Buttimer, Keaveney, Quinn, Ellis, Hanafin, Coffey, Ó Murchú, Norris, Leyden, Ormonde, Bacik, Healy-Eames and Ross expressed their congratulations to Senator Barack Obama, the President-elect of the United States of America. His election is uplifting for people, particularly in the western world. It has many parallels with the election of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: In the context of Senator Ross's comments, I remind the House that one out of every seven votes cast in the United States yesterday was cast by an Irish American.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Millions of Irish Americans voted yesterday and it is probable that the majority of them voted for Senator Obama. Mr. Tim Kaine, the Governor of Virginia, visited this House seven weeks ago and addressed the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, of which I was chairman in the last Dáil. His grandmother comes from Killashee in County Longford. I have become very good...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I did not hear the Senator's remark, but if it relates to houses, no one has the track record in the past ten years in terms of what we have done——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: One person in every seven is in a new house. Many Members here are too young to remember the tenement houses in this country or the fact that Mr. de Valera and his Government had to roll up their sleeves to tackle that issue. They may not even remember more recent times and what Deputy Tony Gregory and former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey did for the inner city of Dublin, which resulted in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: Let us talk about facts in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: The facts are there and some younger Members would not read it in the history books because it has not yet been written about.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Donie Cassidy: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I am simply informing the House of the facts as they happened in the past. Senators called for a debate on human rights and the funding of human rights and anti-racism organisations, about which I have no difficulty. I am also happy to set aside time for a debate on banking and the up-to-date position on that sector. I gave a commitment to the House that once...