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Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: He may have but he should not have done so.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, line 46, to delete "sub sea" and substitute "sub-sea". The Minister has commented on this amendment. It is a drafting amendment. There is no such word as "sub". It is a prefix and therefore should be followed by a hyphen. I discovered this when reading through the Bill between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. the other night. If this amendment were to be accepted,...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Following that I will look forward to a good night's sleep and worry no longer.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, line 46, to delete "may," and substitute the following: "shall, where safety considerations render it appropriate,". This Bill is merely an enabling measure that leaves it entirely up to the commission to decide whether to designate any petroleum activity. The Bill should be mandatory where safety considerations make it appropriate to apply its provisions.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: As the Minister is aware, the Maritime Safety Directorate is a unit of the Department of Transport and has no existence in law. The Minister for Transport is the legal entity who should be referred to in the legislation.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 10, line 18, to delete "of the Commission" and substitute the following: "to be achieved by the Commission in exercising its functions under this Part". It is incorrect to say the objective of the commission is set out in section 13G because it has other objectives set out in the 1999 Act. Instead, safety matters set out in section 13G are the objectives to...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 16: In page 10, line 26, after "functions" to insert "under this Part".

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 10, line 38, to delete "section," and substitute "Part,".

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I was only three years of age then.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: On a point of order, it is my understanding that these are grouped with the first group of amendments and that because amendment No. 2 has been agreed, that these cannot be moved as a result.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: The previous ruling was that in cases where there were groups of amendments, subsequent amendments could not be moved because the principal ones were agreed. I may be incorrect.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Yes, but amendments Nos. 33 and 34 are the same. I do not wish to be pedantic.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 50: In page 22, line 48, to delete "certificate" and substitute "warrant". The use of "warrant of appointment" of an authorised officer is a well-established and understood legal term. We see no rationale to replace it with the new concept of a "certificate of appointment" at this stage.

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: In view of my very obvious sleeping disorder, I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: During the past 24 hours, much has been stated about the profession of politics. From my perspective, it is a fine, honourable profession. It was a man with Tipperary connections and who occupied the White House in the 1980s who stated that politics was the second oldest profession in the world and bore a strong resemblance to the oldest profession. That to one side——

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: That comment from someone who was on Broadway.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: I want to pay tribute to the strong, firm and unambiguous defence of the political system and the body politic on last night's RTE "The Frontline" programme by Noel Whelan. It was outstanding.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: He has always written and commentated on politics in a fair and balanced manner. We must be careful not to allow ourselves to be sucked in by some elements of the media who——

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: ——wish to debase politics and its practitioners.

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2010)

Michael McCarthy: Senator Quinn was fearing that you would.