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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive. No. 1, European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006 — Second Stage (resumed), to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 4 p.m., the contribution of Senators not to exceed eight minutes each and Senators may share time, the Minister to be called on to reply not later than five minutes before the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: The Leader of the Opposition, Senator Brian Hayes, and Senator John Paul Phelan, raised the issue of speed limits and those people who appear to be escaping sentencing in court. In one case the recorded speed of a defendant was an astonishing 200 km/h. I am not fully familiar with the detail of whether the Department advised that it was not required of the local authorities to implement the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: I understand it is proposed to commence the section but that is a slightly different matter from having it in the Act. I will bring the matter to the attention of the Minister. I agree that the committees should be established. We had a similar situation in regard to the health boards. Those committees are now being set up and the same should apply in this case. A valuable contribution can be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: I will bring this matter to the attention of the Minister. I will not comment on the point made by Senator Maurice Hayes about Derry-Londonderry, or "Stroke City".

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Senators O'Toole, Ormonde and John Paul Phelan raised the matter of the billions of euro being earmarked for research and development under the new national programme. This is to be welcomed as a key component in ensuring the State can maintain its competitiveness internationally. It is an area that has been neglected in the past, even within the private sector, and funding has been...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: ——others by protesting outside the gates of Leinster House. However, I am not familiar with the circumstances of this particular school. Senator Tuffy raised the case of Aung San Suu Kyi. Her plight has been addressed at meetings of the Oireachtas Committees on European Affairs and Foreign Affairs. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has been consistent in his support for her and in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Cyprus.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Be afraid, be very afraid.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: I have never heard the Tánaiste give eternal incantations of the nature referred to by the previous speaker, whose name I cannot recall. I refer to Senator Ryan.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: However, she has consistently stated——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: ——this country has a requirement to produce a world-class service——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: —— which has the interest of the patient at its heart. It would be worthwhile for this House to debate this report which was prepared by a private Swedish organisation. I understand it is only the second report of its type, the first being a pilot report on 12 countries. My view, and that of many neutral observers, is that the report contains many inaccuracies. The figures are out of date...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Hence, I do not see anything extraordinary or unusual about this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: It is not necessary.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Opposition Senators would hate to read the survey, as they would then need to talk about facts.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: We must listen to the bulls from the other side.

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: I welcome the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, to the House. The Minister's title indicates how much importance the Government attaches to sport. The Minister, like other speakers, referred to the way sport improves the health of the nation. That is not something new. The Romans had the phrase mens sana in corpore sano — healthy body, healthy mind. Sometimes I just...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: Abbotstown is well established in the psyche of agricultural Ireland. Anybody who studied agriculture in the 1960s, as I did, or who farmed in the 1970s and 1980s was aware of the importance of Abbotstown and the work of the laboratories to the industry. It is a reflection of the changing times that it is being developed as a special sports campus, which is welcome. When zoning lands, local...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: The Senator knows we cannot debate this matter.

Seanad: Port Development. (27 Jun 2006)

John Dardis: I call Senator Morrissey and ask him to be brief. As I said to Senator Browne, we cannot debate the matter.