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Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senators should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Order, please, Senator Cullinane. Respect the Chair. I call the Minister of State to reply.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask Members to respect the Chair and the House. They should not have an interaction among themselves about personality or otherwise. I call the Minister of State.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister of State to reply, without interruption.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 have been ruled out of order as they have the potential to impose a charge on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Walsh must confine his comments to the section.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have granted the Senator some latitude, but he is commenting on matters outside the ambit of the section.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This matter is contemplated in a later amendment. Perhaps it might be more appropriate to discuss it at that point.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: That matter arises in the context of a later amendment.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister of State can comment on the matter in dealing with the later amendment to which I refer. He might put his thinking cap on in the meantime.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 8 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Are the amendments being pressed?

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: We are on amendment No. 4.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: As amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 8 are related, may I assume they will all be withdrawn?

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This is somewhat parochial, but I ask the Minister of State to outline the impact, if any, of the €900,000 cutback that has been announced for Bantry General Hospital. I have spoken to the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, on the issue on a number of occasions and he is fully aware of the significance of Bantry hospital due to its geographic location. It is on the list of unique small...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, and the response is, by and large, positive. I am not being political or parochial, but since I became a councillor in 1985 Bantry General Hospital has been the backbone of my reason for being in politics. Even when Fianna Fáil was in government I did not have a problem in...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I rise to raise the decision last week in the Bailey case in the Supreme Court. At the outset I welcome the Ombudsman's decision to seek a second report into the activity of gardaí on the case. However, I have other concerns. The Minister should attend the House or comment publicly on the reason a direction by the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, more than ten years ago about there...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to the House.

Seanad: Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: We will go through it section by section. The Minister can speak at the culmination. We must finish at 4.45 p.m. I think there are only three amendments.