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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I agree with the comments of the previous speakers in respect of the referendum on Saturday and the need to send a positive message concerning the children of Ireland. I also agree with what Senator Eamonn Coghlan said concerning the final announcement of the national children's hospital. That too was a good day for Irish children. My question runs along the lines of those of my colleagues...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach but I respect the Senator's right to intervene. I hope she is equally concerned. I am sure she is as concerned as I am about the outrageous allegations we have read about. I want to have the Minister in the House at the earliest possible stage to give an initial response but I hope we will support the call for a full inquiry. Frankly, I am not interested in...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I trust we may be in a position to speak to our political betters when they become available. Should the need arise to seek further time, the case can certainly be considered.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister. I listened with interest to his contribution on this substantial item of legislation. Regardless of the nature of the legislation that comes before the House, we would generally wish for more time to debate it. I accept, however, that time is not an endless resource in this instance. Of all the legislation dealt with by this and the Lower House in recent years, none...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: We live in a state of hope.

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: Is that the best example?

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the publication of the Bill by Senator White. I hope we will find the parliamentary process open enough and generous enough to ensure the idea will remain at least on the table. The Bill is about older people. I hope we will look at the Bill not through the prism of old politics because, as we know, in the old politics that has ruined this country, the Government proposes and the...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I apologise for interrupting but the section deals with the transfer of land and properties to the Minister of Defence. The Senator is raising a pertinent point, which is perhaps more appropriate to a later section.

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I break my own procedure in welcoming to the Visitors Gallery the young ladies from St. Aloysius's College in Carrigtwohill, whom I forgot to meet this morning.

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I rule myself out of order.

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy McGinley, to the House and welcome this Second Stage debate on the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Prisons) Bill 2012. When debating the Personal Insolvency Bill last week, Members spoke of the positive impact of the manner in which the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Senator for his interesting tour of south-west Cork.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I shall not adjudicate on that matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Courts Service (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: Does the Senator have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for her contribution. We welcome the proposal. Is the Minister of State in a position to provide a broad indication of the amount of money involved? We welcome the increase in support from the European Union, but how large will be the budgets in this regard? Has a determination been made on what will be the Irish contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: Was the amount to which the Minister of State referred - between €1.2 million and €1.4 million - the Irish contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: I thank the Minister of State for that information. In the national context, €1.5 million is a tiny amount. Apropos what Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn stated, we are referring to people who are extremely vulnerable. Nobody chooses to be a refugee. One imagines that it is not a very pleasant lifestyle. This is taxpayers' money which is being well spent. We must continue to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: That is very good.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Paul Bradford: We have points of order and information but I have a point of suggestion. It is useful when a Minister comes in on Second Stage with a substantive contribution that we have a copy of the script. Perhaps as we work through the Bill and when there are other groupings of amendments with fairly detailed changes, it would be helpful to provide a note. We have gone through seven or eight very...