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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: Does he have something to say?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: It is £115 in the North, a few miles over the road from where the Senator lives.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: Senator Ó Domhnaill is giving out about the fee. A few miles over the road it is £115. That is the equivalent of €150.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: It is £115

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: On a point of order, was it not stated in October 2009, in the programme for Government rewritten by the Fianna Fáil Party, that they were going to bring this in?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: Did the Fianna Fáil Party not state that it would bring this in?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: Senator Ó Domhnaill should be in order.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: I agree with everything Senator Bradford has said on the Croke Park agreement. It appears that everything is on the table except the Croke Park agreement. I call for this debate in light of discussions I had recently with a senior manager in the public service who told me that if he had the power or the wherewithal to get rid of people out of the service as he chose, he could get rid of 20%...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: It goes back to the economics.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: Is it appropriate for people to look for the gory details of why somebody committed suicide? It is deplorable.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: We are not entitled to know. That is an issue for the family.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: I am glad my colleague, Senator Bacik, has also asked for an open debate on the Croke Park agreement. I agree with her that the agreement in its entirety needs to be looked at. Many low-paid people are part of the agreement as well as some who may need a clipping. Every day, phrases are used in this House and in the Dáil to refer to the poorest and weakest in society and the less well-off....

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: The Senator is a frequent visitor to Ashford Castle.

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, and compliment him on the job he is doing. As other Members have stated, his enthusiasm and energy is well noted in the tourism sector. The Bill is to be welcomed. It shows that the Government intends that one of the cornerstones that will bring this country out of recession is tourism. It is making provision for that, on which I compliment the...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Nov 2011)

Tom Shehan: It would be a great achievement if we could introduce that model of having ambassadors on the ground selling this country and the positive things about it. I urge the Minister of State to push that approach if he can. I am pleased about the assessment process for the tourism capital investment programme. A capital investment appraisal group has been set up. I am also pleased to see the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Tom Shehan: I call on the Leader to bring the Minister for Health to the House as soon as it is practicable to discuss the structure that is the HSE. A number of years ago, we were sold what I believe was a pig in a poke when we were sold centres of excellence. I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Reilly, on his efforts to free up public beds being used by private health insurers, free of cost. A young...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Tom Shehan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Tom Shehan: Senator Darragh O'Brien is wasting his own time by making comments of this nature.

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Tom Shehan: If I may borrow a comment from Professor Brendan Walsh on last night's "Prime Time", this had to be done. No Government takes pleasure in implementing cuts of the nature announced today. I want to address, and commend, several aspects of the Budget Statement. I do not recall a previous budget which focused so much on agriculture. This is a positive outcome because, when one considers...