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Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Food Safety: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: That concludes the statements. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: That was not the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: It was suggested in the House of Commons yesterday that up to 20 republicans were involved in the killing of a young man, Paul Quinn, in Northern Ireland. It was also suggested that ten men in overalls and surgical gloves beat the young man to death and that the community was told not to give any information to the forces of law and order in the Republic and Northern Ireland. There have...

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. When we speak of the Irish Aid strategy, we immediately think of the amount of money Ireland will spend abroad on overseas aid development. Then we think of how long it will take to reach our target of 0.7% of gross national product, which will probably amount to €1.5 billion by the target date of 2012. This is a significant sum and Ireland...

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: While we want the Good Friday Agreement to work and we welcome that the Northern Ireland Assembly is working, I raised the question last week of the brutal murder of Paul Quinn and how the intimidated community will not give information to the PSNI or the Garda. The weekend's newspapers reported that Robert McCartney's sister, while doing her duty as a nurse in the Markets area, was...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: In January 2007 the Minister gave a commitment that Waterford Regional Hospital would have a 42-bed oncology-haematology inpatient unit and a 20-bed oncology day ward. The Taoiseach wrote a letter four days before the general election, a copy of which I have, stating that planning permission would be sought by the end of this year and work would begin by 2008. Planning permission has not...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister might answer the questions if they are from the Fianna Fáil side.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister said "No" yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: She said "No" yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Boyle is in Government.

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I second the motion so ably proposed by my colleague, Senator O'Reilly. EU postal markets will be open to full competition in 2011. This involves a two-year extension from the original date of 2009 and I hope the extra two years will prepare Europe's postal monopolies, including An Post, for the competition in the marketplace which will undoubtedly come. Most segments of the market, such as...

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Two minutes.

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Give us the legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: There used to be 4,000 jobs there.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The junior Minister from Sligo is against his own Minister on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The person responsible should also put up his or her hands.

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share time with Senator Buttimer. I welcomed the report on Seanad reform when it was published some years ago. One of its main items was the suggestion that reforms ensure that "the Seanad, or more realistically Seanad committees, would become vehicles for more widespread and effective public consultation". There are a number of ways we can approach reform. We can amend Standing...