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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I join with others in welcoming former colleagues to the House. Last night's "Prime Time Investigates" programme highlighted the amount of drug use and the availability of drugs throughout the country. The dangers to people's health were highlighted. The violence on the streets was frightening and this part of Celtic tiger Ireland is not something to be proud of. It presents many...

Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Amendments Nos. 28 and 29 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: European Union Reform Treaty: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I would like to share my time with Senator Regan.

Seanad: European Union Reform Treaty: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and assure him that Fine Gael will be fully supportive of this treaty. We intend to mount a vigorous campaign in favour of this treaty, as we have done in most referendums. The European reform treaty will make Europe work more efficiently and effectively, as the Minister of State said, by speeding up decision making in Brussels. This is crucial...

Seanad: European Union Reform Treaty: Statements (12 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: When are we likely to have the referendum? I know it is dependent on another referendum so will we have two on the same day? What is the current thinking in that regard?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Follow that.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator can make all the changes when he is back in the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: We would not give that to the Senator's party.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Leader is twisting everything.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: That is helpful

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Maurice Cummins: And a very good one.

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey. I am pleased to have an opportunity to make a contribution to this debate on alcohol and drug abuse. Alcohol related injuries are the main cause of visits to accident and emergency departments, whether as a result of road traffic accidents, binge drinking leading to injuries and fatalities, or domestic violence. One fifth of motorists killed...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: You caused it in the first place.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, agreed to publish the results of the Rossiter inquiry as soon as they became available. The report has been available for some time, but the current Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, seems to be dragging his feet on its publication. When will the report be published? Similarly, the Health Service Executive has failed...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: It is Pontius Pilate again.

Seanad: The 70th Anniversary of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (7 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Carey, to the House. The 1937 Constitution is undoubtedly an important and enduring document. We have been talking about its role in Irish politics, but it is not enough to consider it in isolation. We must consider the circumstances of its creation and endurance in the context of other comparable countries. The Irish Constitution has been used...

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share my time with Senator Fitzgerald.

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I do not intend to move the amendment to the motion. We reached agreement on the motion, which was changed. Therefore, we are pleased to withdraw our amendment as a result of that change. It is important there is unanimity on this type of issue. At the UN in 2000 the Taoiseach pledged that Ireland would reach the target of 0.7% of GNP in development aid by 2007. That pledge fell by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, did the Cathaoirleach not ask us at the beginning to refrain from making comments on this matter because it would be dealt with in the Committee on Procedure and Privileges? Perhaps Senator MacSharry did not hear the request, but those were the initial remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I agree with my colleague Senator Buttimer on the question of drugs in prisons. The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Michael McDowell, gave an undertaking that we would have drug-free prisons by this year if his proposals and measures were put in place and implemented. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said he was disturbed at...