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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I am responding to the call that was——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: If there was room on this side of the House the Senator would have been over here long ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I am responding to the call that was made today, and I am now informing the House that I intend to propose——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: ——an all-day sitting next Thursday to discuss the economy, the recapitalisation of the banks, which Senator Ross mentioned and which is urgently needed, and, as has been mentioned by some Senators, the credit rating of the country, Ireland plc. I will allow as much time on Thursday as leaders require of me for Senators on all sides of the House to make their views known with the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Maybe two in some places. We are talking about a reduction of €10 a week. This was a serious problem at the talks for the lower paid in the public service. They will benefit from their pensions to the extent of 40/80 of their salaries, which is 50%, and it is index linked for the rest of their lives. It is only very young people, I understand — a small percentage — who are affected...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: ——will be left aside for Members to make long and lengthy contributions, as they have been calling for. Senator Cannon asked for an urgent debate on the sports capital grant. I am acceding to that request and will endeavour to have the Minister make space in his diary so he can attend.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I offer my congratulations, on behalf of Senator O'Toole and all Senators, including the Cathaoirleach, to the Gaelic Athletic Association on its 125th anniversary. I had the pleasure of attending the celebrations in Croke Park, and how proud I was to be an Irish person and a member of an organisation that has done so much over that length of time, through voluntary contributions, to bring...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Senator Norris called for a debate on the research which was published yesterday regarding mental health among young gay people. I have no difficulty in allowing this to take place. The Senator also spoke about the Yeats house in Sligo. I will convey his views to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. "Ben Bulben of Sligo majestic you stand to welcome me back from...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, Industrial Development Bill 2008 — Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008 — Second Stage (resumed), to be taken at the conclusion of No. 1 but not earlier than 3 p.m.; and No. 25, motion 31 re human rights, to be taken at 5 p.m. and to conclude not later than 7 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: This is a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Boyle, Hanafin, Mullen, Ormonde, Callely, Kelly, Walsh, Regan, MacSharry, Bacik, McFadden and Donohoe expressed their views regarding the announcement yesterday by the Taoiseach of plans for the correction of the State's finances. As the House is aware, all day tomorrow will be made available to discuss the matter. I wish to discuss arrangements with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I call on all Senators to make their contribution tomorrow in the interests of those whom they represent, namely, the people. I look forward to a lengthy, all-day debate on this very important issue. I refer to the matter of job creation. I will allocate time in the coming weeks to hold a lengthy debate in the presence of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to...

Seanad: Electoral Amendment Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I am a Member of this House once more as a consequence of the foresight of the Constituency Commission. I should mention that I was elected with the permission of Members of the Oireachtas and members of local authorities throughout the country. I consider it to be a great privilege and honour to be a Member of the Seanad. Having said that, politics is defined as the art of the possible....

Seanad: Electoral Amendment Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Until that election, beautiful hospital buildings in County Westmeath had been standing idle for between 11 and 12 years because no money had been available to fit them out or tog them out. The people of that area had not been well served by the failure to secure funding for the hospital in question. The state-of-the-art wards at the hospital are now open, thank God. I congratulate...

Seanad: Electoral Amendment Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I will do the best I can for the people of north Westmeath, who have been disenfranchised. I refer to people in my home village of Castlepollard and other villages such as Collinstown, Delvin, Fore, where my mother was bred, born and reared, Drumcree, Clonmellon, Riverdale, Whitehall and Crookedwood. People in such areas were not represented by a resident Member of the Dáil for many years....

Seanad: Electoral Amendment Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Parts of the four provinces will fall within that one constituency area. From that point of view, we might examine the provision of single seat constituencies for the European Parliament in the future. The new constituency in which Longford-Westmeath will be placed, that of the old Connacht-Ulster constituency, covers a massive area, illustrated by the long distance from Malin Head in...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (4 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements regarding expenditure measures for the stabilisation of the public finances to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 4 p.m. Spokespersons may speak for 20 minutes and other Senators for eight minutes, and Senators may share time, by leave of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Some things are easier than others.