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Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I agree with the Minister's last point. We do not object to businesses and commercial users having to pay for the water they use. We do not disagree with that at all. We do not approve of the use of the term "consumer", however, because it is a catch-all phrase. If that term were more closely defined, I could more easily accept the Minister's argument. In the unfortunate absence of an...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I conclude in the same fashion I began my contribution on Report Stage. There are many positive elements in this Bill. I acknowledge that the Minister accepted many changes to the Bill. He did so by making many of the amendments suggested on Committee Stage his own. This is a change from most Ministers, who bury their heads in the sand and march on. I agree with Deputy Gilmore that it is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the new proposals for lone parents. [15245/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details on the uptake of the family income supplement out of the total amount of people eligible. [15246/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, that the Government provide adequate numbers of gardaí to work with the community to provide a proper policing service; that adequate manning levels are allocated to rural Garda stations such as Carlingford, Omeath and Ardee; and that necessary resources are given to the community...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 10, subsection (3)(b), to delete lines 10 and 11. If a small group representing two or three people who are not aligned with any trade union decided to embark on unauthorised or unofficial industrial action, the subsection could have the effect of debarring all of the employees from accessing the panel. I look forward to the Minister of State's comments, as I...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Yes.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 24: In page 13, lines 13 to 18, to delete subsection (3) and substitute the following: "(3) An employer who effects a dismissal in pursuance of a proposal for collective redundancies before the expiration of such of the periods specified in subsection (1) and in sections 9(3) and 12(1) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 as are applicable is guilty of an offence and...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I appreciate the point made by the Minister of State that provisions elsewhere in the Bill would make financial provision for employees. Nevertheless, we need to send a clear message to rogue employers and to equip the courts with the means to sanction huge companies that might abuse the system and their employees. A fine of €250,000 would not be significant to a large company with,...

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I would have said arse pocket money, but that is not a parliamentary term.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: The Irish Ferries affair is a classic example. Such behaviour is not reasonable. I ask the Minister of State to consider these amendments.

Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: This amendment would facilitate compulsory transfers. For example, a Dublin based company with a branch in Limerick could instruct Dublin based employees to move to Limerick. That would be tantamount to a compulsory transfer. Perhaps the Minister will address that concern.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (26 Apr 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has plans to ensure that State agencies and Departments become more proactive in coordinating their involvement in promoting life-long education and training on an all Ireland basis, as per commitments under the current Common Chapter. [15776/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the privatisation of our public health services through hospital co-location and the outsourcing of services such as cancer screening and cancer treatment to private companies, including multinational health care corporations whose parent companies in the United States have been...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: If we are to deal with this promised legislation in an orderly and reasonable fashion we must have an opportunity for Deputies with mandates from their constituencies to be able to deal with it. It is something of a hodgepodge at present whereby one Deputy constitutes a party for party leaders' fund, two party members is a sufficient quota for committee members and the recognition of a whip...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: Other Members have as strong a mandate as the Ceann Comhairle does.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: There is no difficulty involved. It is very simple and straightforward.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: If there is an undertaking to amend Standing Orders it can be done in jigtime and everybody will live happily ever after.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Arthur Morgan: It could not be more in order. I want to give the Taoiseach an opportunity to reply.