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Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: I believe this Bill reflects a common sense approach to good governance and good government. The purpose of the Bill is to allow greater mobility within the public sector and, as a result, greater flexibility. The Bill sets out the technical amendments needed to facilitate such increased mobility. The Croke Park agreement provided a basis for movement within the Civil Service, the health...

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: Ag 10.30 maidin amarách.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following:"recalls the 10 Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying adopted as a recommendation by Ireland as part of the OECD Council in 2010 in response to concerns over lobbying practices and demands for transparency in public decisions making; recognises that in all areas of policy,...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Tom Shehan: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to the House as soon as possible to review our bail laws? Last week I wrote to the Department to seek up-to-date figures for crimes committed by people while on bail. We seem to have a massive problem with burglary, and in 2012 the suspected offenders in 1,585 burglaries were on bail at the time of the crime. The figure in this...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: In Sextons in Haggardstown.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: The first Seanad met on 11 December 1922 in the National Museum on Kildare Street. Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, the great-grandson of Henry Grattan, was the first to take his seat in the new Seanad in what was a very different Ireland. Of the 489 Bills received from 1922 to 1936 the Seanad substantially amended 182 of them before they became law. The weight of the Seanad's authority...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: Second, an amendment could be made to the legislation, or done in some way, to ensure that many of these young turks, naysayers and people who want rid of the Seanad are not allowed to stand for election for the next Seanad.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: Maybe the Senator should say "we" rather than "they".

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: The Senator was the one who said that people would not come in.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I must agree with Senator Byrne. The referendum of which all sides were in favour was rejected by the people but, in hindsight, the people would probably prefer if they had not rejected it at the time. I commend the Minister because he has spent a considerable amount of time on this Bill, which structures a framework for the holding of inquiries. Much...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Bill allows the Government to anchor its already operational multi-annual expenditure limits in national law. This is a requirement under the EU-IMF programme of financial support for Ireland. Specifically, the Bill amends the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011, and in doing so provides for medium-term expenditure management in...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I think it is in the Liffey.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: There was an old style of budgeting. Senator Darragh O'Brien mentioned local authorities which were probably the biggest culprits of this spend it or lose it approach. We saw roadworks being done in November and December in ice and snow because local authorities had to spend the money as they would not get the equivalent funding the following year if they had not spent it and had to return...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I witnessed that, as I am sure did all colleagues. That was the approach. I commend the Bill to the House.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: Next Wednesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I call on the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to the House to put one question to him, that is, are those in the education system within his remit adhering to the Haddington Road agreement? A parent who came to me last week has a son with Asperger's syndrome. Such pupils are prescribed a scribe at State examinations - the junior and leaving...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: We should be directing our attention towards the upcoming budget. To that end I have written this morning to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, asking that we give austerity a break, following the words of Mr. Mody, formerly of the IMF. I believe he is right. The working people are suffering. They are finding life very difficult and we cannot hit them again in this budget. This...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Tom Shehan: I commend Senator Quinn. When he initiated this legislation, I wondered why this could not be done in six months because it was such a simple Bill and he explained it so simply at the time. We are where we are. The Senator is to be commended on introducing this Bill. The Minister has to be commended for running with it and bringing it to fruition today. I know the Irish Concrete...