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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: No credit for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is an outrageous comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Healy Eames. I join with other colleagues in welcoming the return to work of Ms Jody Blake and I wish her well. I send my condolences to Senator Eamonn Coghlan on the death of his mother. I was not aware of it until the Government Whip informed me. I wish our colleague, Senator Jimmy Harte, very best wishes for his...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: We have the facilities but we might not have the weather to go along with it. North Dublin is quite capable of hosting such an occasion. I encourage my group leader to make that application. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Skills to the House in order to provide an update on his plans for the Dún Uí Neill campus in Cavan town, in the former Army barracks...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: He only got away with it because the Sinn Féin Members could not understand him.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Bring us up a few.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will be brief. I join Senator O'Donovan's call for an urgent debate on the prices achieved by the fishing industry. If the Leader cannot accommodate such a debate today, perhaps he will be able to do so tomorrow. I commend the Leader on acceding to my colleague, Senator Byrne's request for a postponement of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 until next week so as to...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator MacSharry’s amendment to the Order of Business. I would welcome an invitation from the Leader to the Minister for Health so that we could discuss the many crises and issues that exist currently in the HSE and the health service. I refer in particular to the shortage of GPs that we now face, which will become more serious in the years ahead. I would appreciate it if...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am glad to have the opportunity to say a few brief words in memory of the late iar Sheanadóir Bernard McGlinchey and in doing so, to express my personal sympathy to his wife, Liz, and his family, and to his partner and friend for many years, Ms Kathleen Sweeney. Unlike Senator MacSharry, I did not know the late Senator McGlinchey well. I had heard of him through Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator MacSharry's proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I fully endorse what the Chair has said this morning in respect of the use of the AV room by Members of the Seanad. As he rightly pointed out, the Seanad CPP totally rejected the proposal and a fait accompli that was visited upon us by the Dáil CPP. It was decided that this matter be put on the agenda for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the announcement this morning by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, of the patronage for nine new schools to be built in the coming years. In particular, I welcome the decision that the new second level school to be built in Kingscourt, County Cavan, announced by the then Minister of State, Batt O'Keeffe, in 2009, will be under the patronage of the...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to the House. Before we commence, I remind Members that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of the amendment, who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. On Report Stage, each amendment must be seconded. Amendment No. 1, in the names of Senators Bradford and Healy Eames,...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator David Norris to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Chair will not tolerate it.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Thomas Byrne should allow the Minister to conclude, without interruption.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not want to awkward, but the Senator can only speak once on Report Stage.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The only Member who can speak after the Minister has replied is the proposer of the amendment.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Please allow Senator Paul Bradford to conclude on the amendment.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is not a point of order.