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- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, to the House. He is a not infrequent visitor to my area of Waterford and south Kilkenny. I am sure he is well aware of the serious cases of anti-social behaviour â criminality is probably a better word â which have taken place in Waterford in recent months. Some 14 houses have been burnt down, 11 of which were local authority houses,...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am deputising for Senator Donohoe who is my party's spokesperson in this area. As an employee of Waterford Port for over 20 years, a former chairman of the old harbour commissioners and a director of the first port board in 1996, I have a long-standing interest in portal affairs, harbours and, in particular, commercial ports in the country....
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator should go ahead.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator will have to come up with another one.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: That did not come from the Minister of State. That is coming from some civil servant.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Did the Government side endorse the document?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: In last year's Budget Statement, the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Cowen, stated: The fundamentals of our economy are still good â a point often lost by some. . . . Overall economic and budgetary parameters . . . will ensure that Ireland maintains a sound and sensible fiscal policy, fully in line with the provisions of the EU's Stability and Growth Pact. I am sure the current...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I should have referred to No. 23 on the Order Paper and not No. 22.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Leader's party shot the Celtic tiger.
- Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2008: First Stage (14 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability Act of 1961 and to provide for connected matters.
- Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2008: First Stage (14 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Next Wednesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: There was a decision deficit.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: That was his job.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator should not be naming people from the other House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Is it in order for Senator Harris to be mentioning the names of people from the other House?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, is it in order to mention people from the other House in this House?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: It is not in order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator should correct the record.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Minister was supposed to be negotiating for us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Who was the Minister negotiating for us?