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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: All of these comments support the concept of the Bill and praise the Minister for his work. I think we can move on to the sixth grouping.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: We will move on to the sixth group of amendments.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is going down the ghost-path route and is wandering a little.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Keane. The gender balance today is very positive for the females.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should not transgress into other matters.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator O'Keeffe, last but not least.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I now call Senator Mooney to bring a bit of male balance to the debate.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Senator to confine himself to the debate at issue now.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I will call on the Minister to respond but before he does I wish to tell him he is a very tall fine man at 6 ft. 4 in. or 6 ft. 5 in. and perhaps he will be walking a little taller this evening after all of the nice comments. I am not sure who said this but it was quoted to me once: Do I sleep? do I dream? Do I wonder and doubt? Are things what they seem? Or is visions about? The Minister...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: It is easy to know the curtain is falling on this term of the 24th Seanad.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I hope it will not be played back to me in Bantry some night.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister. Before I call the Leader to move the adjournment I welcome a former Member of the other House and former Minister, Gemma Hussey, to the Gallery. She is most welcome and it is nice to see her.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Dáil Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 without amendment. Dáil Éireann has passed the Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 without amendment. Dáil Éireann has passed the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 without amendment. Dáil Éireann has passed the Gaeltacht Bill 2012 without...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Jul 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am sure the Cathaoirleach, Senator Paddy Burke, would like me to wish everyone, including the Leader and all of my colleagues a nice break over the summer. I hope to see them back soon.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the status of Cork Airport, in view of the recent announcement by Aer Lingus that it is axing several flights between Cork and Gatwick Airport. Given the fact that there are now 50% fewer flights leaving Cork Airport than there were six years ago, I am deeply concerned that the status of the airport is being wound down in such a way that it will...

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. We will now deal with statements on Irish Water and related reforms and he has the floor.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I apologise for interrupting the Leader in order to welcome a visiting delegation.

Seanad: Visit of Chinese Delegation (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am delighted to welcome a delegation from the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, led by Mr. Tian. I extend a fáilte róimh to the delegates, which means "welcome" in the Irish language.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Perhaps the party was filtering its policy in those years.

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: In case the Senator thought I was being difficult, she got a full ten minutes to enable Senator Quinn, who was in transit, to make an input to this important debate.