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- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I did not say by children, but by adults.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: For children.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: They are bad for adults too.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: How does it work in other countries?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I refute totally the notion that I wish fireworks to be bought or sold by children but it is perfectly legitimate for families to have firework parties at an appropriate time of year, with responsible supervision. I am rather surprised because the Minister normally adopts a relatively libertarian approach to these matters but he is not adopting one here.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: If one is to go by medical reports from hospitals and so on, we should ban hurling and rugby.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: We should close down pubs. Many leisure activities result in serious injuries.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Are we to ban them all?
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: How is it that other countries manage to have a more liberal regime than ours? Is there something peculiar to our culture that we are not able to manage fireworks responsibly? I am not in favour of a free-for-all whereby ten year olds can buy bangers but legitimate moderate enjoyment is possible. Most people enjoy firework displays, even on a small scale. I have no compunction about saying...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: ââmy wife, who is much more responsible than I.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I hope we enjoy parliamentary privilege here. Our children enjoyed fireworks over many years at Hallowe'en which would not have been the same without them.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: No. Guy Fawkes is commemorated across the water.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I am talking about Hallowe'en not Guy Fawkes.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: No I did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I also appreciated the dignity of the commemoration of the Battle of the Somme last Saturday where new ground was broken. I would not take as pessimistic a view as Senator O'Toole of the future of call centres. I read an article in the financial pages of a newspaper from across the water, to the effect that companies there were beginning to rethink the outsourcing of call centres to distant...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: The Senator does not have much confidence in the industry.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: We have no Madame guillotine.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: There is no extra-territorial jurisdiction in the K Club.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: The Labour Party rarely is.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)
Martin Mansergh: It is good to hear the Senator from Trinity defend traditional values.