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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Leader to reply, without interruption from either side.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Leader to continue without interruption, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator White has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That a debate on the failure of the Action Plan for Jobs to address unemployment be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Alan Kelly, to the House. Before calling on the Minister of State to make his opening speech, I wish on behalf of Senator Barrett to welcome the group of economic students from Trinity College Dublin who are in the Visitors' Gallery to hear our debate on smarter travel.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate on the ongoing plight of the trainee airline pilots. After much toing and froing over the summer, they have found that the pilot training college in Waterford has gone belly-up, into liquidation. These trainee pilots have paid in something between ¤5 million and ¤10 million for their training and there are different accounts of what has happened....

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I support the Bill and welcome the Minister to the House. She took a keen interest in this issue during her time in the Seanad and I wish her well and congratulate her on bringing this topic to a head. I am also pleased to note that all the political parties and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Diarmuid Martin, support the proposed constitutional amendment. I have supported taking this...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Perry, to the House.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Landy may ask a brief supplementary question.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: One more member of the Labour Party is overboard. That is the trouble.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I second the motion proposed by Senator Byrne. Will the Leader ask for a debate on fish farming? The relevant Minister attended the Seanad some months ago. I do not ask that he come today but perhaps he might come before the Christmas recess to discuss this issue, with particular regard to salmon farming, about which I am deeply concerned. There is a current application for a salmon farm...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Lovely Leitrim.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The substance of the debate on Committee Stage is the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment which is set out in the Schedule to the Bill. The sections of the Bill are merely technical. Therefore, in accordance with long-standing practice, debate on them is postponed until consideration of the Schedule has been completed. In accordance with precedent and Standing Order 122, is it...

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the debate and thank Senators Katherine Zappone, Feargal Quinn and others for their work on the consultation paper, the launch of which I was happy to attend on Friday last. In today's edition of the Irish Examiner Michael Clifford comments on the launch of the paper and states: But wait, all is not lost. The Government is serious about one particular reform. The great unwashed...

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is over time.

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I must call the next speaker.

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: In fairness, every Member has been given three minutes and everyone is trying to stick to his or her time.

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: No, the Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator must respect the Chair.