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Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: On the approved water charges plan, I agree with Senator Sean D. Barrett that we have been dancing around the issue for a long time. Will the plan include a standing charge for meters or providing the service? The ESB and other utility providers charge between €30 and €35 before a customer consumes a single unit. That is an absolute disgrace and I hope a similar standing...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I am seeking confirmation from the Minister of State that the terms and conditions of the staff who are to be transferred to Irish Water will not be diminished in any way. Will the relevant pension liabilities also transfer to Irish Water? Will staff who are transferring from local authorities to Irish Water lose out in any way? Perhaps the Minister of State will clarify the position in...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I presume an inventory is being made of the assets and liabilities of each local authority. I also presume there will be a lot more liabilities than assets, but I am not sure of this. When can we learn what assets are being transferred? I do not know whether it is feasible to put a monetary value on these assets. In regard to the liabilities Irish Water will assume from local authorities,...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: As one knows, industries approach and negotiate with local authorities for a guaranteed supply of water. Must Irish Water take due regard of a local authority's development plans and functions in guaranteeing a water supply?

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Tá an Seanadóir ag dul ar strae.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senators Denis O'Donovan and Marc MacSharry referred to hospital waiting lists, with particular reference to children awaiting an appointment. Given that the Minister for Health is in Brussels today attending a meeting of health Ministers, I cannot accede to the request to amend the Order of Business to bring him to the House for a debate on this issue. Since the special delivery unit was...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 3.45 p.m. and to adjourn at 9 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: They should be welcoming the 12.5% rate and hoping that it will go down a lot more which it will, please God, in the coming months.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I agree with Senator Clune that we need a debate focusing on jobs and I will press the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to attend the House for that matter. Labhair na Seanadóirí Ó Domhnaill, Ó Clochartaigh agus Ó Murchú mar gheall ar an gCoimisinéir Teanga. Is trua liom go bhfuil an coimisinéir ag éirí as a hoifig. Tá an Rialtas i...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister will continue to be so during his period in office.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Conway mentioned Garda recruitment and complimented gardaí for their activities in Clare. Senator MacSharry spoke about co-funding, a subject he also raised earlier in the week, and medical card eligibility. We will have a debate on a Bill on the latter subject in early course. I can assure Senator MacSharry that we will be getting our economic sovereignty back, which is a good...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I accept your ruling on that, a Chathaoirligh. Senator Comiskey also referred to co-funding and the Minister is doing everything possible in that regard. Senator Paul Coghlan mentioned the progress made by NAMA and getting a positive return for the State, which is what we all want from that agency.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Darragh O'Brien raised the question of Garda recruitment, as did Senator Conway. I am unsure of the figures, but it may be 150 in the first tranche, a further 150 within three months and so on. I indicated a month ago that we would have news before Christmas, which has turned out to be the situation. I will take on board the matter of reserve gardaí. They have experience, but...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Hopefully. We will try for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister indicated that he would publish it as a Seanad Bill. The betting (amendment) Bill will be further down the road, well into next year. More than likely, it will be taken before the summer recess. I agree with the Senator's sentiments. While debating the greyhound and horse racing fund yesterday, the House addressed the importance of putting the betting Bill in place. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: That is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 11.45 a.m.; and No. 2, Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Second Stage, to be taken at 2 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes in each case. For the...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Next Tuesday.