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Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I just wish that we were moving faster, but I accept what the Minister has said. She is the person who is trying to accomplish this task and we are on the Opposition benches.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I express the wish that it should happen sooner and earlier than four years. I thank the Minister for her response.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 41:In page 37, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following:“(5) Reports on the creation of a new profession of conveyancer including the conduct of conveyancing by other professions, the extent of monopolistic provision of legal services in the State and the right of direct access to a barrister other than through a barrister shall be provided to the...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister, as always, for her thoughtful and courteous reply. To return to the website for returning emigrants, it says that in Ireland a solicitor must be qualified and registered with the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. All practising solicitors must hold a practice certificate issued by the Law Society on an annual basis. Unlike the UK and other EU countries, there are...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: One of the rules in dealing with monopolies over the years is that one never asks them for permission to have their monopoly dispensed with. One does it in the wider national interest. I wish to press the amendment because many desirable elements of what the Minister has said appeal to people but it really annoys people that the purchase of a house in this country involves such monopolistic...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I welcome the Minister to the House. Looking at the notes on this issue prepared for Members by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service and updated on 15 February, the Minister inherited a situation where Irish expenditure on health is actually higher than the OECD average: $3,890 as against an average of $3,484 for the OECD. The United Kingdom figure is $3,289. There are resource...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Acting Leader and the Minister for their generosity. Perhaps we could move on rather than discussing the order. Senator Craughwell's views on health would more usefully take up the time that the Acting Leader and Minister have so generously provided.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: It is great to see the home town of the newly crowned Connacht champions represented here, so I second the Cathaoirleach's welcome to the people from Castlebar. I note that nine amendments from this House have been accepted by the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, line 35, to delete “have regard to” and substitute “comply with”. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank him for indicating he will be accepting several of our amendments. I hope when he proceeds to the forthcoming Paris conference on climate change that he will have this legislation with him. This amendment...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. However, under section 3(2)(d), does having regard to any existing obligation of the State under the law of the European Union not put Ireland at risk of being fined? The European Union will state that the law is the law. Perhaps we should stipulate that there be compliance with section 3(2)(d) and that we should have regard to the other...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Yes, the amendment is being pressed. One could say, I had regard to the speed limit but I was doing 20 km/h more. That is not enough regard. I think one must comply and I think that is what the Garda would be saying.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:"(3) A framework shall be adopted by resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is approved by the Government.". There was a general measure of agreement the last day, including from the Minister, that the Seanad should be involved in policy-making on these matters and, in fact, that...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: While we welcome the Government's amendments and thank Senator Keane for her role in that regard, the environmental lobby is disappointed that neither the mitigation nor the transition arrangements are subject to being adopted by both Houses of the Oireachtas. Members of the lobby were disappointed when they saw the Report Stage amendments today as they thought that more progress had been...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 4:In page 6, line 11, to delete “18 months” and substitute “12 months”. This amendment was an attempt to speed up matters but I accept the Minister's bona fides in that regard. He is a man in a hurry and wants to get this done. During the initial Stages I believed things were being pushed out too far into the future. In return for the...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(a) specify the projected total national emissions for the period of the plan on the basis of all the policy measures specified in the plan,”. The important point here is the lack of quantification of the targets. A report from BBC News on the climate change conference, which we all look...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: The Bill would be improved by having the targets in it, so I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I am delighted to second the Minister of State's amendment. I thank him very much for this. The challenge he has put to us is that the Seanad must live up to these responsibilities and participate, as I hope we are doing this afternoon, in a constructive debate with the Minister on environmental matters. This is a huge issue and there are huge concerns that it is not being addressed...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I move amendment No. 8:In page 9, line 13, to delete "24 months" and substitute "12 months". Section 5 provides, "The Minister shall, not later than 24 months after the passing of this Act, make, and submit to the Government for approval, a plan, which shall be known as the national climate change adaptation framework." In tabling this amendment I was trying to secure a faster speed of...