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Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: That is not the case now until the draft register appears.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Name and shame.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Finucane, acting leader of the Opposition, raised again the issue of the electoral register. The Cathaoirleach will remember that there was an extensive debate on this matter last Thursday on the Order of Business. Senator Finucane came forward with an excellent idea, namely, that each county council could appoint students to work in this area, as happened with the student employment...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator is welcome to it. It is hard work.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: It was not Castlepollard. I welcome and applaud the salutary actions of the Garda last weekend. I saw some quite sheepish men getting out of a car when they were apprehended. I said "Well done" to the gardaí involved. The fact that the issue has been highlighted is terrific. We should applaud gardaí for their vigilance over the weekend, even though there were deaths, which are always...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: No. Senator MacSharry spoke about the electoral register and about having a national identification card. He said it should be mandatory for people to vote about which I often thought. I do not know if it would mean reluctant voters or joyful ones, although I do not think they would ever by joyful. Voting is mandatory in many other countries. Senator Ross called for a debate on social...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Feighan spoke about the electoral register, drink driving and substance use. The Senator praised the excellent work done on the drugs issue by the Blanchardstown task force. Senator Leyden implied we are too quick to criticise our own. I praise Senator White on her becoming a fellow of the Sales Institute of Ireland and I would praise a member of any party if he or she became one. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Ryanair one?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes spoke about the errors in the electoral register. There was a debate on that matter yesterday in the other House. We will seek to bring the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, into the House. There are serious inaccuracies in the register, not just regarding people who are no longer here, or have moved, remaining on the register. More...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator also mentioned the lack of polling stations and e-voting. He wants a debate on the electoral register, as do we all. Senator O'Toole mentioned the Abattoirs Bill, which we recall, and the new EU directive which will work against small butchers and leave them open to too much competition with butchers over the Border. Generally speaking it imposes more onerous regulations on small...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Quinn said how difficult it is for employers to get information on an employee and we heard about the sad case he mentioned. The Senator thought the Garda should use technology to get the facts on a particular person. He also said that the nuclear waste from Sellafield is being buried in 500 sites and is familiar with Dr. Ed Walsh's report, which I too saw. I said yesterday that there...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I said we might have a joint Labour Party-Fianna Fáil website quite soon.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Tuffy also raised the burning issue of pensions for councillors.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator also raised the question of citizenship and the vote. Deputy Bruton spoke on that also. One cannot vote until one becomes a citizen but I agree with the Senator. I constantly meet people who say they would like the vote but they cannot get it. It is a question of whether we should give status to the asylum seekers first and then the vote will follow. We will wait and see how the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: We have to get dramatis personae first but we will see how we do on that. Senator Ulick Burke raised the issue of the electoral register and 40 papers being invalid. His point was that the returning officer should demonstrate a concern about such a matter and check up on it. He wondered about the appointment procedures for presiding officers. We all know how that happens, it is chaotic. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Browne spoke about a diverted flight but the Cathaoirleach has ruled that he got an answer to that question.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: He also called for a debate on driving licences. Senator Mansergh raised the question of nuclear energy. Of course we will debate it but we do not want it. He also referred to the Moore Street houses and our heritage. He referred to the Labour Party but we dealt with that yesterday. Senator Ó Murchú spoke about the ongoing debate on nuclear energy and he praised Adi Roche. We all admire her...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] — Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 1 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: We will not defer it.

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.