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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: -----or to anything else. They are permitted in amusement arcades in places like Bray, Bundoran and the like because they were seen to be part of a culture of holiday entertainment. That is the business of those local authorities, but it is scandalous that it will now be open season for gaming machines in Dublin city. The experience of the British, particularly in respect of fixed-odds...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: As the Senator has said, they are Semitic people as well. I want justice for these people. I do not want this international regime of bully boys from Brazil, Israel, America and Moscow to become legitimised because decent people do not speak out and houses of parliament in liberal democracies do not make their views known.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: On a point of order, I inform the Leader that I mistook the terms of his Bill. I confused it with a letter from a group of lobbyists and I was wrong. The Leader's Bill is much better than what has been proposed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I am on the Leader's side on that. It is the lobbyists I am against.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I got that wrong. I misread the industry lobby.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: This is Cork South-Central politics.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I was not expecting a proposal to amend the Order of Business but I support it very strongly because the issues are of some significance.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: Yes, I am seconding it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I was not expecting this proposal. The Leader may laugh but it is not a laughing matter. Now that it has been made, I accept it and it is the correct thing to do because allotting one and a half hours to discuss transport is a sick joke. This is especially the case, given the fact that the Order of Business provides plenty of time for bad legislation to be further progressed. I accept...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: This is a recipe for sheer chaos. I have given two instances but anybody who lives in the areas in question would see how draconian the proposals are. It is very interesting that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, under whose auspices this is being planned, claims the right to put in objections to various aspects of the NTA's policy proposals. Who is in charge in this country?...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: The legal profession blames the insurers and the insurers blame the legal profession and the judges but we have a thing in this country called "the Government". Many taxi drivers are charged €4,000 per annum for their insurance, which is €80 per week before they put petrol or diesel in their cars to get out on the road. That is crippling and the figures given by Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: His contribution to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: What exactly is the Leader saying?

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his contribution. There are several issues I want to raise with him.Firstly, the Taoiseach has recently said that he is open to considering rerouting the southern leg of the MetroLink proposal to other suburbs of Dublin. I think he mentioned the axis running by UCD. Is the Minister's Department considering such an option? If so, will...

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: It is substantially narrower than the width of this Chamber, let alone its length. I can only describe it by saying that if a truck went down it there would be a major crisis. This is proposed as the relief route for traffic going into the city. These are just two instances. Looking at the route running past my gate I began to wonder if this could actually be sustained. It does not...

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: What about electric scooters?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: I have said as much as I ought to say on amendment No. 91h and I ask the Minister to accept it.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: For Senator Norris's information, amendment No. 91h proposes to delete the word “firstly” where it appears on page 31, line 27.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: At the moment the section reads:In advising the President in relation to the appointment of a person to a judicial office the Government shall firstly consider for appointment those persons whose names have been recommended to the Minister or, in the case of section 44 the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The amendment seeks to delete the word "firstly" in order to...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: On a point of order, I see that groupings are proposed and am anxious to know if this is a new proposal or one with which we have already dealt.