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- Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister for his reply. I will withdraw the amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(3) A person who carries on the business of credit servicing exclusively for an already regulated financial service provider shall be required to be regulated under this Act.”.
- Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I will withdraw the amendment with the option of resubmitting it on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: This morning Liberty Insurance announced 270 redundancies, with 135 job losses in Dublin, 20 in Enniskillen and 115 in my town of Cavan. This comes on top of 285 redundancies in 2012. These redundancies will have a devastating effect on the workers who will lose their jobs, their families and the towns involved. I call on the Leader to invite the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Craughwell has spoken ahead of others quite a few times.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: On a point of order, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: In an effort to be helpful to Senator Craughwell, I would be glad to take that issue up with the CPP on his behalf.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Alex White, back to familiar territory.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: As there are no other Senators offering, I call Senator Gerard Craughwell and he has five minutes.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Every democratically elected Member is entitled to speak here, in turn. I thank Senator Craughwell and call the Minister.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister without interruption, please, Senator Craughwell.
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Look at the effect the Senator had on the last Minister of State.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator O'Neill is entitled to make his point.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I will be brief as I had not intended to speak until I heard some of the earlier contributions. I commend Senator David Norris and his colleagues for tabling this Private Members' motion. It is quite simple and proposes the production of a master plan for the city of Dublin to include provisions on the Dublin transport system, housing development and environmental matters, as well as...
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: As a young person from the country, I came to Dublin on the bus with my mother and few friends from the area. The one thing that struck me was the buzz of that huge street. I am sad to say, however, that that has changed. I agree totally with Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell that there is no beauty in it anymore. There is no plan and there do not seem to be ideas. In recent weeks we heard...
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: I fear something similar could happen in the case of this initiative.
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is not good enough. It is time the idea of a directly elected mayor for the capital city was revisited as a matter of urgency. We could make a major start by having a directly elected mayor with a budget to run the city. Not only would it help to protect Georgian Dublin and clean up O'Connell Street, it would also help in getting the city's transport system right, including the...
- Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: If Dublin was a functioning modern city, that is what we should have done. It is time to begin the process of co-ordinating because there are so many Departments involved in this, that and the other. A directly elected mayor with the requisite powers and finances could work on getting the city to operate in the way it should, just like any other major capital city in Europe.It is time we...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2015)
Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 64 and 65 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.