Results 2,421-2,440 of 4,717 for speaker:Martin Mansergh
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: There is an accepted legal term, "desuetude", which means that something has fallen out of use. Many of these Acts of Parliament clearly have no relevance at the present time and have long since ceased to be enforced. I suspect the saving clause makes in section 3(3) makes sense in that it does not assume that Acts repealed are in full force or in any force whatsoever.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: Surely it is when courts cease to enforce them.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: As I suppose occasionally happens even today, there were probably some Acts that were never enforced, even from the outset.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: I agree with Senator Ryan, but until quite recently the question of bills of rights was raised in this jurisdiction and Northern Ireland. I suppose the Bill refers to 1688 to distinguish it from bills of rights that we may establish in future.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: It may be Spanish or Italian.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: This is the Magna Carta of Edward I, whereas, as we know, the Magna Carta of history was that of King John in 1215.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: We should not underestimate Victorian legal, archival and historical scholarship.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: If one goes next door to the National Library one will see shelf after shelf of these calendars of documents which were carefully copied out and edited. If one had the originals, they would be on a practically illegible scroll at this stage and probably in another language or interpreted. Sometimes the calendars of documents are written in the original Latin, but probably in a kind of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: Dublin Busââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: I happened to be in Dublin yesterday and am today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: I attend the Seanad on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and I hope Senator Coonan does also.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: Often they have made the mistake of writing him off.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: What did they do for public services?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: International rankings are often used inside and outside this House to suggest that we are near the bottom of the heap on social policy. It is satisfying, therefore, that a United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, report on child welfare ranks Ireland ninth out of 21 countries surveyed. This is especially satisfying as it is all over today's British newspapers that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: I travel to this House on Dublin Bus and the DART and I appreciate public transport and do not wish to see it dismantled in the name of competition. Finally, to move from public service transport to public service broadcasting, I warmly commend RTE on its fine programme on Charles Haughey and the arts yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: I said there is more to be done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: That was our overall position.
- Seanad: Appropriation Act 2006: Statements (13 Feb 2007)
Martin Mansergh: It is great value for money.