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Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not see that as part of the amendment.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is amendment No. 49 being pressed?

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 50 to 52, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Amendment No. 52 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 51.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 56 to 66, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Amendment No. 59 is consequential on amendment No. 60. Amendments Nos. 65 and 66 are consequential on amendment No. 64.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 67 and 68 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed?

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Sorry, Senator, but the order of the House was that Committee Stage would be taken today.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is it agreed that Report Stage will be taken on 9 June? Agreed.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Customs Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, to the House.

Seanad: Customs Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join in the tributes to the late Derek Davis and extend our sympathies to his wife, Una, and his family. My first recollection of him was as a newsreader in RTE. He always signed off on the night with a funny joke or comment. I was struck by a recent interview in which he outlined his trouble with obesity. He had to go to the extent of having an operation to try to lose weight. ...

Seanad: Early Child Care: Statements (13 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: This is the Upper House. Senators do not have an ambition to become Members of the Lower House.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is the Senator blaming the Leader for it?

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State is aware we raised our concerns about this issue on Committee Stage. Until quite recently, when a citizen of the State took an action to the Supreme Court, it was not possible for a citizen to stand for election to the either House of the Oireachtas, the Presidency or the European Parliament if he or she was adjudged a bankrupt. If a person holding any of these...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: On a point of order, no amendment has been tabled on the issue I raised it because the Minister of State agreed on foot the intervention of the Leader that the Bill would not proceed to Report Stage until clarification was sought from the Attorney General. There was no need to table amendments.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: In fairness, I am raising it now.