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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: If I recall correctly, the Senator stood shoulder to shoulder for many years with the Minister in question.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: No prompting, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Next is Senator McFadden.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Sorry. My vision must be slightly blurred.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: He has had many people congratulating him and I am about to add to them. I am afraid his head will swell. I offer my congratulations as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann to the Senator. I am sure he will treat his work with the attention it deserves and the results will be something of credit to the Senator in the decades to come.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to make a statement on the case of a person, details supplied, who has been held in Maghaberry Prison without charge since 2016; and to outline the engagement the Irish...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Standards in Public Office Commission (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Warfield, we are waiting on you. There is a presumption that everything goes to plan. Those who sit in their offices think we will wait for the next person. We have already been delayed by a few minutes. It is not your fault, but it is safer for those who have tabled Commencement matters to be here. In my time, I was here for the start.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Standards in Public Office Commission (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Deputy Bruton has explained he is not the line Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to clarify the position in respect of Nos. 5 and 6.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Leader for that clarification.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is not allowed to come back in.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Ten minutes was given to dealing with this topic by way of a Commencement matter today before the Senator even mentioned it. Senator Fintan Warfield was off the blocks ahead of the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I understand the point you make, but there is a political fortification behind that decision which the civil servants are endeavouring to implement. Maybe the Leader can raise the matter at a higher level. I do not think it is emanating from the civil servants within the House. There is a political foundation for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I am subject to correction.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator calling for a debate on that?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Senator for his brevity. I call Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Before I call the Leader to reply, I would like to be associated with the marks of respect and condolences offered to the family of the late Monica Barnes. I served with her on the justice committee and I travelled abroad with her. I always found her affable and she was a formidable but fair opponent. She will be a loss to politics. If my memory serves me correctly, her father was from...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Fintan Warfield has moved an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 20 be taken before No. 1." The Leader has indicated that he is prepared to accept this amendment. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: Is there a seconder?

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (8 May 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Second Stage?