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Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive. No. 1 is the Development Banks Bill 2005 — all Stages to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 1.30 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons to last ten minutes and the contributions of other Senators to last six minutes, and with the Minister to be called upon to reply not later than five...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: That is nice.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I wish the Minister the same.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: We have another day to go.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: For the moment.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It is unique.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Not in this House.

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I welcome the Minister to the House and while it is true contrary views were expressed about him here, it was nothing like in the other House. I welcome the Bill but, of course, for the parents and family, nothing will bring back baby Pierce or remove their great sadness. I was thinking, as others were speaking, about how their hearts must have been sorely tried but they did not sit back....

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Clearly, kindred spirits met in an intellectual and sympathetic way to produce this Bill. I commend the Minister and hope the Christmas of the Nowlan family will be eased in the knowledge that they have contributed, in a meaningful and democratic way, to a change in the law that will have an effect on other inquests until the main Bill is finally enacted. I ask the Minister to introduce that...

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: No, this Government will introduce it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It is a big red book.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It will be part of my book.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I will mention all the villains and the heroes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes welcomed the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005. I reported last week that I had met Deputy Rabbitte and I am glad it is to be debated here today. I wish to correct something I said earlier on the Bill. I said the Minister was to be called to reply not later than five minutes before the conclusion of Second Stage but I should have said the proposer of the Bill, Senator Tuffy,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It is Christmas and I think the baby Jesus will speak Irish, judging by the amount of Irish being spoken these days. Senator Ryan made the point that textbooks in the meanscoileanna or Irish second level schools are not available and students have to read the English textbooks with an Irish dictionary, which is daft in such a context. That is a fair point. Senator Ryan also raised an...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Coghlan also asked about the Great Southern Hotels. I will endeavour to ask about them but I believe that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, do not want to sell the hotels. I hope Senator Coghlan will bring that message back.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Coghlan and I will have to meet. Senator Feeney noted the dreadful upset for the woman whose bowel cancer diagnosis was not passed on to her for a year, and how the hospital claimed it was a systems failure. The Senator called for a debate on the internal management of hospitals. Senator Henry called for a debate on third level funding. Senator White called for indigenous industry to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: We will. Senator O'Meara thanked us for taking on board the Labour Party's Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005. We are glad it is being taken on board. I heard the woman referred to by the Senator on radio during the week. Senator O'Meara also spoke of failures in the health system and we will endeavour to have the debate she called for. We look forward to the Bill being brought forward by Senator...

Seanad: International Agreements: Motions. (15 Dec 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the terms of the agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on co-operation in combating illicit trafficking in drugs and precursors, money laundering, organised crime, trafficking in persons, terrorism and other serious crime which was signed in Dublin on 31 January 2002, copies of which were laid before...