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Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is very important that the whole concept of Seanad reform is being debated and I hope it will not be the last debate. With regard to the vocational panels and the 43 members elected under five different panels, all of which have two sub-panels, I note that five members, or 20%, were initially on the committee. While we are all aware Senator Ryan resigned for his own reasons, I note that...

Seanad: Irish Language: Statements (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ar dtús báire ba mhaith liom, admhaíl nach bhfuil neart Gaeilge agam, ach mar sin féin, tá an-suim agam sa teanga dúchais. Fáiltím roimh an deis chun díospóireachta a bheith againn as Gaeilge. Fáiltímid roimh an sampla maith atá tugtha dúinn uile ag an Taoiseach Brian Cowen ó cheapadh é. Is féidir linn uile níos mó iarrachta a dhéanamh chun an Ghaeilge a thabhairt...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (11 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ar nós na Seanadóirí eile, cuirim fáilte roimh an seans a bheidh againn stádas na Gaeilge a phlé níos déanaí inniu. Beidh gach Seanadóir in ann a gcuid tuairimí ar an ábhar sin a chur in iúl. Tá sé fíor go bhfuil an teanga faoi bhrú. Now that the economy has slowed, particularly in terms of planning, it would be timely to invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: When the peace process was brokered — we commend all those who participated in that — how many people said at the initial stages that it was not possible, that divisions were too deep-seated and that agreement was not possible? Thanks be to God those people were wrong. When Sinn Féin and the DUP, who were at opposing ends of the political spectrum, came together to form a government in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Several colleagues have spoken about health issues. It would be helpful if we held a rolling debate on these issues. I strongly support the call for a debate on men's health. We held a debate on this issue in the last Seanad. Unlike their female counterparts, men are slow to look after their health. Statistics indicate that men visit general practitioners at the urging of their mothers,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: There are few Members in this Chamber——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Camillus Glynn: There are few Members of this House or of the Lower House or, indeed, members of any chamber right around the country, local authority and other, who have not from time to time made representations for people to be housed. I welcome that and long may it continue. I ask my party's spokesperson on housing, Senator Butler, and the Deputy Leader of the House to arrange a debate on local...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Buttimer would get the fright of his life if the Leader did so.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: In view of the fact the Minister is attending a vote in the other House, I move that we suspend the sitting until 5.10 p.m.

Seanad: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Statements (25 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: One of the things which will ruin what we have come to regard as intellectual property is piracy which has been brought to my notice on a number of occasions. I have had an interest in the music business for quite some time. The products of struggling artists, especially in the area of traditional music, are being pirated. On a recent visit to Scotland, I spoke to Jimmy Shand junior. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: In the coming weeks the inaugural meetings of the joint policing committees and the municipal policing committees will be held. This will afford Members of this and the other House as well as local authority members throughout the country an opportunity to meet the Garda and give their views with whatever information is pertinent to the curtailment of crime.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is a unique opportunity and is something that should be welcomed.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: We could use old building blocks and plaster. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on this subject because many important contributions would be forthcoming from all sides of the House. It is a unique opportunity for Members of the Oireachtas as well as local authorities to do their bit in solving serious crime and tackling it in a manner that reflects the views of the people they represent.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: A speech.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I have already spoken on this matter but I wish to add further that I am disappointed with the commission's report. Being primarily a Celtic race, we in Ireland identify very much with parishes and counties. When that principle is breached, certain situations obtain which are not consistent with what I would consider the keeping together of communities. In Leitrim a very bad job was done....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (12 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I will be brief. When politicians had the responsibility of overseeing constituency boundary changes, if the result did not find favour it was called gerrymandering. Do we call this "commiemandering"? I do not think any politician in the history of the State who was responsible for the redrawing of constituencies would have done a worse job than has been done. Whatever modus operandi was...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Camillus Glynn: He always had.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Fine Gael is a rudderless ship.

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Women are very important people in society. They are mothers who bear and rear our children and play a pivotal role in society. I hope my remarks are not interpreted as patronising. The provision of the colposcopy service in Mullingar and the midlands region is important. The Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar is among the best performing...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I support the views of Members who have spoken about the Roscommon case. As a parent I am appalled. The people who were dealing with this case must have had eyes in the back of their head because it is clear from the reports that the system failed those children. It is interesting that it was only when the children went into foster care that the problem was revealed. Great work is being...