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Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I wish to share time with Senator Prendergast.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State and the opportunity to speak in this debate on the unemployment crisis that is hitting the country and the lack of implementation by the Government of a coherent jobs strategy. The most recent statistics from the CSO show that more than 400,000 people are out of work and seeking work in the country, which is almost 13% of the workforce. My home county of...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I ask the Minister of State to consider the issue of making public the registration documents of canine breeders in general. The Bill's provisions as they currently stand will allow the public to check the number of dogs associated with a particular breeder. This is causing concern among breeders that information on their often valuable animals will be publicly available to potential...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, subsection (1), lines 27 and 28, to delete "subsection (17) of section 8 , "and substitute "a provision referred to in section 6(1),". This amendment is necessary, as a number of offences are specified in section 6(1) as being summary offences only. Why should all of these offences, instead of the single offence of failing to display a certificate, not be...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: While I do not propose to push the amendment at this stage, I reserve my right to consider doing so on Report Stage.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I agree with the proposed amendment. Senator Coffey outlined the problems that might be perceived by people who are trying in good spirit to meet the regulations this new law will define. The problems are not just related to planning, although planning issues are a concern. They could be related to budgeting. People often put in place a budget for the year. They could be related to...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I concur with everything Senator Coffey said. The Minister of State said that the details of proposed legislation have been known for some time, but what is the overriding need to limit this period to three months? What is the concern? Why can he not accept a period of 12 months? The argument why we desperately need a three-month limit has not been sufficiently made. What is the...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State. I agree with Senator Coffey that we need to know the reason for the change. The letter referred to by the Senator from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, to his Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, states: Given that the primary objective of the...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I agree with Senator Coffey. I do not think the Minister of State has been well served by his officials. The reasons he has given for not accepting the amendment are not well thought out. He has told us the amendment is neither "feasible" nor "justifiable". We really wanted to see a better explanation. The Labour Party has discussed this issue at some length. While we will not support...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I join other Senators in calling for a debate on banking. The closure of one of the country's main banks, as announced yesterday, will cause significant hardship for many people in the north east — not just workers in the bank but also customers who are currently availing of the service. We have also seen recent increases in mortgage interest rates, particularly those of Permanent TSB,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: Several months ago we completed Second Stage of the legislation on the regulation of management companies. The last time I asked the Leader about the delay in proceeding further, he informed me it was due to difficulties with the legislation and that it was being held up by the Office of the Attorney General. What is the current position? Is the Leader expecting the House to proceed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I refer to the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 and the management companies Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I join other Senators in calling for a debate on unemployment. Six months ago, the Labour Party launched a document with a ten point plan to find a way out of unemployment. One of those points related to apprentices. I am glad that others have raised the subject of apprentices. The Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, suggests that if people cannot find a place in...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: Jekyll and Hyde is something different.

Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of my colleagues I thank Senator Coffey for tabling this motion on our national and local response to the incredibly harsh and unusual conditions we experienced over Christmas and the first two weeks of January. I start by acknowledging the enormous local and personal effort that went into combating the most severe effects of the weather crisis. In my constituency all outdoor...

Seanad: Third Level Places (3 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State. He will be aware of the reports in the newspapers of late of the increase of 10% in the number of applications to the CAO. This increase is also felt in other sectors of higher education. Applications for post leaving certificate courses have also increased. I spent Friday morning last with Deputy Wallace in the College of Further Education in Dunboyne in...

Seanad: Third Level Places (3 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I wish to put one very short supplementary question. I thank the Minister of State for this information. It clearly shows that while one out of every 25 people in the country is from County Meath, we only get one out of every 100 places on a post leaving certificate course. Does the Minister of State believe this imbalance is fair?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I join Senator Healy Eames in calling for a debate on the welcome increase in the number of applications for university places through the Central Applications Office. There has been a significant increase, amounting to 15%, in the number of applications for post-leaving certificate courses. I was at Dunboyne College of Further Education last Friday and noted it is under pressure because...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: I am not sure this House is the proper place to have a debate on where we can turn left or right in central Dublin but I will take up Senator Norris's point. I assume the reason for not allowing traffic to turn left on Beckett Bridge was the need to reduce traffic flows into the city centre and make it more attractive to use public transport. If the reason relates to an agreement made with...

Seanad: Haiti Disaster: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Dominic Hannigan: Excuse me-----