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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator is trying to get rid of Ministers from the House and will try to succeed in closing down the House if he continues the way he is going.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Senator's comments on equine DNA and on the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and his work on this issue. It is an EU-wide problem. Senator Bacik referred to the convention on the Constitution. We wish all convention members well in their deliberations over the weekend. Yesterday, it was mentioned that it is most regrettable that the HSE document was leaked and reported on in...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: If the Minister has not seen a copy of the report, it is impossible for him to release it. I regret the fact that it has been leaked for whatever purpose. It is not acceptable and it does not help the husband and the family of Savita. Senator Zappone raised a number of questions and I will try to get answers for her in respect of discrimination against LGBT families, the lack of protection...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Paul Coghlan outlined measures for people in mortgage arrears. Senator Cullinane called for a debate on poverty. We have had debates on social welfare, jobs, budgets and all of these are linked to poverty. We will try to arrange a special debate on poverty but it is wide-ranging and will encompass a number of Departments. We have had a debate on the Social Welfare Bill and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Let him at it.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator must change his tune. The promissory notes are gone.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator is like a broken record.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the promissory note arrangement, to be taken at 11.45 a.m. and to conclude no later than 1 p.m., with the contribution of spokespersons not to exceed five minutes, all other Senators not to exceed three minutes, and the Minister to be called on to reply to the debate no later than 12.55 p.m.; and No. 2, Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I do not know what purpose they serve.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: It is very regrettable. Senator O'Keeffe also raised the question of requesting the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine to come into the House. As the House knows, he is meeting his fellow Ministers in Brussels as we speak. I agree totally with the Senator that the labelling situation, which we have discussed in this House, needs to be discussed again. We have wonderful traceability...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Gay people have not been protected in the past and we will certainly do everything to ensure that will not happen. Senator Burke referred to the fact that almost 2 million medical cards have been issued to date. There is much good news in the health service as well as the difficulties. The Senator also mentioned the question of the value for money secured in the health service. I will...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Keane has been blown off course.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator MacSharry raised the question of mortgage arrears, which we have discussed numerous times in recent months. I agree with him that banks are not doing enough in this regard, as the Governor of the Central Bank has made perfectly clear. More pressure will need to be placed on them, which I understand is being done by the Government and the Central Bank now. I do not propose to accept...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, address to the House by Ms Phil Prendergast, MEP, in accordance with the arrangements passed by a motion of the House on 12 February 2013; No. 2, Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012, Committee Stage, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to be adjourned at 4.15 p.m., if not previously concluded; No. 3, Child Care (Amendment) Bill...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Marc MacSharry has outlined how his views on economic matters have changed over the year and called for a debate on hospital groupings. This issue is of interest to people in all areas. We are very hopeful our region will be kept intact and that budgets will be controlled within it. I will try to arrange a debate on the issue. Senator David Norris has welcomed the fact Anglo Irish...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (7 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: Senator White is acting leader of Fianna Fáil today. The Minister for Finance and the Government are acting in the national interest in trying to achieve the best possible deal for our citizens. The Senator set out a personal position which contradicts some of the constructive statements made by the Fianna Fáil spokesman on finance in the other House. She is entitled to her opinion in...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 ? Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 2.45 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister...

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature (6 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature (6 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: I am tempted to order the business now. The House will sit at noon.