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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I presume it is the rising tide lifting all the boats that were there and Fianna Fáil sunk them all afterwards. We will leave the budget aside.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: We will have ample opportunity to discuss the many issues members have raised on the budget. Members have asked that the Minister for Social Protection come to the House. The social welfare Bill will probably come before the House next week when there will be ample time to discuss it. Senator Bacik raised the issue of Palestine having observer status in the UN and the fact that Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Statements on the Report of the Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland judgment to be taken at 2 p.m. and to adjourn no later than 4.30 p.m. with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and No. 2, Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012 - All Stages, to be taken from 5 p.m....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: That is not true.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: It is proposed to take Report Stage next Tuesday, 11 December, by agreement.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Anything Senator Norris wants to say, he can say then. Senator Mullins sought an update on the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871. Every Member agrees that this is something which should be updated and that legislation should be introduced to update that Bill as soon as possible. I will make representations to the Government Chief Whip on the matter. Senator Cullinane raised the concerns...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The acting leader of the Opposition, Senator Marc MacSharry, believes everything he reads in the newspapers, which is a dangerous thing to do.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I am glad Senator David Norris agrees with me. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, stated yesterday that he had full confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. Those are the Minister's own words. Senator Marc MacSharry need not go to the newspapers to find out anything. The Minister will tell him straight out.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Both Fine Gael and the Labour Party view the coalition Government as more than a temporary little agreement or arrangement. We debate things rationally in government and make decisions. We do not think of it as a temporary arrangement before we start.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Ivana Bacik called for a debate on the focus of the taxation system. Perhaps we might do this early in the new year. Senator Rónán Mullen commented on the debate on the report of the expert group, to which several Senators have alluded. We will have a two and a half hour debate on the issue this week and if further Senators are offering, we will make more time available at a later...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Can the Senator wait until the budget is over?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: You cannot even agree on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator should not believe everything he reads in the newspapers.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Credit Union Bill 2012 - Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 6 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 to be called on to reply not later than 5.50 p.m.; and No. 2, Personal...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 4 December 2012.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Not yet.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: That is a matter for the Office of the Cathaoirleach. I will relay Senator van Turnhout's concerns to the Minister in question.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (29 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: "(1) That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, on Friday, 30th November, the Seanad shall meet at 10.00 a.m. and the following arrangements shall apply:(a) Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (b) there shall be no Order of Business; (c) the business to be taken shall be Committee Stage of the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 which...