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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I join in the good wishes to everybody for an enjoyable and restful summer. One person in Leinster House who will not be coming back, because he is retiring after 40 years of service, is Kieran Coughlan, the Secretary General. He has had a long career during which he was the Clerk Assistant of the Seanad, which is undoubtedly a post that leads to great things, as well as being involved in...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: It is not a vote for anything else. It has been very helpfully included by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, for which I thank it. It is a principle of republican government - as in the United States - that structures are needed to exist to prevent the tyranny of the majority. That is what we are getting now. The Seanad was a beacon in preventing two sectarian states in Ireland. It...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Yes, there were 78 and 77 were dropped. I am not yet aware how I succeeded where 177 other signatures did not work. I was quite surprised to be called upon.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Whatever is included in this, I am delighted to accept whatever accolade is implied.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Senator Zappone said the Seanad has the job of providing checks and balances, to engage in deliberation and to generate new ideas. I think it does so. That is why I disagree with Lord Edward Fitzgerald who said that Leinster House does not inspire the brightest ideas. I find it to be the most exciting and interesting place. It is certainly far superior to any of the committees, quangos...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I thank the Minister of State for concluding on that note. We sent the material to Brussels last week. I will be joining with him because we need anything that can be done to get the banking sector in the way we both want it. I am glad he appreciated the contribution of this House. That is the spirit in which we came here two years ago. He came in as a reforming Minister of State. We...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I note Muiris MacCárthaigh's article in yesterday's edition of the Irish Independent, entitled "Executive accountability in the Dáil still elephant in the room". I quoted the article from The Irish Times and I met its author. He gave the name of the Minister who, during a break said, Ministers decide, the Civil Service then takes over and if anybody in the Dáil puts his head...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: The young ones are good.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: They are abolishing elected bodies over there.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: Young Fine Gael did it last weekend.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I rise to congratulate Young Fine Gael in Kilkenny on its refusal to support the abolition of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: They are an example to old Fine Gael, middle-aged Fine Gael and senile Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: It was done in the Minister, Phil Hogan's, home city at the Garret FitzGerald Summer School. Garret's spirit must have been there. I am sure he would be very proud of those young people.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Sean Barrett: I would like to echo the words of the Pope and Joe Connolly: "Young people of Ireland, we love you."