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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator has an opinion and does not want to listen to anybody else.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The HSE carried out an accommodation assessment which reviewed the accommodation available to the primary care teams in the catchment areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: This examined the quality of the accommodation and whether it was spread over more than one building. Additional criteria applied by the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, were as follows: competition; general practitioner co-operation; general practitioner to population ratio and cost-effective GP buy-in; existing health facilities; pressures on services, particularly acute services;...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: If the Senator had been listening on the previous occasion this issue was raised, he would have heard me read all the criteria. I will speak about the toothpaste now.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: It behoves us all to support Irish produce and manufacturers this Christmas. Senator Jim D'Arcy referred to an important report on the action plan on bullying. The House may have a further debate on the issue once the report has been published. On the issue to which Senator Barrett referred, it was the unanimous decision of the joint committee, on which both Houses are represented, to...

Seanad: European Funds: Referral to Joint Committee (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: We are very different and, thankfully, we are not in the same position. The very difficult circumstances for ordinary people in Greece illustrate why the Government did not follow the Greek approach. The tax free threshold for income tax has been lowered from ¤12,000 to ¤4,000 in Greece; a married couple with one earner in Ireland only enter the income tax net at ¤24,750. The number of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I outlined in detail to the House the full criteria used in making the decision.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I read them all out to the House and asked Members to pay attention to them, but obviously they were not paying attention.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I will certainly read them again if that is what the Senator wants. In early 2012, the HSE embarked on a prioritisation exercise for primary care centres. In some locations it had advanced discussions with developers and GPs on leasing premises for primary care services. This was deemed most appropriate. Obviously Members do not want to listen to what I am saying. They have their own...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Darragh O'Brien and several other Members of the House referred to the leaking of the report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in A, B and C v. Ireland. Likewise, I would condemn any leaking of such a document before Members of the Oireachtas have had an opportunity to discuss it. It is reprehensible. However, it is preposterous for Members in this House to blame the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: It was Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: "Equal" was the word used.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the revision of Standing Orders (Private Business), to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding EU decision on the European Refugee Fund, the European Return Fund and the European Fund for Integration, to be referred to Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, to be taken without...

Seanad: Request to move Adjournment of Seanad under Standing Order 30 (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 November 2012.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The acting leader of the Opposition, Senator Byrne, raised the issue of the mortgage to rent scheme. On foot of the recommendations of the Keane report on mortgage arrears the Government launched a mortgage to rent scheme on a pilot basis in February 2012, which was extended nationally in June 2012. This is only one policy solution among many responses advanced by the Government. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Fianna Fáil Members have been speaking about mortgage arrears and insolvency legislation for weeks-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: -----but when they had an opportunity to speak on these issues yesterday only two contributors were from Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: If that is indicative of Fianna Fáil Members' interest in the people who are in mortgage arrears-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Maurice Cummins: -----they should put their money where their mouths are in future. If they call for debates they should speak in them when they get the opportunity to do so.