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Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I am willing to agree to a suspension until 5.05 p.m.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome this legislation which Fine Gael Party will support. The amendments we will propose on Committee Stage will ensure the constructive improvement of the legislation and its most effective operation. A frequent criticism we hear of how politics is conducted in Leinster House is that the Government and the Opposition spend all of their time locked in fruitless battles of exchanges that...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I second Senator Coffey's amendment in seeking a debate to discuss the prospects of our young people. He hit the nail on the head when he highlighted that much work needed to be done in our country at a time when so many young people were being paid, many to do nothing. We need to integrate these two elements and be imaginative in our response. On a day when 56,000 students are nearing the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Although we do not need a visit by the Queen to confirm this, it is proof that our identity is evolving and strengthening that even in these difficult times that such a visit has been proposed. It is appropriate that we should have a broad debate on all the issues affecting this republic from its national identity to sport, an issue on which Senator Mooney touched, to a visit by the Queen....

Seanad: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State. The ECCE scheme is an excellent one under which young children have free access for one year to pre-school activity and programmes before they enter primary school. It will have a positive effect on young children in getting them ready for primary school. A constituent of mine has a son who will be four years old at the beginning of July. He is deemed old...

Seanad: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The key part of the Minister of State's reponse was that a number of parents had asked to send their children when they were below the age of four years and two months, which is the case with my constituent. The Department found no reason to remove or amend the lower age range. Perhaps when there is more money to examine these schemes in the future and see how they can be improved, it could...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Last week during the debate on Second Stage I stressed that Fine Gael supported the Bill, but I have since had the opportunity to review it in more detail and would like to hear the Minister of State's response to some observations of mine. Section 2 contains definitions. A number of things struck me and I would like the Minister of State to consider them. If he cannot give a response...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister of State for his response in regard to the passenger steamer and our own Navy which makes sense to me. It would be worthwhile looking at my point about the need to consider defining the crew of the ship because although the only person on the vessel given legal definition is the master of the ship, in different parts of the legislation other personnel are referred to in...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Will Final Stage be taken before Private Members' business?

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have a question for the Minister of State which goes back to the point on definitions already discussed. Why is reference made in section 7(2) to "passenger steamers" while in section 5 the reference is to "ships"? This concerns consistency. The term "passenger steamers" is used up to a point but in section 7 the term used is "ships".

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister of State is correct. There are references in other parts of the Bill to different kinds of vessels. My point, however, is that within this section one part categorises passenger steamers into different classes while in another part that takes account of additional requirements for vessels they are no longer passenger steamers but become ships. Subsection (2) states that the...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I have a question on the drafting of section 13(1). I read the section a dozen times today to ensure I got its gist and am still not sure about it. If I am misreading the subsection, I am sure the Minister of State will correct me, but from my reading of it, there appears to be a word missing from it. Section 13(1) reads: The Minister may, in any case where following a survey under the...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is fine.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1: In page 27, subsection (3), between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(e) consideration to be taken of local, economical and fleet size,". This amendment is similar to one tabled by my colleagues in the Dáil who asked whether a dispensation would be allowed in the application of the rules, if the vehicle or service in question was so small that complying with...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: I accept the Minister's point. When tabling the amendment, my intention was to make a more general point, rather than focusing on chemical tanker rules.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 20(5)(b) provides that if an Irish ship encounters a difficulty and has to be brought to a port in another state, the owner or master of the ship will be compelled to inform the relevant authorities of the position on the ship's certificate of fitness. Should the owner or master of the ship also be obliged to inform the chief surveyor of ships in Ireland, as well as the local...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: Therefore, the owner or master of the ship must report to the authorities in both states.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: This section deals with liquefied gas carriage rules, while a later section deals with the nuclear waste carriage rules. The requirements set out in the section are specific in terms of electrical installations, tank vent systems and so on. However, a phrase not included in the section which is included in other parts of the Bill and other legislation for which the Minister is responsible,...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Paschal Donohoe: That is fair enough. Under section 27(3)(f), the capacity is there for the Minister of the day to consider any other matters he thinks are appropriate in the circumstances, yet the same capacity is not in place in the earlier part of the Bill. I take the Minister's point that the list may be exhaustive, but given that we are continuously learning about how we can deal with matters like...