Results 32,241-32,260 of 32,983 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: This section is about nuclear carriage rules, which is a serious matter. It lays out the different fines for which offenders under the section are liable. The fines are similar to fines in other parts of the Bill, which on summary conviction, represent a fine not exceeding â¬5,000, or a fine not exceeding â¬100,000 on conviction on indictment. If we find out that somebody is in breach of...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: The part of the Minister's response that interested me was about the other legislation that could kick in if some terrible incident was to take place. I am trying to figure out whether the consistency of fining is appropriate when we are dealing with something like nuclear carriage rules. A part of the Bill states that if a person does not have a safe manning document available, the fines...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: The section compels the master and owner of a ship to have the safe manning document available. Where will the document be kept? I understand from my reading of the Bill that it will be kept on the vessel. Is there is a provision to ensure a duplicate will be kept by the surveyor of the ship or the Department of Transport?
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: How does one check the document?
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: It would be worth considering. There will be a document on the vessel, but from my reading of the Bill there is no requirement for a duplicate to be stored centrally. Section 60(2) states the Minister may require an applicant to amend a proposal for a safe manning level on a ship. However, if one does not have a copy of the original document, how will one know whether the amendment was made?
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: Section 46(4)(a) makes reference to reporting a matter "to the Chief Surveyor or any other surveyor of ships in the Marine Survey Office, Department of Transport". The section of the Bill dealing with authorised persons does not make reference to a chief surveyor; it revers to a "surveyor of ships", as do various other parts of the Bill. However, earlier sections do refer to a "Chief...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 2: In page 82, before section 87, but in Part 6, to insert the following new section: 87.â(1) A person shall not pilot or attempt to pilot a mechanically propelled vessel while he or she is under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vessel. (2) A person shall not pilot or attempt to pilot a mechanically...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: Are we represented?
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister.
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Acting Chairman for his understanding.
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I am touched by how many colleagues in different political parties have suddenly expressed such an interest in the welfare of ourselves. I thank the Acting Chairman again. He is correct. As I was getting ready for this debate, I thought I have not had legislation to deal with in the past six months and it struck me as either fortunate or unfortunate that today, of all days, this...
- Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister. I will focus on three different areas. First, I wish to pick up on a point that has been made several times today and, indeed, was introduced by Senator Mary White this morning. A Chathaoirligh, is there a sound coming from this microphone? I had this problem this morning. I will move to another seat. It is a distracting enough day without having this type of...
- Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I will focus on the point that has been made about the Department of Finance, the culture within the Department and the effect it might have had on the decisions that were made. I have two reactions to that. First, I note that some people have responded with a degree of worry or surprise to the fact the Department of Finance has an all-pervasive role in the decisions that are made relating...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I strongly support the point made by Senator Fitzgerald on the need for debate and discussion on the issue of maternity scanning. This is a matter of great importance given the debates in this House regarding the role of the HSE. The HSE was set up to do many things, two of the most important being to ensure that good practice was spread across the entire country and to ensure that a solid...
- Seanad: Innovation Economy Development (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, and thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this motion, to which there are a number of elements. The first is that the actual record on the spending of taxpayers' money on IT-related projects during the years has been patchy at best. The Comptroller and Auditor General compiled a report on this subject about a year ago, in which his office...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I would like to respond to the point made by Senator à Murchú. I understand that everyone should act in accordance with his or her own conscience and agree that the matter should be debated. The law we are talking about is not a penal one. It seeks to give a degree of recognition to people's sexuality and love for each other, over which they have no control and in which they have no...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: Surely that applies in this case as well. I agree with Senator Glynn's observation that it is a beautiful morning. When I heard the birds tweeting away as I walked to the House, I was reminded they are not the only ones who tweet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes. The Deputy Leader owns the deadliest pair of thumbs in Irish politics.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I wish mine were so deadly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
Paschal Donohoe: I am working up to my question.