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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: ——the people we are trying to represent want the Government to recognise the scale of the issue. We want to hear every Minister say what he or she will do to deal with it and demonstrate the leadership he or she was elected to provide.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: The Senator should talk to his own Minister for Finance.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: We are debating.

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter. I welcome the Minister of State. I am particularly glad that he is present because he has direct responsibility for the matter in question and I look forward to his reply. I am sure the history of the Liberty House project and the relationship among the people who live there, Dublin City Council and the Department of the Environment,...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister of State for his response, which has been very helpful in illuminating an important point in the issue. Dublin City Council and the local residents currently believe they require a response from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The Minister of State's response clearly indicates the Department is awaiting response from the other parties....

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I fully accept the bona fides and intent of the Department. I hope that as a result of the contribution we will find some way to move this forward to the satisfaction of everybody.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: Senator Boyle referred to what he called the luxury of being in Opposition. It is clear there is a duty in being in Government which requires two things, namely, a recognition of when something is going wrong and that the Government takes responsibility upon itself to act in dealing with the issue. In fairness, at times there is occasionally a late recognition of when something needs action...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: What always happens is that the responsibility is either handed over to another organisation or a new organisation is created to take responsibility for it. I raise this issue because it is now apparent that the Dublin Transport Authority, an organisation that is responsible for so many matters we raise regularly in this House,will have two features missing from it. The first is that no...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I am delighted to second the amendment to the Government's motion tabled by my colleague, Senator Buttimer. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Curran, to the House. My support for Senator Buttimer's amendment is forged by the constituency I represent, Dublin Central. In recent months I have had two experiences that emphasise that this amendment is correct and that it is important we...

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: As I begin my contribution to this very important debate and before I go on to my observations as a politician, I want to reflect on how I felt as a person when I heard the result last week. As a person, the abiding feeling I had on hearing the result was loneliness. I felt my country, of which I am a member, is on the margin. So much of the success we have had in progressing our economic...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I can give only one kind of response now.

Seanad: Lisbon Treaty: Statements (18 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: And Fianna Fáil people.

Seanad: Lisbon Reform Treaty Report: Statements (5 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for his passionate contribution in discussing this important report. I also acknowledge the work that Deputy Perry and others members of his joint committee undertook in producing the document under consideration by the House. I also recognise the valuable work being done in this area by the Joint Committee on European Affairs, of...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: Like Senator de Búrca, I call for an urgent debate on the tragedies which took place on our roads at the weekend. In making my contribution, I wish to extend my sympathies to those families who were grieving during what was a holiday period for many of us. This subject is so important that the Fine Gael group wishes to table an amendment to the Order of Business to discuss the magnitude of...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: There have been, rightly, many calls in this House in recent weeks for a debate on the level of retail pricing in Ireland because consumers feel ripped off. The debate was moved forward constructively yesterday, in terms of informing politicians of what is happening, by contributions made elsewhere on actions taken by the National Consumer Agency. In light of this further information I...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on standards in the private rental accommodation sector. Some months ago we became rightly agitated about footage shown by the "Prime Time" programme about the state of accommodation in which many people in our cities live. We must recognise the scale of this issue throughout the country. There are too many tenants living in rental properties in...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: I join other Senators, particularly Senator Butler, regarding the role of public private partnerships, PPPs, in housing projects. During the debate, which I hope the Leader will arrange soon, I will stress the point that the process did not collapse because the apartment standards were changed. The change may have been a contributory factor, but greater factors were at play, many of which...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Paschal Donohoe: The belief that the process collapsed because new standards were applied to deliver good quality housing is the reason a debate is necessary.