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- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed?
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is an unfortunate word.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Perhaps Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh would withdraw that word.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The word "hypocrite" is unparliamentary.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh on the amendment, without interruption.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I call Senator Barrett.
- Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Shatter, back to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Leader is far from a killjoy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Government is trying to get rid of 60 other jobs, through legislation.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I will be brief because I am conscious of the time. I wish to clarify a matter relating to the proposed new legislative regulations that will be put in place by legislation or other regulatory means. The seven proposed new legislative procedures-----
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: They will not be in the Constitution so is it correct that at any time they could be scrapped?
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: They could be amended so there is no guarantee that if we scrap the democratic Seanad that the procedures will remain in place.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: In the event of a national emergency.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Gerry will look in the mirror.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Cullinane does not have a leg to stand on.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I know the road Senator Cullinane is going down.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: We did not criticise Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: I will be brief because of the agreement that Committee Stage be completed by 6 p.m. To clarify the position on the Fianna Fáil manifesto before the last election, which the Minister of State mentioned, our party was in favour of putting a question to the people in a referendum as part of an overall reform package.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State seemed to have missed that. Also, he said that the abolition of the Seanad is only the first step in the programme of political reform of the Dáil and of the political system. Political reform will not be achieved by abolishing this House, abolishing the town councils or reducing the number of county councillors elected in rural Ireland and moving them to the east...
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Diarmuid Wilson: We might do that.