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Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: In fairness, Senator Daly, the Minister is not obliged to comment until the end of Second Stage.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Daly, you had eight minutes to make your contribution.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: You have five minutes remaining. The Minister is not obliged to comment until the end of Second Stage.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is quite obvious. The Minister is quite capable of answering if he wishes to do so.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Obviously, he does not want to respond until the end of Second Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator O'Donovan's amendment to the Order of Business. I join colleagues in welcoming yesterday's announcement of the JobsPlus pilot scheme. I hope it is a success even though it starts with relatively low numbers of just 2,500. I commend everybody involved in the JobBridge scheme, which has been very successful to date even though there are some anomalies. People have been...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, to the House. This is very familiar territory for him. Only for the Seanad, the Houses of the Oireachtas and the people of this country would have been deprived of his contribution to the national Parliament.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Five years of which I was honoured to have served with him in this House.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome back the Minister of State. He has made an excellent contribution to national politics since he first came to this House and I mean that genuinely. Like any other citizen, I have a responsibility to speak out and shout out loud when I see a great and important institution being vandalised. That responsibility is even greater when the vandalism is being done to the most basic and...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: At the dinner the Leader of the Opposition in the Seanad at the time, Frances Fitzgerald, nearly collapsed on live television beside the Taoiseach when he announced that he would get rid of the Seanad. As Senator Heffernan and other colleagues have said, it had more to do with the opinion polls at that time than genuine political reform. The Taoiseach, at the MacGill Summer School in July...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Putting Labour first.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Ciaran Cannon, to the House which is familiar territory to him.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator Ó Domhnaill's amendment to the Order of Business. I join with Senator MacSharry in wishing the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Burton, good luck today in their negotiations on the youth guarantee scheme. The scheme which was agreed by the Commission and is awaiting approval by the European Parliament proposes a ring-fenced allocation of €9 billion in the next...

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Agreed.

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Several colleagues have said they would like to make a brief comment. I ask them, please, to be brief because the Minister is due in the other House for a vote.

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 17 to 24, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.