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Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister to the House. Amendments Nos. 1, 27 and 29 are related and may be discussed together by agreement of the House. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As she stated, this is a technical Bill but an important one in that it makes the way local authorities charge tenants rent more transparent. I very much welcome that. I agree with Senator Hayden's call for a broader discussion about the Government's housing strategy and in particular social housing policy and an update regarding ghost estates....

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Sheahan has six minutes to move the Government amendment.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The next item is No. 41, motion No. 8, regarding an update on the general scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, to the House. I call on Senator van Turnhout to commence and she has ten minutes.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is the only one in the House now.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join colleagues in calling on the Minister for Finance to come to the House to outline clearly to us what plans the Government has to carry out an investigation into what happened five years ago. I support Senator Lorraine Higgins’s call for the tapes from the other banks to be handed over. It was as a result of the Garda Síochána raiding Anglo Irish Bank that the tapes...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join colleagues in welcoming the reversal of the cut to the special education grant that was announced last week. As my leader has observed, he does not know how one could reverse a cut that was not a cut, because it was not only the Minister for Education and Skills who stated there was no cut to the budget. The Tánaiste repeated on a number of occasions in the Dáil last...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask the Senator to stick strictly to the Bill.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is important to note that one should not train for a marathon unless one will have to run a marathon. We should not pre-empt the outcome of any referendum that may be put to the people in the autumn.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask the Senator to stick to the Bill and advise him to enjoy the three years he has left in this House.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is guaranteed three more years in this House.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I should have welcomed the Minister earlier. I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, well in his recovery.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join the leader of my party in this House, Senator Darragh O'Brien, and other colleagues in strongly condemning the reduction in support hours for pupils with special educational needs. Some 42,500 children will be deprived next year of additional teaching supports to which they are entitled. I absolutely condemn that decision. I support the call by Senator Paschal Mooney and others for a...

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to the House and call on him to make his contribution.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Moloney is not in government yet.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Progressive Democrats played a part.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Through the Chair, is Senator Keane-----

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: On a point of order, Senator Keane has stated that, unlike me, she tells the truth. I want her to withdraw that comment.