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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I am proposing a change to the Order of Business in order that we can debate——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Cathaoirleach accept the amendments to the Order of Business proposed earlier, in respect of which no formal notice was given? I am asking that we hear statements to express no confidence in the Minister for Finance. I formally propose an amendment that statements be taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It is an amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, that statements to express no confidence in the Minister for Finance be taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: He got it terribly wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: No matter how good or nice the man is, he got it terribly wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry. Did the Minister get it right? If it was just a cash flow problem, we would not be paying €34 billion.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister got it wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It is the people who will have to make sacrifices because of the cuts that will be imposed as a result of the decisions taken by the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, I clearly heard Senator Hannigan formally second my motion. If this is political——

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I believe this is a case of protecting the Minister for Finance in not allowing the debate to take place.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: This is national politics. It is the biggest decision taken by the State in a long time. Question, "That the Order of Business be agreed to", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I do not oppose the first motion but I wish to raise a point of order on it.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The first motion deals with each group leader. I seek clarity in terms of how many groups exist in the Seanad. I understand five Members are required to form a group. Is that correct?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Will you name the groups, a Chathaoirleach, and indicate under which standing order the number required for a group is defined?

Seanad: End of Life Care: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn ar ár gcéad lá ar ais sa téarma seo. Molaim an Seanadóir Mullen fá choinne an rún seo a chur chun tosaigh ar son an ghrúpa Neamhspleách. I welcome and fully support the motion. It is a very important issue. It is interesting that we are discussing end-of-life care in hospitals as the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister stands over a social welfare inspector who calls to a home on two occasions and finds nobody at home and then cuts off the payment from the State which those people are dependent on to survive, then a wider debate is required. Those are the decisions being taken in some cases. I know many staff in the Department who are working under significant strain and pressure and are...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to clarify for the record of the House that when I was referring to the case of the two calls that it was a colleague here in the Oireachtas who referred that story to me. For correction, it was not a member of the Department's staff, unless they are doing constituency work in Donegal. My more general point is whether it would be acceptable for a social welfare inspector to refuse on...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Pearse Doherty: We appreciate that.