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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: We did not accept the approach.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Except Fine Gael.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will speak with the Minister of State again regarding functions.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Will the Minister of State outline the water service's functions? Are the water service's functions the same or similar to the functions of the water services authority under the 2007 Act.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, to the House. I agree with what Senator Keane has said on these amendments. Am I correct that the Minister of State said that only specific borrowings would be guaranteed?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: If, God forbid, Irish Water were to find itself running into-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: If, God forbid, Irish Water were to find itself in serious financial difficulties, does anything in the Bill allow the Minister to bail it out?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Development Programme (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I formally move the matter raised by Senator Ó Domhnaill.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I would agree with that suggestion for the next time such difficulties arise. I have no doubt, however, that Cavan will be united after the next revision because we are going to mount a campaign from now on until we are reunited. Would the Minister consider appointing somebody with practical knowledge of politics to the next Electoral Commission? The independent commission's structure has...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am sorry. However, Deputy Heather Humphreys from County Monaghan - who is in the Minister's own party - along with Deputy Joe O'Reilly, Deputy Brendan Smith and Deputy Ó Caoláin, referred to the carve-up of County Cavan as ludicrous. It is on the record of the Dáil. It is ludicrous, in my opinion.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am not referring to people in my own party.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am talking about independent people with practical knowledge of politics.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Not unanimously.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I want it to be noted, yes.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, column 1, line 9 after "West" to insert "-Mayo South".This amendment is self explanatory and seeks to add "-Mayo South" to "Galway West".

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is a fact. The very least the Constituency Commission could have done was to try to come up with a name that encompasses all the constituent parts of the new constituency, as it is certainly not just confined to representing people from Sligo and Leitrim. I ask the Minister to reconsider this constituency to see if anything can be done in this regard.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: It would be appropriate.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: That is the case.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: They will hardly be around after the next election.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister for his reply. In the unlikely event that the three Deputies mentioned are re-elected following the next general election-----