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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Leas Cheannaire. An gcuirfidh sé ceist ar an Taoiseach agus ar an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha an rachfaidh siad i ngleic leis an cheist ó thaobh na himircigh atá sna Stáit Aontaithe, Meiriceá? The Deputy Leader may be aware that, in recent months, there has been an intensification of the imprisonment of undocumented Irish in the United States and of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I support the amendment to the Order of Business to facilitate inviting the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the House. We are having a debate on the economy tomorrow, which will probably last two hours. We will then head off on our sabbatical, or whatever one wants to call it, for 13 weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: There will be no debate in the Chambers of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I ask that the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment be invited to the House today in order that we can debate the subject the rest of the country will be talking about over the summer.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: We will not have an opportunity to have it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Let us have a debate on unemployment today.

Seanad: Third Level Charges. (3 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I call on the Minister for Education and Science to ensure the proper dispersion of the student services charge by higher education institutions throughout Ireland and to guarantee all the moneys collected through the charge are invested in student services and not used to pay off institutional debt. Almost €1,000 is collected from every third...

Seanad: Third Level Charges. (3 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I acknowledge he mentioned the charge is in place to support students. Can he do anything about the university to which I referred taking more than €3.8 million under this charge during this academic year because of the reduction in the HEA grant, thereby forcing it to use the students' money? Is he prepared to do anything other than ask the...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry I do not have enough time to go through the issues. However, I reject the Minister's efforts and those of Professor Drumm and other Ministers and colleagues. They are trying to induce a guilt trip in public representatives and local communities when they suggest we are irresponsible in seeking the retention of services at Sligo and Mayo. In the motion we are calling for safe...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, but the Minister referred to him many times.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: He is implementing a Government strategy. That strategy calls for eight centres of excellence. Nobody is arguing for radio-oncology and everything that goes with it in all these centres but eight centres is too few. I attended a public meeting on this which was packed with cancer patients and people who have gone through the system. They are demanding that these centres are kept open. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: There has been much discussion about the economy and how it is going into recession. When we face difficult times, we need to invest in our infrastructure. I have called for numerous debates and numerous Senators have called for a debate on what is happening in respect of the national development plan, particularly the areas which have not seen the benefit of the Celtic tiger over the past...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: We need a debate on it. Members of the Labour Party previously raised the topic during Private Members' business but we need a debate, in particular because an international advisory committee has been set up to deal with next generation networks. Countries like Japan are not even looking at next generation, they are looking at next-next generation. We need to catch up fast. There is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Let Senator Leyden vote with us to save the local hospitals tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: He should press the green button.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to echo a call I made last week, a call made by many Senators in previous weeks and in recent days, to have a debate on the economy. I especially call on the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coughlan, to come to the House and speak about the current job losses taking place across the State. Members of Opposition parties, including myself, have...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: There are schools where windows are nailed shut, where rodents are taking over——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: I appeal to the Leader to understand the severity of the situation and to ask the Minister for Education and Science to come to the House——

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: On a separate matter, we all know that to have a strong economy we need a skilled workforce. Unfortunately, we have a downturn in the construction industry which has been highlighted. What is happening now is that those who are losing their jobs in that industry, who wish to go back to reskilling and avail of the back to education allowance, cannot do so because they must be unemployed for...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2008)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom cur leis an méid atá ráite agus buíochas a ghabháil leis na hAirí, go háirithe an Teachta Seán Power a bhí ag déileáil leis na leasuithe. Glacadh le cuid acu, ina measc cuid a chuir me fhéin síos, agus gabhaim buíochas leis ar son sin. Ní raibh muid ábalta achan moladh a ghlacadh ach sin mar a tharlaíonn. Chuir na Seanadóirí uilig agus na hAirí cuid mhór...