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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. If it were ever timely to bring in an item of legislation, that is certainly the case with regard to this Bill given many people will, clearly, face significant challenges in the near future. Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill, the main purpose of which is to restrict the total cost of credit on moneylending loans, probably as a result of the...

Seanad: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Pat Casey: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Pat Casey: In the circumstances, I will allow it.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Pat Casey: The Senator can discuss the amendment with the Bills Office and it may be able to assist.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Is Senator Higgins pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 116, 117, 142 and 143 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Before I move on to section 4, I want to acknowledge the presence of our former colleague, former Senator Billy Lawless. I thank him for all the work he has done in trying to connect America and Ireland. That has been challenging over the last couple of years. I welcome him back to the House.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: We are still on section 4. The Minister of State intervened.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: The Senator has strayed off topic.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. My advice is that there is no clear conflict on this issue but that can be determined after the debate. Having heard the arguments a call can be made on the matter.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: There is a clear indication that this can be sorted on Report Stage.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Pat Casey: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2022)

Pat Casey: I thank the Government and the Minister for the supports for the hospitality sector over the last two years. As the Minister will know, I am directly involved. As he pointed out, at the end of this month we are coming off all the supports that have been there for the past two years. We always get used to supports and we have to try to wean ourselves off them. We are in a challenging...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2022)

Pat Casey: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. As Senator Kyne said, let us hope that the term "Covid-19" is in our rear-view mirror and is not to return again. As the Senator said also, when we look back, we will see what the Government did with the significant supports it gave businesses to survive during the last two years...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (5 May 2022)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. As my colleague identified, we are talking about investment in public transport and, specifically, in the Dublin-Rosslare route, which passes through County Wicklow. Whatever additional services can be provided to Rosslare will directly improve the facilities in Wicklow. The service to Wicklow town and Arklow at the moment is a joke....