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Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: While I allowed the Senator some latitude in terms of speaking to this amendment, it has already been discussed with an earlier group of amendments. I will allow a brief comment from the Minister if he wishes.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Please, could we avoid personalising this debate?

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Colleagues, please.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Those Senators who wish to engage in conversation should do so outside the Chamber.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Let us stick to the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Like other colleagues, I welcome yesterday's announcement by the Kerry Group that it will locate an international centre of excellence in Naas. Over 900 people will be employed on a permanent basis and 400 people will be employed on a temporary basis while the centre is being constructed. This morning some commentary suggested that there was political interference in achieving the project....

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the move and I hope there will be more. If there was political interference on a weekly basis then we would have 52,000 jobs created per year. For the remaining year or more of the life of the Government we could expect to see 52,000 high-quality jobs being provided. I ask the Leader to clarify when the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will announce...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is a private matter.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I welcome the passing of the Bill. My party in this House and the Lower House will work hard to ensure the referendum is passed on 10 November. I hope it will be passed because, as the Minister noted, it will trigger a suite of legislation that will afford protection to children. It has been a privilege to listen to the contributions from Senators from...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Only 5% of the drugs in circulation are seized by the authorities.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yesterday in her absence I congratulated Senator Hayden on her appointment as the Labour Party Whip in the House. I wish her well and look forward to working with her. On a point of clarification, Senator Colm Burke referred to my colleague, Senator MacSharry, our health spokesperson, as being absent and as having not been seen in the past ten days. I have the height of regard for Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is it the Leader's intention to have the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence come to the House at some stage in the near future? It is important that he attend the House because he is fast becoming known throughout the length and breadth of the country as the Minister for closures. Not alone has he closed Army barracks throughout the country but he has also closed Garda stations...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am honoured to welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, back to a House with which she is very familiar, in particular as she returns with legislation for a referendum regarding a topic she continually raised when she was Leader of the Opposition in this House. The country has been haunted in recent years by revelations of untold horror against children helpless to defend or protect...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: There was speculation about the closure of Army barracks.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is not that long ago when the Leader's party wanted to give child benefit to persons who did not even have children.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senator Whelan in congratulating Senator Hayden on her appointment or election - I am not sure which - as the Whip of the Labour Party group. I pay tribute to the former Whip, Senator Susan O'Keeffe. It is not an easy job being a Whip and it is certainly not an easy job being an assistant Whip to a Government Whip, particularly when that Government Whip is Senator Paul Coghlan. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: No, I think there has been enough debate within the Labour Party on that issue and I do not want to go any further. With other colleagues, I call on the Leader to arrange a debate on child benefit. During that debate we need to define who the less well-off are, because from the point of view of optics, somebody may look wealthy and affluent but in reality, he or she may not be. I join...

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator to continue, without interruption.