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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I have an obligation to correct the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I have an obligation to correct the record.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I am entitled to make a statement and ask the Leader a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I have a question for the Leader. There was a reference to the Minister for Defence making his statement regarding an apology to the court.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Minister for Defence made no apology to the High Court.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: In December, when the Minister slid this through the court and there was a settlement, there was no apology to the court for the false and misleading statement.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I ask the Leader to comment on this——

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: ——and indicate his position on the matter.

Seanad: Arbitration Bill 2008: Second Stage (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I thank the Minister for outlining this new Arbitration Bill, which is an effort to consolidate existing legislation in this important area of alternative dispute resolution procedures. At the arbitration seminar in October 2008, which the Minister of State referred to, the Attorney General stated the system of appeals from arbitration undermines its raison d'être. That is correct but the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: Two headlines from The Irish Times today are "Frantic EU efforts to develop conditional rescue for Greece" and "Ireland distances itself from hardest hit", that being a reference to the high debt problems of Greece, Portugal and Spain. We have taken the necessary corrective action on the public finances, but what distinguishes Ireland from these other countries is the role played by the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: -----who by his own admission has lied on oath-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: -----and apologised to the court.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: This is a valid issue and I am entitled to raise the question and I am asking the Deputy Leader a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: It is not personal, it is business. I asked for an explanation of the Taoiseach's position on this and what has the Minister for Defence to say on it. Since no explanation is forthcoming, if we are to have any standards which are comparable to that applicable in other jurisdictions, the least the Minister of Defence should do is resign from office.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I refer to the Bank of Scotland (Ireland) redundancies and the decision of Lloyds Bank to close the retail network in Ireland. Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and the bank guarantee scheme was introduced in October 2008. Legislation was introduced which gives the Minster for Finance extraordinary powers to restructure Irish banks. No decision has been taken under the legislation and no...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: As with NAMA, the Government parties are waiting for the European Commission to make the decision for them but there is an onus them to outline their plans for the banking sector to the House. Yesterday's announcement also highlights the need for the two main banks — Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland — to divest themselves of their non-core assets in other jurisdictions such as...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The decision of Lloyds Bank highlights the renationalisation of the banking sector in Europe and we must recognise that. The two main Irish banks must play an important role in the Irish market and economy.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I second Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business to include a discussion on NAMA. Last week, I spoke about Ministers lying and it is very serious that these Houses were misled on this €54 billion project by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance. It is summed up in the financial pages of The Irish Times today in the article headlined "Nowhere for Cowen to hide on IMF...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I mention an issue that has arisen in the Eamonn Lillis trial regarding the witness, Jean Treacy. The new Criminal Court complex facilitates the shielding of accused from the media, which is quite correct. For an accused it is prejudicial, humiliating and, as some judges in the Court of Criminal Appeal have indicated, can constitute contempt of court. For a condemned person it is a double...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: We do not want this to serve as some inducement to a witness to be co-operative with the Garda and the prosecution services. I ask the Leader to refer the matter to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in order that there would be a protocol — it should not be ad hoc — adopted to reflect this policy. I wonder whether in present circumstances the Garda and the prosecution...