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Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Mooney, the Acting Leader of the Opposition, raised the question of the Seanad meeting for two days this week and spoke about the need for more legislation to come to the House. I work with the legislation and the Ministers that are available at any point in time. The Seanad returned on 11 January, although it would normally be having its first day back today. We are well ahead of...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The focus is now on reducing the cost of the funds used to capitalise and fund the banks. I certainly share the public's dismay at the cost of this policy and the delay it caused to the State's recovery, but unfortunately, the truth is that the vast majority of Anglo Irish Bank debts were paid off under the previous Government. Senator Mac Conghail also complimented, along with Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Colm Burke spoke about the importance of being positive and a perception abroad in that regard. He called for education in health care to be discussed when we are discussing matters with the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. I am sure he will take up that matter. Senator Crown spoke about the deaths from malignant melanoma that could be prevented and referred to the cost of the...

Seanad: Referral to Joint Committee: Motion (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, that it wishes to take part in the adoption and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, referral of motion re criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, to be taken without debate; No. 2, statements on Irish Water and related reforms, to be taken at the conclusion of No. 1 and to conclude no later than 1.45 p.m., with the contributions of group...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, for agreeing to return to the House to resume the debate on this very important report to which many Senators contributed last week. A number of other speakers wish to contribute. Overall, the report provides a very good and detailed analysis of the climate for small businesses and there is more of a focus on domestic companies than those...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I join with all the Members who expressed their sympathies to the families of the fishermen lost in the accident off west Cork. The skipper of the vessel was a fellow county man of mine, from the small village of Bunmahon in Waterford. Our hearts go out to all the families. Likewise, we extend our sympathies to the family of Aengus Fanning, editor of the Sunday Independent and a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I agree that they should be benchmarked against their EU counterparts. It is not acceptable that these people can live in ivory towers when the Taoiseach is prepared to take a cut and have his salary capped at €200,000. These people, who are well heeled, should take such a cut. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Quinn, for a wide-ranging debate on education. The Minister will be in the...

Seanad: Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012: Referral to Joint Committee (18 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012, copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 9th January, 2012, be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, in accordance with Standing Order 70A (3), which, not later than 7th February, 2012, shall...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re referral of the Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012 to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Second Stage, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 and to conclude no later than 1.45...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: All over the country, men and women and children face the most harrowing reality on a daily basis that a loved one has died by suicide. Somehow they have to find the energy to face this reality every day and to carry on into the future, a future very different from the one they once hoped for. The intensity of their grief is unimaginable. Their loss and the loneliness is often beyond words...

Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: We can resume the debate next week.

Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 18 January 2012.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: On Senator Darragh O'Brien's question about Revenue and the Government, there was no interference by the Government with Revenue and that is the way it should be.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: That is the way it will continue.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Several Members raised the issue of Ulster Bank. This is a difficult day for staff members and their families and I hope a redundancy deal will be agreed with the bank's staff and the IBOA. Senator Darragh O'Brien claimed the jobs initiatives has failed miserably. Only yesterday a jobs initiative was announced which will involve nine Departments. Jobs cannot be created overnight and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: Senators Bacik, White and Jim D'Arcy spoke about DEIS schools. The Minister for Education and Skills has met with school principals, teachers and parents to hear their concerns and clarify the position following the changes announced in the budget. Following this engagement, he has asked his Department to produce a report on DEIS band 1 and 2 schools which currently have posts under older...

Seanad: Report of Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I move: That the report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Order 62: Conduct of Divisions by Electronic Means, dated 11 January 2012, be laid before Seanad Éireann; that the report be published; and that the report is hereby adopted. Question put and agreed to. Standing Orders are amended accordingly.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jan 2012)

Maurice Cummins: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to adjourn statements on suicide prevention at 2 p.m. and resume the debate next week. I sincerely thank the Minister of State for agreeing to this proposal at short notice.