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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: Most definitely.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The approach of the Minister is contradictory and will cost the taxpayer a considerable amount of money. We have commissioned an independent report and should respect its independence. What has emerged from the report is that there is no change in Government policy regarding waste disposal and the incinerator. Deputy Gormley is Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: ——the residents of Dublin South-East.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: Yes, I do. With water still being cut off in Dublin South-East——

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: ——the Minister, Deputy Gormley would be well advised to address that matter rather than the incinerator. That is my question for the Leader. I should be obliged if he would refer that to the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: It would be a very good idea if the Taoiseach came to the House because a number of issues need to be cleared up. Yesterday I raised an issue about the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, and since the Leader will not answer the question, the Taoiseach might be able to answer it. The issue raised by Senator Ross of the pay for higher civil servants should also be raised with him. The problem is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Leader expressed concern over the delay in NAMA. I said the Government had delayed by five weeks in notifying NAMA to the Commission after the passing of the legislation through this House. In fact, the delay was six weeks.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Senator should spell it.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: They are never accepted.

Seanad: Head Shops: Statements (3 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: This has been a very healthy debate, if I can use that word. There is a consensus on the need to tackle head shops. We must thank many people, not least Grainne Kenny, president of Europe Against Drugs, for educating people about the dangers of certain drugs and for educating Members of the Oireachtas about the problem. The issue was brought home to me in 2005 by the death of Colm...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I wish to raise an issue of perjury. The Statutory Declarations Act 1938 makes it an offence to lie on oath. In addition, the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act 1923 makes it an offence to malign or defame a candidate in an election. Perjury goes to the heart of the criminal justice system, as indicated by a judge in Limerick last year when a man was sentenced to one year in prison after...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The case has concluded. On his own admission and in an apology to the court last December he admitted-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I have a very specific question for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: I need to introduce the question and explain it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: The Minister categorically and emphatically denied that he had made an allegation about ownership of a brothel in Limerick by a candidate in the local elections. That is why Mr. Justice Cooke did not grant an injunction in the case - the court had been misled. When the journalist's tape of the interview was produced, the Minister admitted he had made a false statement and apologised to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: There is an issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: -----of the Minister's fitness for office in such circumstances.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I ask the Leader why the Government delayed for five weeks in submitting notification to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: I support the call of Senator Cummins for a debate on crime, as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is getting away with murder on the issue. If politics is to be results-based, the Minister has failed. Senator Quinn referred to a very important report from the Garda inspectorate on resource allocation within the Garda Síochána. It outlines various recommendations on how we...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I asked the Leader about the NAMA scheme notified to the European Commission by the Government on 23 December 2009.