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- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Let us do that then.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: That is a point well-made and accepted.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Is that happening now?
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: We will keep an eye on it.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Amendment No. 43 in the name of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Flynn and Black arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 43 and 44 are related. Amendment No. 44 is a physical alternative to No. 43. Amendments Nos. 43 and 44 may be discussed together, by agreement.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: A vote is being called in the Dáil. Does the Minister of State want me to suspend the sitting in order that he can attend the vote?
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: We will keep going and the Minister of State can give me the nod when he needs to leave. Amendments Nos. 71 and 72 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 70. Amendments Nos. 46 to 51, inclusive; 68, 70 to 72, inclusive, and 149 to 154, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I am sorry to interrupt, but the Minister of State has to leave to attend the vote in the Dáil.
- Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Amendment No. 46 is in the name of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Flynn and Black.We have changed the groupings. As I understand it, amendments Nos. 46 to 51, inclusive, 68, 70 to 72, inclusive, and 149 to 154, inclusive-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: To take the tone down and move it on-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: For the last two years, the British-Irish relationship has been at its lowest ever ebb. I hope that with a new Prime Minister will come a new fostering of that relationship. As soon as a new Prime Minister is appointed, we should have a debate in this House about how to bring that relationship up from rock bottom to a workable one. We can look at Boris Johnson and others as some sort of...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: This is the danger of populism. It can never be left unchecked. Those of us in centrist parties must never forget that the centre must hold. This is the danger of electing populist demagogues. It results in people with no respect for democracy or the public who attempt to cling to power at all costs. It is utterly disgusting. We have to be very clear that we in this country are not...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: The Acting Chair should do whatever he is comfortable with.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: Senator Ruane has made many good points. As she said at the end of her contribution, it is about having the full body of knowledge when it comes to the use of AI. These amendments have led to a good discussion. I hope, at some stage in the future, the House will have a wider debate on the use of technology, including AI. I agree with the Senator's point that chief executives of local...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I have some brief questions. The Bill has now passed in the House of Commons. Whereabouts in the legislative process is it in Westminster? Does it go to a committee stage or does it go straight to the House of Lords?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: From his analysis, what does Mr. Holder think the mood is in the House of Lords towards the Bill?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I worked in the House of Lords ten years ago as an intern. As we saw with the Brexit legislation in 2019, it will not be able to stop it. All it can do is delay, obstruct or slow it down it until it eventually gets through in some shape or form, if there are enough Conservative peers, which there are, to pass it. What is the real driving force behind the legislation? Mr. Holder referred...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)
John McGahon: I thank the witnesses.