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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, that is the subject of another amendment.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: It is not a matter for this House.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: He has not said anything relevant yet.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: It is on the record of the House.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: Is Senator Wilson thinking of applying?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator has not paid his fee.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: It is not.

Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill (2011): Report and Final Stages (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for accepting this amendment. Over the past five years several Bills precluded local authority members from membership of various bodies, a point we fought against. It is akin to barring Senator Crown from a body being set up by the Government for cancer care simply because he is a Senator.

Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill (2011): Report and Final Stages (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the acceptance of this amendment by the Minister of State. I thank her staff and the staff of the House for facilitating it in such an expedient manner.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, to extend the business on this Bill until 2.30 p.m unless it is concluded beforehand.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: At 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 24 November 2011.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Darragh O'Brien and many other speakers welcomed the announcement by the Minister of a public inquiry into the treatment of Fr. Reynolds by RTE. The decision is to be welcomed by everyone and I hope the inquiry will be full and comprehensive and deal with all the matters arising. The public consultation committee laid down times for those attending proceedings and its timetable will...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Ó Domhnaill's claim that we are confining the debate on the Bill to two and a half hours is incorrect. If the Senator had listened to my announcement on the Order of Business, he would have heard that the debate will resume after Private Members' time. The House will sit for as long as we can keep the Minister in the House after 7 p.m. I do not have any intention of guillotining...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: If Senators listened to the Order of Business, they would learn what was planned regarding Committee Stage. On Senator Bacik's contribution, we all welcome the release of Dr. Rafah Nached in Syria. I will continue to endeavour to have the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs come before the House to debate foreign affairs. On Senator Eamonn Coghlan's contribution, it is my...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: Senators Martin Conway and John Kelly asked about renegotiating GP and consultant contracts and called for a debate on health in respect of medical cards. We can have that debate in the context of the pre-budget submission next week. Everything is on the table. The country is in a deplorable state and many cuts will have be taken in every Department, as I have said on numerous occasions....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: That is not a point of order, as the Cathaoirleach has said. We should compliment and congratulate the Libyan citizens on taking up positions in the new government. We would all wish the Libyan people every success for the future. Senator D'Arcy also pointed out the opportunities for Irish people in the new Libya. Senator Colm Burke raised the issue of cash for gold and cash for scrap. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: I cannot give a definitive answer but I am sure the Minister will be available until 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock to deal with it. I would hope we would have dealt with all the amendments tabled by then.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No. 1, Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 - Committee and Remaining Stages to be taken at noon and to conclude no later than 2 p.m., if not previously concluded. There will be a sos between 2 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. No. 2, Water Services (Amendment) Bill - Committee Stage will be taken at 2.30 p.m. and the business is to be interrupted at 5 p.m. for Private Members' business...

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: My question relates to capital investment rather than to reform.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Maurice Cummins: I refer to the Thornton Hall project which has been deferred. There are major problems in Mountjoy Prison which still maintains the Dickensian practice of slopping out. There are also major difficulties in St. Patrick's Institution. What measures in the capital programme will address those problems? In addition, there may be major problems in regard to Garda numbers. A certain number of...