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Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move that we suspend the sitting until 4.30 p.m.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010 [Dáil] on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 May 2010.

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I propose an amendment to that effect.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senator O'Toole in welcoming the decision of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to ban a large number of legal highs that were on sale in head shops until midnight yesterday. In particular, I welcome the fact that from now possession of such drugs and their supply for sale in such shops will be subject to a sanction of up to seven years imprisonment and-or a fine for...

Seanad: Job Losses. (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews. If Senator O'Reilly arrives before I finish, may I share a few minutes of my time with him?

Seanad: Job Losses. (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: On Friday last, 30 April, the joint administrators appointed by the High Court to Quinn Insurance Limited announced that there were to be 900 voluntary redundancies at Quinn Insurance. The biggest job losses, 305, will be in the Blanchardstown office which has a staff of approximately 800. The head office in Cavan town will lose 226 jobs out of the 700 there, with 121 going in the first...

Seanad: Job Losses. (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I reiterate that time is of the utmost importance in getting the UK insurance part of the business open as quickly as possible as so many jobs depend on it. I welcome the fact the Minister has stated his office has been in contact with Ms Arlene Foster in Northern Ireland and that discussions are at an advanced level for application to draw down INTERREG funding at the earliest date possible...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senator Bradford in calling on the Leader to arrange a debate on Northern Ireland. I concur with the comments of my constituency colleague, Senator O'Reilly, regarding Seán and Patricia Quinn. I join the Senator in his words of tribute to both of them on Mr. Quinn's retirement from the Quinn Group. I would also like to put on record, as I have done on many occasions, my personal...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ——in the 37 years he has been in business, for contributing over €1 billion to the Exchequer of this State.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: Seán Quinn is the only billionaire I know of who lives in this country and pays his tax in this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is the only billionaire I know of who creates employment in this country——

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ——and does not play the stock markets as a way of making his income.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: To refer to Seán Quinn as a menace is an unfortunate use of the English language. He is a patriot in the greatest sense of the word.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: If Seán Quinn is a menace then we need more menaces in this country, not fewer.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: The regulator is a menace.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call on the Leader to use his good offices to contact the Minister for Finance to ask him, while respecting the independence of Mr. Elderfield and his office, to ask the regulator to speed up the process of assessing the figures that have been put before him by the joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Limited in order to re-open the UK market to Quinn Insurance. Some 55% of Quinn...

Seanad: TETRA System: Statements. (29 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan. The roll-out of the new TETRA mobile communications system for use by the emergency services, including the Garda, is very welcome as it will improve greatly the ability of gardaí to contact each other in a confidential manner. However, its introduction without warning just before Christmas is causing major disruption to television...

Seanad: TETRA System: Statements. (29 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House. On behalf of my colleagues, I appreciate it. However, the figure of 90 complaints is nowhere near realistic, given the number of complaints we are receiving. The information leaflet distributed by ComReg lists an Internet address, but the majority of those being disadvantaged in this case are not computer literate. A simple freefone...

Seanad: TETRA System: Statements. (29 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday.