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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.

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second the motion.

Seanad: Financial Regulation. (27 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: On 30 March life changed dramatically for people in Enniskillen, Navan, Blanchardstown, County Cavan and neighbouring counties. Thousands of individuals and their families were plunged into uncertainty about their future following the hasty and undue action taken by the Financial Regulator to have provisional joint administrators appointed by the High Court to Quinn Insurance Limited. This...

Seanad: Financial Regulation. (27 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. He stated that one of the reasons the administrators were appointed pursuant to the Insurance (No 2) Act 1983 was to: "allow [it] ... to continue to be run as a going concern with a view to placing it on an ongoing sound commercial and financial footing". How in the name of God can the administrators run this business as a going concern when they...

Seanad: Financial Regulation. (27 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: If it is not allowed to write new business, there will not be jobs for anyone, but that is a story for another day.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join Senator Hannigan in welcoming the decision of the Financial Regulator to allow Quinn Insurance to recommence underwriting business in the United Kingdom. It is my understanding that this business equates to just over 10% of its existing business in the United Kingdom. It is worth bearing in mind that 55% of Quinn Insurance business was UK-based while 95% of the workforce is in this...

Seanad: Insurance Industry: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming to the House at such short notice to address this very important issue for the county from which I come and the entire economy. The appointment by the High Court of joint administrators to Quinn Insurance Limited came as a great shock to me and the people of County Cavan. I know Sean Quinn personally and regard him as a practical...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (1 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business: "That the debate be extended by ten minutes in order to give the Minister of State an opportunity to reply."

Seanad: Insurance Industry: Statements (Resumed). (1 Apr 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: The House will adjourn sine die.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ): For the Senator's information, I understand that amendment No. 23 has also been deemed to be out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: Like other speakers, I was shocked and saddened to learn this afternoon that an administrator had been appointed to Quinn Insurance. I know Seán Quinn personally. He is a practical patriot whose initiative, risk taking and investment have created over 7,000 jobs worldwide. Some 5,500 of those people are employed in Ireland, thousands of whom are employed in County Cavan and the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature. (30 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2o of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Finance Bill 2010 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her. Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2010: Motion for Earlier Signature. (30 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (24 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I too wish Deputy Connick well in his new ministerial position. As the business of the House will be concluded earlier than anticipated, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business not to have a sos between 6.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ): Someone has a telephone in the vicinity. We will be obliged to scan Members on the way into the Chamber in future.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is welcome that the debate on head shops will resume tomorrow afternoon. In that regard, I call on the Leader to convene a meeting of interested Members of the House so we could put together a working group to drive this issue forward in order that we could successfully pursue the issue of these head shops and, I hope, get them closed down eventually. I propose that the Leader convene a...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I respectfully suggest that the Senator applies for the PhD to which Senator O'Reilly referred.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the announcement last night by the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy John Curran, of the Government's intention to ban the sale of certain substances in head shops. This is a welcome development. I understand they will be banned under the Misuse of Drugs Acts. It could take up to three months to do this but I urge him to do it...