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Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Other parties do not have a problem with St. Vincent's private nursing home and other such places. As the Tánaiste has said on a number of occasions, her aim is to ensure that all public beds ——

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Sorry, the Minister for Health and Children.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: She said all public beds in all public hospitals should be available on an equal basis to all patients. That is her aim. I am surprised it does not appear to be the Sinn Féin aim to back her in her campaign to bring that about.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy's time may never come.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: With regard to the monuments Bill, I assure the Deputy the phrase "Forgotten, but not gone" applies as far as he is concerned.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: On the Broadcasting Bill, it is due for publication in 2007. As the Deputy knows, the other Bill has been passed. The e-consultation process is over. The minerals development Bill is due this year also. The Deputy will be happy to say he will be commemorated in the national monuments Bill, which will also be published this year.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The nursing homes legislation will be published this year. On legal costs, an interim group has been established and we are working on that legislation in the Department. It is hoped to publish that legislation this year. We have published one fines Bill, but it is not possible to give the Deputy a date for the publication of the second.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: No, I do not think legislation is needed. What we need in the House is a greater appetite for scrutiny.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I received the report this week.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I assure the Deputy it was presented to me this week. Second, I had intended to deal with the civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, which involves a crackdown on arcades and the like that were breaking the law and with casinos. However, in view of the fact there seems to be a consensus that we should take a different approach and license some forms of gambling, the report was put in...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2007 (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move the following Revised Estimates:

Competition Act Order: Motion (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to the provisions of section 18(7) of the Competition Act 2002 (No. 14 of 2002), hereby confirms the Competition Act 2002 (Section 18 (5) and (6)) Order 2007 (S.I. 122 of 2007) made under section 18 (5) and (6) of that Act, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 26th March, 2007."

Schengen Information System: Motion (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Decision on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II), a copy of which proposed measure was laid before...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The goal posts have moved in the course of the morning and as I have time to consider these matters and consult with my colleagues in Government I would prefer to do that. There has been no dramatic development overnight.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Draftsmen are entitled to Easter holidays too and I have been working them fairly hard as the House appreciates. I will, however, do my best to furnish Deputies with the drift of the amendments I propose to bring forward in advance of Report Stage.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I contemplated reconfiguring this paragraph in the Seanad to insert numerals and letters on the subsections because some are almost unusable.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I would like to re-state that paragraph in a readable form which should not be beyond the wit of man to achieve.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 105: In page 31, lines 14 and 15, to delete "other than a child or young person" and substitute "other than a person under the age of 18 years".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 110: In page 32, lines 15 and 16, to delete "other than a child or young person" and substitute "other than a person under the age of 18 years".

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I move amendment No. 113: In page 33, line 24, to delete "other than a child or young person" and substitute "other than a person under the age of 18 years".