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Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 29 and 30 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 23 to 28, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Amendment No. 18 has been ruled out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 19 to 22, inclusive are related an may be discussed together by agreement of the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Mr. Gleeson dealt with it in his response to Deputy Heydon. The Department feels a smaller committee works more efficiently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: We have discussed the legislation comprehensively with the stakeholders. The biggest issue for stakeholders is the make-up of the board, which is being reduced from 13 to 12 members, with the Minister to appoint three members. I suggest that we make a recommendation to the Department on this issue because some of the stakeholders feel they are being left out of the system by not getting a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Adjournment debate is four minutes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the House.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I remind the Senator - and I know he is using parliamentary privilege - that Mr. McNulty is not here to defend himself, so please-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Suicide Prevention (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, to deal with the next matter.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House. I call on Senator Mullen to raise the first Adjournment matter. He has four minutes.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to the House. In my experience, if one sees a clamped car at the side of the road one has a certain sympathy for the driver, whereas a parking ticket does not evoke the same sympathy. I note with interest that the only local authority operating a clamping system is Dublin City Council. For example, Galway City Council and Galway County Council...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: They knew the Senator was coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am amazed by the halos I see glowing on the Opposition side, especially Senator Mark Daly's on hearing his comments about the Government and the HSE. I remind the Senator that Deputy Micheál Martin was in charge at the time of the establishment of the HSE.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am not interested in Senator David Norris pulling his chair out.