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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: No politics is being played.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: A simple question was asked.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Wait for the court case.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Read Deputy Richard Bruton's comments in the past five or six years.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Who owns the banks?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: It is being brought to it this morning.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2010: Motion (17 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: No.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2010: Motion (17 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I have no intention of taking up the eight minutes allotted to me, as I will be brief. Anyone who has spoken to people on the streets in recent days will have noted that they are afraid. They are concerned about their bank deposits, mortgages and social welfare payments. There is a general fear in the body public. It is important that people be aware that their deposits up to €100,000...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Kieran Phelan was a larger than life figure in this House. Everyone loved Kieran and he loved everyone, or most of us anyway. Like myself, he was so proud to be elected to this House in 2002. He was so proud to be here among friends and colleagues. As my colleague, Senator Coffey, said, he made the people who were elected in 2007 so welcome. Kieran was a decent and honourable man. He was...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Yes.

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (Resumed). (11 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State. Last week I referred to the current prison population in terms of the rate per 100,000 people on a historic basis and the debt of gratitude we owe to Judge Reilly for his various reports this year on the prison system. The Government has shown no willingness to reform the prison system. Overcrowding and the slopping out procedures are totally unacceptable...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I join others in asking that the Irish people who died in the First World War be remembered by the State. They have been forgotten during the years. Many of them were from my home city, Waterford. Many were looking for adventure, like young John Condon, aged 15 years, who was killed on the battlefield, one of the youngest to be killed in the First World War. As stated, many went away to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Fianna Fáil is transforming it again.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Is that consensus?

Seanad: European Council: Statements (9 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a ghábháil don Aire Stáit. I thank him for his attendance here and at General Affairs and External Relations Council, GAERC, meetings for quite some time. We are where we are is a cliché used quite often concerning the current state of the economy. It is used by Government to try and absolve itself from the reckless and cavalier policies it adopted and which have...

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The figures have been mentioned by other speakers. In his 2008 report Judge Reilly indicated that there were 3,926 people imprisoned in that year. On 29 July this year the figure had risen to 4,473, which does not include prisoners on temporary release. The rate of imprisonment is 93 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants compared with 80 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000. I listened...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, is it in order to name people in a derogatory fashion in a debate, as has been mentioned? A number of people have been-----

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: A number of people have been named and they are not here to defend themselves. I would have thought that, under Standing Orders, it is not appropriate.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I thank the Members for their contributions to the Bill. I find it extraordinary that the Government will vote against this Bill, as outlined in the Minister of State's opening remarks. I find it extraordinary that about 12 months ago it was agreed unanimously by all present at an all-party meeting, including the Minister, that the Bill would form part of his proposals on Seanad reform. He...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (3 Nov 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Yes.