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Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. What we witnessed on our television screens last night was very sad and heart-breaking for those watching. We must assist relatives who look after the people they love in their home environment and providing home care packages is one way to do this. They cost a fraction of what it would cost to put people in nursing homes. For the HSE and...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Yesterday the Leader outlined in his reply on the Order of Business that we had quite a number of Bills to deal with in this term. Why are these Bills not being debated now to prevent a flood of Bills in the last few weeks of the term? This is an ongoing problem. I do not know whether the Leader is at fault or whether the various Departments are not bringing these Bills forward for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Last Tuesday we witnessed a peaceful protest outside Leinster House which was hijacked by a number of thugs, many of them operating under the Socialist Workers Party banner. It is important that anyone who recognised anybody in the group should inform the Garda. Any Member of this House who knows anybody who was involved in attacking gardaí and members of staff has a duty to give that...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The weakest link.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: We were not invited.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Those are the facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: On 27 April I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, if it was intended to amend the NAMA legislation in view of the European Commission's proposals. He indicated there was no such intention. I also asked him a number of other questions on that occasion which he was unable to answer but I thank him for coming back to me today with answers to those questions. In one of the answers,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: People on low incomes in the private and public sectors have experienced further cuts in income in recent months and many now qualify for family income supplement. However, it takes up to ten weeks for them to receive their entitlements. The Leader will agree that it is totally unacceptable that people who are striving to provide for their families should have to wait to up ten weeks to...

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: I formally second the motion so ably proposed by my colleague, Senator Twomey. This is a simple question for Members of this House to decide on. If they disagree with the ministerial pensions being paid to sitting Members of the Dáil or Seanad, they will support the motion. If they agree that the current regime should continue to apply until the next general election, they will support...

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The Senators on that side of the House would not change the Order of Business. We could have been discussing Greece.

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator is inviting comment.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The Government does not wish to talk about the elephant in the room.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Quangos.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: As peacekeepers, members of the Irish Army are lauded worldwide for their professionalism. In recent years the Defence Forces have undergone major change and reform, unlike many other areas in the public service. The McCarthy report suggested that Defence Forces' personnel numbers should be reduced to 10,000. They now stand at 9,800 and, with natural wastage, the figure will fall below...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: We are all wrong. Everyone in the country is wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Some months ago, I called for a debate on the last report of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention. To my knowledge, we have not debated it. Senator Bacik asked for a similar debate. We could discuss the questions of overcrowding in prisons, especially Mountjoy Prison, the current Thornton Hall situation and the resignation of the governor of the Dóchas Centre, the women's...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: The Garda is doing its best in difficult circumstances and we should all support it in its efforts.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.