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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: We would not be in this position if Fine Gael had been in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: For how long has Fianna Fáil been in government?

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Is it justice?

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It would only be done on the basis of new facts.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment so ably proposed by my colleague, Senator Regan. Although I am not a legal practitioner, I have strong views on this matter and believe retrospection should be allowed. Senator Regan quoted the words of the learned Mr. Gerard Hogan, SC, on the matter: they are significant and telling and should be heeded by the Government. When we speak of miscarriages of justice, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It is a long time coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: A long time coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator's party made a bags of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It crippled the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Will the Leader not give the House a debate on the budget?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Will the Leader do it tomorrow?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: That is the way the Leader treats the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Is it to take place this Thursday?

Seanad: Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (3 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I certainly support the suggestion of Senator O'Malley in that regard. It would show some mark of respect to the people who have taken their lives as a result of the child abuse we have learned about, not alone at the hands of the priests in the Archdiocese of Dublin, and also remind us of all the other aspects of child abuse of which we have learned in other reports such as the Ferns and...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment. I do not believe there is sufficient clarity in respect of this aspect of the Bill. I look forward to the Minister of State's reply. He indicated on Committee Stage that he would return to us on this matter.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator can speak about his own side.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Dec 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Yes.