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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, we intend tabling Committee Stage and Report Stage amendments to the Bill. If we have amendments on Report Stage, will the Bills Office have those amendments printed in time for us to deal with them? That is a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: -----and I want it answered.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: This is where the business should be held. The Leader should give us a straight answer for once.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Leader is treating the House with contempt.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: This is the ordering of the business.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: This is the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Leader has not addressed the point of order that I raised.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Where will Dáil Deputies be gone?

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, the Leader of the House gave an undertaking that there would be no guillotining of any Bill. If people are not allowed to speak, I would deem that as guillotining the Bill. We have people who wish to speak and the Leader gave an undertaking earlier today that there would not be a guillotine on any Bill in this House. This is effectively guillotining the Bill.

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It shows how ludicrous the ordering of business in the House is.

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: It is not agreed. We point out to the Leader what he said about guillotining debate on Bills. The guillotining of the debate has happened already because some speakers were not allowed to contribute to the debate on Second Stage. In effect, the Leader has guillotined the debate on this Bill. He should not say that he has not guillotined the debate on Bills in the past.

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I apologise for interrupting Senator Regan. I call a quorum. Notice taken that 12 Members were not present; House counted and 12 Members being present,

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: I could not agree more with Senator O'Donovan. He has made quite a valid point in saying we have insufficient time to debate such legislation. He speaks about putting some clear water between Second Stage and Committee Stage, while Senator White earlier asked for breathing space. This is exactly what we need in discussing this Bill and I cannot understand why the Leader has adopted a...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister stated that Government members reduced their salaries by 10% last October and that Ministers of State made a similar reduction. Was that 10% of the total salary of Ministers and Ministers of State, including their Dáil salary, or was it 10% of only the ministerial part of it? I understand that the 10% reduction applies only to the ministerial part of their salary and it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: We know what happened a few years before it in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Leyden is repeating himself; he stated this last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Leyden read that last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Here is Pontius Pilate again.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: Fianna Fáil was not in Opposition for long enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Maurice Cummins: They will be out of office soon enough.