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Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: That did not come from the Minister of State. That is coming from some civil servant.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am deputising for Senator Donohoe who is my party's spokesperson in this area. As an employee of Waterford Port for over 20 years, a former chairman of the old harbour commissioners and a director of the first port board in 1996, I have a long-standing interest in portal affairs, harbours and, in particular, commercial ports in the country....

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator should go ahead.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Senator will have to come up with another one.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: That is the problem.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, to the House. He is a not infrequent visitor to my area of Waterford and south Kilkenny. I am sure he is well aware of the serious cases of anti-social behaviour — criminality is probably a better word — which have taken place in Waterford in recent months. Some 14 houses have been burnt down, 11 of which were local authority houses,...

Seanad: Orders of Reference of Select Committee: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, to the House. The failure to ratify the Lisbon treaty poses significant economic, social and political challenges for the country. We must pause and understand the implications for the national interest. The terms of reference for the sub-committee are designed to enable us to look to our future within Europe, evaluate our attitudes to the...

Seanad: Hunger Task Force Report: Statements (7 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power. I join him in thanking the task force for producing such a report, which I hope will play a pivotal role in the global fight against hunger. The report gets straight to the point in outlining a record of world failure to tackle world hunger. All our promises to the Third World have failed. In honouring commitments, all those who placed...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The policy of the Government regarding the participation of members on State and semi-State bodies is clear. There is no need to ask the question. The record will show that Members on the other side of the House have voted on several Bills which have excluded local authority members from participation in the make-up of these boards. The Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008, due to be debated in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Leader should vote against it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The voting record of those opposite is there for all to see. They voted against the local authority members.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Those on the Government side will have an opportunity to vote again next week.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: We oppose the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. Why is it necessary to have this Bill passed and for us to debate it from 11 p.m. until God knows what time?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: As my colleagues have stated, there is no guarantee whatsoever that this Bill will have been passed by the Dáil at 11 p.m. We will be running around like eejits and come in here at 11 p.m. only to find that the Bill has not been passed by the Dáil. What is the urgency of it? A guarantee has been given. There is no need to rush the legislation. I suggest we deal with it as the first...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: The Ceann Comhairle stated on the evening news that he does not expect the Bill to be passed by the Dáil until after midnight.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)

Maurice Cummins: I must question the wisdom of asking Members to return to the House at 10 p.m. Why is it necessary to pass the Bill by tomorrow morning? Many Members have asked that question and, at this stage, we deserve an answer.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, the Senator said he was withdrawing the amendment, not that he was not moving it.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: He withdrew it by leave of the House. He asked the leave of the House to withdraw it. That is what we are saying.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, in stating a few minutes ago that the amendment could be resubmitted on Report Stage, the Leas-Chathaoirleach mentioned that the rulings of the Chair can supersede——