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Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yes.

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not want to interrupt but this has passed the Seanad and we are anxious to get the Bill buzzing its way to the Dáil and into law as quickly as possible.

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State. I also thank Senators Martin, Garvey and Higgins and their colleagues in the Gallery for all their work in this regard. We will now send the Bill to the Dáil. It is up to the Lower House to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome Ms Sinnamon and her colleagues to the committee. I thank Ms Sinnamon for her comprehensive opening statement. Like other colleagues, I very much welcome the completion of 33 of the actions and look forward to the further 13 actions being completed by the end of this year. I also welcome the progress that has been made on pay and conditions. I have one question to ask on that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Before we finish, as Vice Chair of the committee, I assure the Cathaoirleach that if an election is called, I and Senator O'Reilly can still function here as part of this committee and it will be in very safe hands. On a serious note, I wish to be associated with the comments regarding our Defence Forces personnel in Lebanon. Our thoughts are with them, primarily, and with their families....

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Tánaiste and welcome him back to the House. I thank him for his detailed explanation in respect of this amendment. I have read the opinion that Senator Craughwell received from legal counsel. As a layperson, it seems that the rights of members of the Defence Forces are being undermined to a certain extent. On the last day I made the following point: if a member of the...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: On a point of clarification, this is a Chamber to discuss legislation. This is the Chamber in which to makes arguments, not outside in the lobby area. This is the area where you put forward your ideas and concerns. The Minister takes them on board, or he does not. I resent Senator Craughwell's comment.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and also welcome Michael Flatley and his guests. I note that he is a guest of Senator Aidan Davitt. I was always wondering how he was good at dancing around difficult situations and now I know how that has happened. To follow on from what my colleagues have said in regard to the representative bodies, I agree with them. They believe this...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: If they identify themselves as members of the Defence Forces.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: She has resigned her post.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will speak to the Leader and see whether we can facilitate the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Cathaoirleach. As the Tánaiste is available to stay until 4.45 p.m., the Leader has agreed to extend this debate until 4.45 p.m.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I listened carefully to what the Minister said and agree with much of it. However, on 26 April the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence published its detailed and considered pre-legislative scrutiny. The committee unanimously agreed that the oversight body should be totally independent and that the Secretary General should not be a member. It also agreed that if the Secretary...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask Senator Craughwell to resubmit this amendment for Report Stage.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will bear in mind what the Acting Chairman said about not repeating what the Minister has said. I am taking the Fianna Fáil slot on behalf of my colleague, Senator Erin McGreehan, who has given me my notes. I ask the Chair to forgive me if I repeat slightly some of what the Minister has already said. This is the first opportunity I have had to wish the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman,...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: As I said, I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Erin McGreehan, who was unavoidably called away at short notice. As the Minister said, this Bill seeks to ensure that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has the correct powers to address non-compliance with regulations for early years services and to ensure that parents have access to information in relation to the quality of those...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Now.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Now.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Now.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.