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Seanad: Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (29 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share my time with Senator Bradford.

Seanad: Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (29 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Like Senators Feeney and Leyden, my nominating body for the Seanad is the ICPSA on which RACO and PDFORRA are represented. There is no doubt the professionalism of Irish troops in peacekeeping operations has been acknowledged worldwide. It is a wonderful honour for the country that Major General Pat Nash has been given overall command of this...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: His concern was for patients.

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share time with Senator Buttimer. I welcomed the report on Seanad reform when it was published some years ago. One of its main items was the suggestion that reforms ensure that "the Seanad, or more realistically Seanad committees, would become vehicles for more widespread and effective public consultation". There are a number of ways we can approach reform. We can amend Standing...

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, will copies of the Minister's script be circulated?

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The junior Minister from Sligo is against his own Minister on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The person responsible should also put up his or her hands.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: There used to be 4,000 jobs there.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Give us the legislation.

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: I second the motion so ably proposed by my colleague, Senator O'Reilly. EU postal markets will be open to full competition in 2011. This involves a two-year extension from the original date of 2009 and I hope the extra two years will prepare Europe's postal monopolies, including An Post, for the competition in the marketplace which will undoubtedly come. Most segments of the market, such as...

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Two minutes.

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Senator Boyle is in Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister said "No" yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: She said "No" yesterday.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: In January 2007 the Minister gave a commitment that Waterford Regional Hospital would have a 42-bed oncology-haematology inpatient unit and a 20-bed oncology day ward. The Taoiseach wrote a letter four days before the general election, a copy of which I have, stating that planning permission would be sought by the end of this year and work would begin by 2008. Planning permission has not...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: The Minister might answer the questions if they are from the Fianna Fáil side.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: While we want the Good Friday Agreement to work and we welcome that the Northern Ireland Assembly is working, I raised the question last week of the brutal murder of Paul Quinn and how the intimidated community will not give information to the PSNI or the Garda. The weekend's newspapers reported that Robert McCartney's sister, while doing her duty as a nurse in the Markets area, was...

Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)

Maurice Cummins: Is that agreed? Agreed.