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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Cullinane stated he would be brief. Allow him conclude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Ba chóir don Sheanadóir Mooney a scíth a ligint. Senator Cullinane should try to concentrate. I have ruled in his favour for the moment.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendment No. 3 has been ruled out of order as it is a potential charge on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I ruled amendment No. 3 out of order but I am allowing Senator Cullinane to speak on the section, which he is entitled to do.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: In fairness to Senator Cullinane, the amendments were ruled out of order as a charge on the Exchequer. They made no mention of whether he was right or wrong in the section and he is entitled to make a contribution on the section. My speaking notes confirm they are in the right section but they were ruled out of order.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendment No. 4 has been ruled out of order as a potential charge to the Exchequer.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister to the House. Even though I have some grave reservations about some of the issues in the Bill, I still welcome the thrust of it. I concur with Senator Bacik that the Oireachtas seems to have a problem, and it does not just apply to the Government, because each year as we approach Christmas, and particularly as we reach the end of the Government's term, legislation is...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: It is not a personal thing but it frustrates us all.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: My party will support that as well, if it is possible.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I am not trying to go into combat with my good colleague, Senator Barrett, but my long experience is that for some reason there is a misnomer that barristers are better qualified than solicitors. It takes solicitors six years to qualify, and I have no doubt whatsoever that most qualified solicitors are well capable of doing any barrister's work. In my view some of them are brighter. Some...

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, to the House.

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Norris has five minutes.

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I remind the House that we are scheduled to complete all Stages of this Bill by 5.45 p.m.

Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I have stayed silent on a lot of this.Amendment No. 155 is puzzling. Is it in this grouping?

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: What is amazing is that the note to the amendment reads, "For the information of Senators, the text proposed to be deleted above was inserted by amendment 90 at Committee Stage in the Seanad." Are we going around in circles? It is confusing, to say the least. We made an amendment to this section a week or ten days ago and now we are deleting it. There is a quagmire of confusion. I do not...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I am bewildered. I am not making personal or derogatory comments towards the Minister or the draftspersons, but something is wrong and does not sit appropriately with me. To the best of my knowledge on reflection, we agreed to the amendment the week before last like lambs being shepherded by a sheep dog. A couple of weeks later, it looks like we were either stupid or naive. The note...