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Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The advisers are again telling the Senator what to say.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Senator is reading another Fine Gael briefing note. Throw in the kitchen sink.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What of "from each according to his means"? Is that not basic left-wing philosophy?

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Good point.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, for coming to the House. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is busy. Who is responding to me?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: That is fair enough. I wish to raise the matter of the inpatient and acute psychiatric service in Navan. I understand there are plans to close the inpatient service in the new year. When a new unit opened in Drogheda, we all very much welcomed it. The more we can do for people with psychiatric conditions, the better. There are too many people dying as a result of diseases of the mind. We...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I acknowledge that the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is away and cannot be here. We all supported A Vision for Change. It was our policy and I believe everybody agrees with it and always did. We want to see it implemented as best we can. If we read the Minister of State's script very carefully, we will note there is no actual commitment to maintaining Our Lady's Hospital,...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I was informed by my colleague, Senator Leyden, that when legislation is passed, the spokesperson is invited back to the office for a brandy or a whiskey. Those days are over, I think, at this stage. One feels like that after the lengthy passage-----

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister of State was not the Minister for the entire passage of this Bill. For the record, I will go through what happened with this Bill. It was published in 2012 and nothing happened for a year. Just before the referendum on the Seanad in September last year, it came to the House for Second Stage. Serious concerns were raised across all sides of the House. Senator Coghlan, being...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I want to speak on this because it was a huge bone of contention throughout the debates and, in fairness to the Minister of State, he has removed the issue as a problem, certainly in my reading of it and in other people's reading of it. The requirements are there but the subsection being inserted, subsection (4), changes it significantly and I hope any court in the future, when interpreting...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“3. An occupier shall not be liable for any unpaid rates due to a rating authority if such rates were incurred during the occupancy of the relevant property by a previous occupier.”.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:"(b) in the definition "community hall" by deleting "other than a premises of a club" and substituting "other than the licensed premises, of a club".".It is good amendments Nos. 1 and 24 are being taken together because I was not going to press amendment No. 1 in light of amendment No. 24. I thank the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: It is.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: There is a major issue of public concern that is not getting a hearing in the Oireachtas, namely, the proposed increase in the registration and retention fee for nurses that is to come into effect. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is proposing a 50% increase, which is outrageous. Some 2,000 nurses protested in Blackrock yesterday. I now urge them to protest outside Leinster...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an méid a bhí le rá ag an Seanadóir Ó Creachmhaoil. Caithfimid lean ar aghaidh leis an mBille seo agus caithfimid é a chur tríd na céimeanna sa Teach seo go dtí go dtéann sé go dtí an Dáil. Táimse ag súil nach dtéann an Bille seo go dtí an coiste. Beidh deis ansin rudaí a...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Seanad. Ar deireadh thiar thall, tá díospóireacht ar siúl sa Teach agus tá ráiteas déanta ag an Rialtas maidir le comóradh 1916. Gan aon amhras, seo é an comóradh is tábhachtaí sa deich mbliana de comórtha atá le ceiliúradh againn. There is no doubt that the 1916 Rising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I had a look at the County Meath record for repossessions in the county registrar’s listings and it is fair to say Permanent TSB is active when it comes to repossessions. Since 13 October, there have been four sittings of the county registrar’s civil list. Permanent TSB accounts for 92 out of the 395 cases listed in which a financial institution is cited as applicant or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I accept that. Bank of Ireland is not there but I am sure it will be in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Is that in executed repossession or in order obtained?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: These are cases where the bank has actually gone into the house.