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Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: We wish the Bill and everyone associated with the arts every success. We had hoped the Minister would look at a few areas of concern but because some of the amendments tabled in the other House were not accepted there was not any point tabling them again here. Perhaps when the special policy committees are established, they will look at the issue of professionalism. "Amateurism" seems to be a...

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister to the House. Since the foundation of the State, only two Arts Acts have been enacted, in 1951 and 1973. In all probability the Bill before us today, the Arts Bill 2002, will be the only opportunity this House will have to assist and to encourage the development of the arts through legislation for a generation. Rather than being called an Arts Bill it would be more...

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: The Government has not got any money.

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: Who appointed the members of the council?

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: Who runs the Arts Council?

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: We do not need any help from that side of the House.

Seanad: Arts Bill 2002: Second Stage. (24 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: What about the amateur societies?

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I wish to share time with Senator Ross.

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I beg the pardon of the House. I wish to share time with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: The arrogance of Fianna Fáil on the issue of election spending, or any issue involving accountability, never ceases to amaze me. I question the party's self-proclaimed watchdogs on this issue. They seem to be there with a whimper, although I welcome some of the points made by Senator Dardis. I take this opportunity to compliment the Standards in Public Office Commission on the excellent job...

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I agree with Senators Brian Hayes and Dardis that the matter will have to be examined in the future. According to the report of the Standards in Public Office Commission, the immediate response of Fianna Fáil to the judgment was to have the Minister say that the limits would be raised and that the party was not worried about receiving finance from developers, builders or other business...

Seanad: Election Expenses: Motion. (18 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: The issue of golf classics, through which Ministers and Members making €10,000 to €20,000 annually, must also be addressed. Where is that money recorded and how is it spent?

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I support my colleague, Senator Finucane, on the issue of radiotherapy. Waterford City Council met the Minister for Health and Children in October and he assured us that the report on radiotherapy would be issued in January at the very latest. It is now June and he has failed to meet Waterford City Council on the issue again, as he had promised. As a body, Waterford City Council is now coming...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: We did not have a debate on it. Senator Dardis made a comment. There is grave concern in my constituency and in the whole south-east where we have been starved of proper access routes, as a result of which development of the area has been stifled for many years. To hear that a senior member of the Progressive Democrats is opposed to a motorway is a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: Government Ministers and Progressive Democrats came down and told us that they were in favour of it. This House should be given a proper, transparent and clear statement on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: The Government scuppered plans by the FAI to build its own stadium a couple of years ago on the promise of a new national stadium. It now appears from the newspapers this morning that the Progressive Democrats have scuppered plans for this national stadium.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: I ask, as I did last week, that the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism come into this House to clarify the position, if the Government has a position on it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: That is not what the Tánaiste said in Waterford.

Seanad: Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements. (10 Jun 2003)

Maurice Cummins: The deliberations that have taken place at the Convention on the Future of Europe will see the most profound constitutional transformation of the Union since its inception. The Convention process has moved rapidly since it was inaugurated in February 2002. Many people have been surprised by the fact that its work has moved on so fast in dealing with such a complex issue. It shows the...