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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: ——which is putting pressure on families to take older relatives, in particular, who need long-stay accommodation and care, into their family homes. I would also ask that if we were to have a debate on this issue, we would look at the entire support services that are in place, particularly what are often referred to as home care packages or personal care packages. I detest the term with...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (19 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I wish to avail of this motion to make what I hope are comments of a fundamental nature on the epidemic of substance abuse in our society. The time has clearly come for a major redirection of resources relating to the treatment and prevention of substance abuse. Irish society shares with the rest of the developed world many of the social problems that arise out of wealth and substance abuse...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: Senator Regan should check the brief.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: Did the Senator check his brief?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: The Senator should check the brief.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I wish to reiterate my call for a debate in this House on the economy, especially the housing market and its impact on the construction industry, which hosts many small and medium enterprises. Last week I made the point that financial institutions should participate in such a debate. We are all aware of the impact the global slow down has had on the Irish economy in 2007 and the likelihood...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I support Senator Regan's call for a debate on the national debt. I am surprised at the Senator's continued——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: ——political mischievousness and vindictiveness in the manner in which he raises and cherrypicks issues. I support what the Senator said——

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I support the Senator's call for a debate and some of what he said about the former Fine Gael Leader, Alan Dukes's Tallaght strategy and the sea change we saw in the country at that time. The Senator seems to have forgotten about other people, one being the former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, who set up the most important mechanism to deal with the national debt, the National Treasury...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I look forward to Senator Regan learning the full story when he hopefully has an opportunity to participate in such a debate. I wish to raise another issue. We had a good debate on small and medium-sized enterprises yesterday. The Minister of State provided us with all the positive developments happening in the marketplace. We recognise that there are many positive developments but the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: ——and all involved who have done Trojan work in respect of our national debt. I wish to raise an important issue to which many speakers have referred and which I have raised in the past but have not got any satisfaction. As a parent with young children and as a member of the public aware of what is happening in the area of substance abuse, I ask that the House would come up with a...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I wish to raise a couple of issues, but perhaps I will respond to Senator Regan first and foremost.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I support Senator Regan's call for a debate on our national finances, and the Senator will probably change his view after we have had such a debate. In fairness to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, who has introduced four budgets he went into the Chamber on this occasion clearly indicating he was changing his approach in regard to budget 2008. He was borrowing modestly to invest...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I do not think there is anybody in the House who would not support the good work of the National Treasury Management Agency——

Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I listened with interest to the Minister and I appreciate the need for a lodgement in order to have a speedy settlement. I presume our intention is to improve the legislation. If a person has been defamed and he or she accepts the lodgement, what is to stop him or her being defamed again on the basis that he or she accepted the lodgement but no apology or correction was made? While the...

Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I welcome the Minister's comments and look forward, with interest, to the progress he makes on this matter.

Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed). (11 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I am inclined to disagree with Senator Walsh on this aspect, but we might get clarification from the Minister on the progress in setting up the structures within the press council. The press has called for defamation reform over many years and we have got there now. I would welcome the establishment of the council. We are in a quandary when it comes to its independence, but the whole area...

Seanad: Defamation Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)

Ivor Callely: I support Senator Walsh because his amendment is worthy of favourable consideration. With regard to sections 24 and 25, particularly in light of recent media coverage, it is my view that whether one is a catwalk model or politician, any citizen of the Republic——