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Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendment No. 76 in the name of Senator Ruane has been discussed with amendment No. 70. As amendment No. 75 was agreed to, amendment No. 76 may not be moved.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I understand that Senator Reilly is speaking on behalf of the entire group.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Government amendment No. 80 has already been discussed with amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: There is no need for the Senator to second amendments on Committee Stage. It is only on Report Stage, but his support-----

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yes, but there is no need to second Senator Bacik's amendment. It is only done on Report Stage. I call Senator Murnane O'Connor.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I support Senator Clifford-Lee, my party's deputy leader in the Seanad, in her comments on the national children's hospital and the overrun. Statements on housing are listed on the Order of Business and it is appropriate that we should raise the housing of sick children and the building in which they will be housed. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell tabled a Private Members' motion in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: The amount involved became €930 million and has now risen to €1.7 billion. Following what was stated at a committee meeting last week, it appears that the final figure could be more than €2 billion. Senator Colm Burke pointed out the various stages of planning the hospital went through. The reality is that the decision of An Bord Pleanála regarding the Mater...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I refer to the decision to transfer the project to the St. James's site.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: The development costs of that site were outrageous.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I agree with my party's deputy leader in the Seanad-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----that it is time for the Minister for Health to come before the House to explain exactly what is going on. We do not need to pay €500,000 extra to PwC to tell us what we already know.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: A blunder has been made. People are running for cover and they do not want to be blamed for the overrun. The Minister has overall responsibility-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----for the Department and it is time he came to the House and took responsibility.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for indulging me. In the context of housing, I also want to discuss the housing of members of the Defence Forces. This is an issue I have raised in the House on many occasions, including last week. A purpose-built, state-of-the-art Army barracks is lying idle in Cavan town at a time when the Department of Defence is looking at warehouses to put soldiers into.