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Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I thank the Minister of State for his explanation. I did not speak during tonight's debate as it is 1,168 days since the Bill commenced and, as we have spoken a lot about abolition or reform of the Seanad today, I felt that we should not speak any longer on the Bill than needed. I wish to touch on some of the points that the Minister of State made. He said that the Bill came about due to a...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: While I have not spoken during the Report Stage debate on this Bill before now, it feels like I have spoken in this House in the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, on many occasions recently. He is practically living here at this stage. It is quite shameful that the amendment we are debating - No. 28 - is the only one of the 78 amendments that has been accepted for...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I support Senator Keane’s reference to nutrition and healthy eating. We had a very interesting debate and passed Second Stage of the Food Provenance Bill. This is something the Government can actually do. The Bill has passed Second Stage. It can be created and passed and it will give all citizens an opportunity to know where their food comes from and what is in it. We also had a...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Tairiscint chun Bille a chur faoi Athchúrsa - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (17 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: That Seanad Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 126 of the Standing Orders Relative to Public Business, directs that the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 in whole be recommitted to a Committee of the whole House.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Tairiscint chun Bille a chur faoi Athchúrsa - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (17 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to move this motion. It is a very modest motion but a very important one. I believe that we have not had enough discussion on this Bill. It was guillotined in the Dáil and we have not had a sufficient opportunity to debate it here. The debate we have had has been very good and the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I assume someone else will second it. Is it possible for me to move the amendment now and for her to second it?

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I have just received permission. On that basis, I will move the amendment on the assumption that she will second it. If I am not allowed to do that, she will have to get somebody else to second it when she moves it. The amendment recognises the inadequacy of the Government's argument that a judgment applied to the particular circumstances of the X case should be applied generally regardless...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Yes, her signature is on this note.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: She plans to second it when her turn comes.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: She plans to speak. I gather she is No. 20 or No. 24. Senator Mary Ann O'Brien is also a seconder.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after ''That'' and substitute the following: "'Seanad Éireann declines to give the Bill a second reading for the following reasons: (1) The X Case judgment, correctly interpreted, does not create a binding precedent with respect to the application of the criterion for a lawful termination of pregnancy (i.e. the test of 'real and substantial...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Like all Members, I find this issue very difficult to handle. I am the fortunate father of five children and the fortunate grandfather of 16 children. I look at this from the point of view of born and unborn children rather than from the other point of view. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. Like others, I am concerned that its wording is so open to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Senator Rónán Mullen made quite a good point earlier. I am unsure whether he proposed an amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: While I am expecting him to come into the Chamber, I propose that Members do not accept a ten-minute limit should take place on the debate on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. I imagine Senator Mullen has the same intention and will second that motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that Members not limit themselves to ten minutes each with regard to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I suggest a limit of 20 minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I wish to make one further point because the issue has cropped up. What has happened and what happens in Northern Ireland over the period around 12 July is horrific but it is nothing like what happened during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. When one looks back and sees the constraints the Nationalist people have placed on themselves, the trouble is all coming from one side alone. Those...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I have a couple of queries to put to the Minister of State. The first issue is on section 5, which deals with the citation. Subsection (2) reads: "This Act may be cited as the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Act 2013." The words used are that it "may" be cited.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Section 5(1) reads: "The several amendments of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be collectively known as and may for all purposes be collectively referred to as the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution." Is there a danger that it will not even mention the abolition of Seanad Éireann, so that when somebody goes into the referendum they will go to the Thirty-second...