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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to arrange an urgent debate on the soaring hospital waiting lists which are truly appalling. Last Friday the National Treatment Purchase Fund published figures dating from September 2012 to September 2013 which showed that waiting lists have increased by 8,000 persons. The facts are as follows. There were 49,496 persons on the inpatient and day case list in September 2013...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: No, amendment No. 2 is not part of a group. Amendments Nos. 3 to 6 are grouped.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes, No. 2 is not part of a group.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Marc MacSharry has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That a debate with the Minister for Finance on the report of the Central Bank on mortgage arrears be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator calling for a debate on the matter?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I note Senator Norris's intervention but it is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Will Senator Norris please resume his seat? It is unfair to interject. This is the second time the Senator has interjected.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Conway, I have dealt with the matter. Please continue.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Conway, please do not get distracted, and continue with your point. I have dealt with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: By way of clarification, the Committee on Procedure and Privileges of the Seanad has not accepted the decision of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges of the Dáil. Consequently, the view was that Seanad Members should not be treated in the same way, if the committee on Procedure and Privileges of the Dáil took a decision affecting its Members. That clarification might by...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: The matter is still sub judice, but I am informing the Senator and the House of the deliberations of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges of the Seanad.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (28 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: Fiafrú den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an bhfuil sé i gceist aige gníomhú chun an stádas saor ón ngalar Ostreid herpes virus (OsHV1-uvar), i gCuan Baile na Cille i dtuaisceart Chonamara, a...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: The main message for the Minister tonight is that we are putting this Bill forward in good faith and are hoping to persuade him that a review of the 2006 Act is necessary. Such a review is overdue and I look forward to the Minister's response in that regard. There are serious problems facing the fishing industry which are festering and growing. They must be addressed at some stage. Now is...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I take great pleasure in seconding Senator Ó Domhnaill's Bill during Private Members' time. It is an old issue with me and I could write a thesis on the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. Some of the effects and implementation of that Bill has halted me since that time, although on Committee Stage we managed to have 113 amendments. Some of those were technical or...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, to take Report Stage of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013. Senators should note that the amendments in the name of Senator Sean D. Barrett on the numbered list of amendments should also be in the names of Senators Feargal Quinn and David Norris. Before we commence, I remind Members that a Senator may speak only once on...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 2 and 7 form a composite proposal and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?