Results 841-860 of 4,937 for speaker:Diarmuid Wilson
- 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.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: It is more waste of money. It is nonsense and it is time people stood up and took responsibility for the Departments they are being paid to run.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: Alternative plans can be submitted.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: We can alter the plans.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: This is a continuation of the response by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to statements on housing on 30 January 2019.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply to the statements.
- Seanad: Message from Dáil (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: Dáil Éireann has passed the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018, considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: A few contributors have spoken to the amendment. I remind Members that amendments Nos. 86c, 86d and 86e are related and are being discussed together. Senator McDowell is in possession.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Norris, please allow the Minister to speak without interruption. The Senator will have an opportunity to respond when the Minister has concluded.