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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: What about Committee Stage of the Bill to abolish the Seanad?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I call on the Leader to assure us that there will be no guillotine on the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill. Committee Stage is scheduled to commence tomorrow. I gather the Leader has already said that he will allow for a full debate but I wish to be assured that this is the case. Recently, we held a debate in the House on defibrillators. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome the Minister. It is interesting to hear about the range of targets he is setting for himself. I am concerned that in recent years we seem to have lost the belief people should create their own jobs. Perhaps we never had it. People seem to wonder about what the Government or somebody else will do to create jobs for them. The task of the Government is to encourage...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am lost.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: On a point of order, do I, the proposer of the amendment, vote "Yes" or "No"?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am lost.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil): An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: On a point of order, do I, the proposer of the amendment, vote "Yes" or "No"?

Seanad: Promoting a Sustainable Future for the Post Office Network: Statements (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is very welcome. I am delighted to have this debate on An Post, where I was chairman for ten years, from 1979 to 1989. Rather, I was chairman of An Bord Poist for four years and then we changed the name to An Post-----

Seanad: Promoting a Sustainable Future for the Post Office Network: Statements (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: As Senator Barrett noted, there is a team of people there who are dedicated and very anxious to succeed. I think it was in Ballinasloe that the people involved told me that the night before they had discovered one letter that had not been delivered because it had slipped between two drawers. They went out and found somebody who would deliver it that night, all because of their commitment to...

Seanad: Promoting a Sustainable Future for the Post Office Network: Statements (4 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: In 1983 the new postal regulations stated that delivery to every home was a condition and this was included in the legislation, at the behest of the unions who were very worried that they might lose out. That was 30 years ago and I wonder if the same should still apply. When one goes to other countries one sees post boxes at the beginning of a road or an estate, or in the centre of the...

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification and Senator Susan O'Keeffe for her explanation. My job is to sum up, but I do not have that much time to do so. We want to push on Europe the ideas brought forward by the Senators this evening. I will bring them to the attention of our officials. Our Minister, Deputy Coveney, is currently away dealing with this issue and we will be shown...

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Bill seeks to introduce food labelling for all kinds of foods, including fruit and vegetables, as well as meat and fish. Drinks also come within the scope of the Bill. The European Consumers Organisation recommends that the origin label become mandatory for all meats, milk, unprocessed foods, single ingredient foods such as flour and sugar, and ingredients that make up more than 50% of...

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to see the Minister of State back in the House. I hardly got to talk to him to congratulate him on his new position, which I do now. It seems like almost 200 years since we served together in the House, although a little less time has probably passed. I am delighted to see see him wearing the hat of responsibility for food...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: We recently passed Second Stage of the defibrillator Bill. It got quite a lot of attention. I was approached by a number of people in regard to it. A young man was mentioned by Senator Power as somebody who had experienced a heart attack, was taken for dead and was rescued because a man in his club had the ability and knowledge to operate a defibrillator. He was saved. He suggested it...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Senator Barrett was correct to say not having this House would be a huge threat to our democracy.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second Senator Sean D. Barrett's amendment. He has explained its objective clearly and it makes a great deal of sense. I urge the Minister of State to accept it.

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second the amendment. It was interesting to read British financial newspapers over the past week and see references to Mark Carney and Canada being saved because of his regulation. We got used to light touch regulation over the past 20 years and it seemed to do a world of good for some aspects of the economy until everything went wrong. I did not realise that Ireland had such a weak...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am happy to second the amendment. The Minister of State is very welcome. I hope he accepts the amendment. When the Minister for Finance was in the House, he paid particular attention to the very points which Senator Barrett has made. Senator Barrett listened very carefully to the Minister and has removed the word "anonymity" from the amendment. Certainly, I got the impression that the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I am happy to second the amendment. The Minister of State is very welcome. I hope he accepts the amendment. When the Minister for Finance was in the House, he paid particular attention to the very points which Senator Barrett has made. Senator Barrett listened very carefully to the Minister and has removed the word "anonymity" from the amendment. Certainly, I got the impression that the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I second the amendment. It was interesting to read British financial newspapers over the past week and see references to Mark Carney and Canada being saved because of his regulation. We got used to light touch regulation over the past 20 years and it seemed to do a world of good for some aspects of the economy until everything went wrong. I did not realise that Ireland had such a weak...