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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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome Mr. Buckley and Ms O'Neill. I particularly welcome Ms O'Neill because of her history. I became chairman of An Post more than 30 years ago and I remember being on the radio during the first weeks to answer questions and I stated I did not know the answers. I am sure Ms O'Neill is in the same position but having Mr. Buckley beside her will help. Somebody ticked me off and told me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: My experience is that people prefer to be at home. We had experience of a family situation in which there was great difficulty in getting carers. Is there great difficulty in getting carers or were they just looking for full-time carers in that particular case? I do not understand what the objectives of the tender system are. Could Mr. Murphy touch on the home care tender system? I did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: What is causing the delay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I agree entirely with what Mr. Murphy says. Most people prefer to be in their own home rather than enter a nursing home. I am stunned to hear that 35% more people are in nursing homes in Ireland than in the rest of Europe. Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Home Care Provision: Discussion with Home and Community Care Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: What brought that about?

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is very welcome. I did not expect to see him today. The saints have the ability of bilocation or multi-location and the Minister seems to be able to do the same thing himself as well. I add my voice of support to Senator Barrett. When I first saw the amendment I did not understand the rationale behind it. I know he is committed to making sure that we have a very strong...

Seanad: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is very welcome. I did not expect to see him today. The saints have the ability of bilocation or multi-location and the Minister seems to be able to do the same thing himself as well. I add my voice of support to Senator Barrett. When I first saw the amendment I did not understand the rationale behind it. I know he is committed to making sure that we have a very strong...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: This morning, Senator Barrett referred to the price of generic drugs as against branded drugs. I have before me an ESRI report which is rather startling. I realise we have taken action on this and moved to have legislation in place. Therefore, I am somewhat unsure where we should go from here, but it seems that if there is a 90% gap between generic and branded goods in other countries but...

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State. It is good to learn about particular matters and, in that context, the motion on lobbying tabled by the Independent Senators is welcome. I did not realise that I was previously a lobbyist.

Seanad: Register of Lobbyists Legislation: Motion (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Approximately five years ago I was asked to become president of Eurocommerce, which represents both the retail and wholesale trades throughout Europe. Eurocommerce is based in Brussels and at the time I was not quite sure what I was getting myself into. My wife pointed out that I would only be obliged to attend 12 meetings a year and I then discovered that each of the subsidiary...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I wish to share three minutes of my time with Senator Crown if that is permitted.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after ''That'' and substitute the following: "the Bill be read a second time on 17 September, 2013, for the following reasons: (i) to request the Constitutional Convention to consider the constitutional role of the Seanad and to allow time for such consideration; (ii) to facilitate a consultation process with the Nominating Bodies and the...

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enhance the level of information which is made available to the consumers of foodstuffs and for that purpose to introduce a series of new requirements for food labelling and signage, to amend the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Seanad: Food Provenance Bill 2013: First Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Next Wednesday, 3 July 2013.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 18, Food Provenance Bill 2013, which it is hoped to introduce next week, be taken before No. 1 today". Another issue to which I wish to draw attention, in which Senator Mark Daly will have a particular interest, is the drop in the number of organ donations in Ireland recently. Researchers have found that social media, such as...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Could the Leader tell us what progress has been made in respect of the two Seanad Bills we debated here last month? The Seanad Bill 2013 passed Second Stage last month and concerned reform of the Seanad. Yet we will introduce a Bill tomorrow to abolish the Seanad. Should we not be taking the Bill to reform the Seanad ahead of the one that aims to abolish it? Could the Leader tell me where...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: Yes, other Senators have called for it as well but Senator Crown put down an amendment to the Order of Business supported by Senator Barrett and many others. Can we move the timeline along much more quickly than we have done in the past and make sure that it will not be months before we get the terms of reference for the banking inquiry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Alternative Ten Point Plan for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (25 Jun 2013)

Feargal Quinn: I welcome the delegation. On initial reading of the document I was quite critical because it seemed to be a list of ten items outlining reductions, and my concern is that as a nation we are spending more than we are earning. Every time somebody comes in they seem to want reductions in charges, and that will not work the whole time. Nevertheless, it can work, and a shopkeeper knows that if...