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- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Deputy Martin addressed all that.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: The Minister will misquote him.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: No, it is not.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: What did the Taoiseach say in Glenties?
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: Those parliaments can hold their governments to account. That is the difference.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I propose to share time with Deputy Billy Kelleher.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: It is a sad day when we are discussing the abolition of Seanad Éireann. The Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, is well aware of my party's view on the issue. When the Government came to power there was talk of a democratic revolution, but what has actually happened could not be further from that declaration. In fact, the Government has succeeded only in feeding into the cynicism and...
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: It is not reform in any real sense but merely moving what was formerly the Adjournment debate to a different time slot.
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: I do so regularly but they are not selected. That, however, is another issue. The Taoiseach promised that Ministers would be at their desks rather than attending events throughout the country. In reality, they are never at their desks. The Taoiseach presents for Question Time once a week, on a Tuesday, whereas his predecessors were obliged to attend twice weekly. In other words,...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: He sent the squad cars one week before the election.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: We know how the Taoiseach dealt with the Moriarty tribunal.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 81. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward measures to reduce alcohol consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/13]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 153. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost of Ministerial transport in his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; the number of drivers employed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30560/13]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 154. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs of photography incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012 and to date 2013 in tabular form per event. [30576/13]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 155. To ask the Taoiseach the details and costs of any newspaper supplements his Department has been involved with in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [30592/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of Ministerial transport in his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; the number of drivers employed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30554/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs of photography incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012 and to date 2013 in tabular form per event. [30570/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details and costs of any newspaper supplements his Department has been involved with in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [30586/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)
Niall Collins: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of Ministerial transport in his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; the number of drivers employed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30553/13]