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Seanad: Hospital Services: Statements (13 Jun 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Barrett. I remind the Senator to keep his comments brief in order that the Minister can respond. Other business is ordered for 3.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: With the help of God.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I rise to express my condolences to the family of the three young men lost off the coast of Waterford and would like to use the opportunity to raise the poor system under the current Government and under previous Governments where the fishing industry has become the poor relation in the farming sector. Perhaps today is not the day to call for urgent debates on the fishing industry but we...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I call for an urgent debate on the fishing industry. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to invite to the House the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, if he is back in the State, in order that he might explain to us what he has done in Europe and how he achieved it. He should outline the fundamental changes proposed. I heard him speak on...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service Provision (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I note the Minister of State's response and I thank him for coming to the House. He indicates there has been just a 2% decrease. However, the age profile of our society is going the other way in my view there should be an increase of 2% or 3% rather than a decrease. I ask the Minister of State to convey to the Minister, Deputy Reilly, that in my view, when the pressure is on the HSE...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service Provision (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I will not go over the ground Senator John Kelly has eloquently and fairly covered. I have raised this issue previously. Irrespective of what side of the House one is on, the home help hours provided for elderly people, whether in towns or remote areas such as the area from where I come, represent very good value for money. Senator John Kelly alluded to the cost that would be involved if...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Does the Minister want to respond to that colourful exposé by Senator Norris?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Is amendment No. 3 being pressed?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Before I call Senator Colm Burke, I would like to acknowledge the presence of our visitors from Scoil Ursula, Blackrock, Cork, in the Visitors Gallery and I wish them a pleasant day. I call Senator Burke, another Cork man.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to the House. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Margareta Wahlström (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to propose a vote of thanks to Ms Wahlström.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Margareta Wahlström (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Before we move to questions, I am sure the House will join me in welcoming Congressman Chaka Fattah and his family, from Philadelphia, to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. One minute is allowed for questions. We will take four questions and Ms Wahlström may then respond. I call Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I wish to take up briefly the point well made by Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill. As Chairman of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee I have been contacted by several Members, including the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, and our leader, Senator Darragh O'Brien, who believe we should look at this in our next tranche of investigations. We are having a meeting the week after next and it...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Development Programme Funding (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber and appreciate it when the line Minister responds. What he has outlined is substantially at variance with what I am hearing on the ground. Some 300 people turned up at a meeting in Skibbereen to discuss the alignment proposals, with which Cork County Council, like many other councils, is not happy. There is something radically wrong. Either...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Development Programme Funding (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Minister to explain why funding to the West Cork Development Partnership has been cut by approximately €2.2 million - according to today's Irish Examiner, the cut is €2.4 million. In effect, there is a 14% cut in this budget whereas other partnership groups have had increases - in one instance, an increase of 58%. Projects in west County Cork, such as those in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: While I welcome the Minister of State, I express my regret and disappointment that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, is not present for the debate on this important legislation. The Bill updates legislation that Fianna Fáil passed in 2010 which transposed EU directives and UN conventions into national law. Its aim is to combat the efforts of criminals and other...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I raise a matter that is not as important as I would like it to be in this House or the other Chamber, namely, the position in the fishing industry. What surprises me most is that, despite a number of demands made by well organised fishing industry organisations from County Donegal to County Cork, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, has refused to meet...