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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator David Cullinane has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 26, Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2013, be taken today". Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Members must allow the Leader to speak without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The Leader, without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Marc MacSharry must refrain from interrupting the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Allow the Leader to respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I ask Senator MacSharry to respect the Chair. Allow the Leader to respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator MacSharry, please respect the Chair. I call on the Leader to respond.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Moran is next.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The next speaker is Independent. This list is on the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: She has not spoken. I will conduct the business, with respect.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The procedure as laid out for the last two years is exactly as I am following it. Senator Leyden is delaying matters. Senator Moran, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Go mo leithsceal. Senator MacSharry is the next speaker.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Deirdre Clune that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allow funds to be redirected for necessary road maintenance programmes in the Cork city area, similar to the recent flexibility in funding he announced for rural areas.I have also...
- Seanad: Fodder Crisis: Statements (9 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: One will not do.
- Seanad: Fodder Crisis: Statements (9 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am glad we are having this debate. I wish it had happened four weeks ago, but unfortunately the Minister was busy. In my many comments on this issue I have acknowledged it is not entirely the Minister's fault because, as he outlined, we had an appalling summer last year and a prolonged winter, but the omens were there at the beginning of March in the...
- Seanad: Fodder Crisis: Statements (9 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The long-range weather forecast indicated consistent easterly winds and low temperatures. This is one of the most serious crises which has occurred in farming in my lifetime in the area I represent from a fodder point of view. I acknowledge the work done by the IFA and local co-ops such as Drinagh Co-op and Barryroe Co-op. They must be complimented for their efforts. I have stated, and...
- Seanad: Fodder Crisis: Statements (9 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I told her about it and gave her the details to make direct contact. I was trying to help a woman in distress. I hope these situations are in the minority. Figures from the Department show a 26% increase in the number of animal deaths on farms in the first quarter of 2013. Some, if not all, of these were due to the fodder crisis. What we need now is the grass to grow in abundance in the...
- Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I am sorry to rush the Minister of State but we must move on to deal with another type of aid. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Minister Coveney, is waiting to discuss farmers' aid, fodder and so on. I thank the Minister of State for his contribution.