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Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am sure every Member of the House will acknowledge the great work done by Cardinal Desmond Connell who retired recently. He gave great leadership and service in the context of his pastorship. Will the Leader arrange for a debate, together with our environment spokesperson, Senator Brady, about the operation and closing times of fast food outlets? I do not want to do anyone out of a living...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Leader ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come before the House for a debate on the matter? If it is a matter for legislation, I am sure positive suggestions can be made as to how it can be updated. Opening hours are causing a major problem, especially in urban areas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support the remarks of Senators Ó Murchú and Hayes pertaining to the victims of violence in the North of Ireland and elsewhere. Recently, I was present when a group came down and met members of all parties. The revelations made on that occasion were heartbreaking to say the least. I am a great believer in and supporter of members of the security forces, like everyone else in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I refer to the closure of post offices. It is regrettable that rural depopulation is not the only cause of such closures.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I lobbied against a number of post office closures in County Westmeath but the local people did not support the post offices.Depopulation was not the reason they closed. It was proposed that a post office situated four miles from Mullingar should close down and when a canvass of the area was conducted, nobody would take it on because the returns were negligible. Local people travel to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It is important.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: This is a relevant point. I bemoan the closure of rural post offices because they are part of the rural infrastructure but depopulation is not the only factor in such closures. Local people do not support post offices in the way they should.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Apr 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is a fact.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank my colleagues for the valuable contributions they made to this debate. Wide ranging views were expressed. There was a suggestion that the Minister should tackle the alcohol problem next. As a person who enjoys a drink, I am the first to admit that something must be done about it. Much of the violence on and off our streets is drink related. Something must be done about it and I doubt...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I move: "That Seanad Éireann: —notes the role of cigarettes as one of this country's greatest killers and that heart disease, cancer and any number of other illnesses can be directly traced to cigarettes, —accepts that smoking is the single most preventable cause of cancer and that medical statistics show smoking is responsible for up to 30% of all cancers and also that up to 90% of lung...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That could be a matter for the Competition Authority.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: We are all-embracing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It was reported in the national media.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Somebody got away with it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am concerned, as are other right-thinking people, by recent newspaper reports of bogus registration of births by certain non-nationals. Perhaps nationals are doing it also; I do not know. If this is the case, and nobody has contradicted those reports, what will be done about it?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: How widespread is this practice? Is this an isolated incident? The relevant Minister should tell the House what he or she proposes to do about this worrying trend. I am all for child benefit for children who exist, but I do not support paying child benefit to people who do not exist.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I will not delay very long. I join with the other Members who rightly condemned the atrocity in Madrid. I had a call this morning from my wife to inform me of the atrocity. We have a son teaching there who uses public transport and there was great consternation in my family until we made contact. He is all right, but we are lucky. What about others whose relatives will not be there to answer...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the guidelines and I commend the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, on introducing them. It is important to understand why they have been introduced. I was a member of a local authority for 24 years up to my resignation five or six months ago. I have been involved in the compilation of a number of county...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is the destructive criticism about which I spoke. I thank the Senator for reminding me.