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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: He does not need to. When I call him, he will reply.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I will decide when the Minister can respond.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have experienced the other side of the coin in my role as Leas-Chathaoirleach. I am aware of at least three occasions when Senators from different sides of the House, including from my party, failed to come to the Chamber to discuss the matters they had proposed to raise on the Adjournment, leaving Ministers in the House with prepared responses. This practice also needs to be addressed by...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister of State's response does not tally with the reports I am getting, some of which are first hand. It is very mean of any Government - in the past, I criticised my own party in government on many issues - to try to save money from the home help service because it provides value for money. As the Minister of State knows, in many instances, the only contact some people have with the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am sure the Minister of State seeks no great introduction to this motion but while I do not often use tough language, inside or outside this Chamber, what has happened in respect of home help is nothing short of being scurrilous and is attacking people at the very coalface. On the one hand, Government policy suggests and advocates that in so far as possible, one should keep people at home...

Seanad: Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: A leading Garda representative member of the force said that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, had a gun to the Commissioner's head on those issues. However, I do not think he ever carried a gun.

Seanad: Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: "Persuasive" is a kind adjective.

Seanad: Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Dr. Spook.

Seanad: Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister and the Bill's proposals as set out in the legislation. Given what the Garda Commissioner said at the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in respect of criminal gangs in Ireland, of which there are 25, there is a huge issue at international level as they are obviously transgressing borders. He mentioned communications and contacts with the Russian mafia...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: May I tease out Senator Norris's point? Would the Minister consider that in the current climate and in the recent past, many banks might fall into the category of loan shark?

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister gave the term shark legs by calling it an animal. We must be careful.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: It is a mammal, I am told.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I appreciate what the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, stated and will take it on board. Despite his response, and while I accept he is not the line Minister dealing with this issue, I am concerned that the delays on these issues are of grave concern to the communities in these areas. Flooding creeps up in the night. It affects people, with water damage to their homes and businesses. It...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: On a point of clarification, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, has stated I have been in politics longer than him. That is probably true, but I am not as prominent.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am glad that a very understanding and sympathetic Minister of State is taking this matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Flood Relief (27 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When I raised the issue of flooding in west County Cork about six or eight weeks ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, gave me a commitment to give me an updated report regarding what is happening with Bandon, Clonakilty and Skibbereen. Tremendous work was carried out in Bandon, which was flooded in November 2009 to the extent that in some cases properties were flooded to a depth...

Seanad: Civil Defence Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I compliment the Minister of State on negotiating this Bill through the Houses. On this side, there is full support for the measures in the Bill. I acknowledge, as others have done, the tremendous work Civil Defence personnel, apart from the board, have done over the years. Like Senator Mullins in regard to east Galway, I am acutely aware that, during the tremendous flooding in places like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The public relations battle by the Garda - I have great respect for the force and some people very close to me are members of it - as far as rural Ireland is concerned is being lost. Whether that can be attributed to the Garda, at Commissioner level, or to the Minister, at political level, maybe the Minister should take greater cognisance of what is happening. That is the feeling I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am very sceptical. The Commissioner should not take it personally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Operations: Discussion with An Garda Síochána (21 Nov 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This is of serious concern to me as someone representing a rural area. To illustrate the concern communities feel, four members of the public are in the Gallery. They will not speak or contribute but they will listen to what is being said. One of them got up at 2.30 this morning in Goleen to travel to Cork to get an early train to Dublin. They are community activists in places such as...