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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Moloney. Three slots were passed because no Labour Party Senator was present. The Senator looked anxious. She may have thought I was discriminating against her.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes. He slipped in under the radar and I did not notice him for a couple of seconds. Tá fáilte romhat.

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Ivana Bacik's dress code is a matter for herself.

Seanad: Visit of Croatian Ambassador (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: On behalf of Senators, I extend a warm welcome to the House to Her Excellency, Ms Jasna Ognjanovac, Ambassador of Croatia.

Seanad: European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Eamon Gilmore.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Michael D'Arcy to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I wish to express my deep concern about the operations of a body that usurps its powers and functions regularly, that is, An Taisce. It is not subject to freedom of information requests and gets mandatory notice of every rural planning application in Ireland. It had the audacity recently to challenge the autonomy of Cork County Council and its manager in respect of that organisation's...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This group has done substantial damage to genuine people who seek to build houses in rural areas in order to live in their communities. Some living within the Pale, such as my colleague, Senator Norris, would not understand this damage.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When there were abuses, of which we now know, concerning the rezoning of lands, which resulted in ghost estates, etc., An Taisce was as silent as a lamb.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am asking the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I am asking the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader for a full debate to out, as it were, this secrecy within An Taisce and to ask why it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Acts.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Why is it not? What has it to be afraid of? I have made this point publicly. My difficulty is not with An Taisce protecting our heritage but with its interference in issues, whether in Donegal, Clare, Mayo or wherever, often by those who do not even know the sites concerned. I compliment the county manager in Cork, Mr. Martin O'Riordan, who, most unusually, made a public pronouncement in...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I challenge Senator Norris any day to debate on this issue because I know where I stand on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: They are like the Ku Klux Klan.

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: We will arrange that.

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: With the permission of the House, I wish to give a minute of my time to Senator Ó Domhnaill who also wishes to address this issue. It is ironic that the Minister with responsibility, Deputy Coveney, a good honourable Corkman, has left the House and put the Minister of State in charge of a very delicate matter. I will refresh the memory of the House. In 2006, a Fisheries Bill was introduced...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have great respect for the Minister of State on a personal basis. As a former Member of this House, he ground out his back teeth in this Chamber. He has made great progress since then.

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: However, he was like the grim reaper as he read his reply. He was unable to offer any solace to the people of Donegal, west Cork or Kerry. Some of his colleagues in the Dáil who like to pontificate had suggested that as soon as the new Government came into office, the Fisheries Acts would be revisited and the appalling decision that was made by my colleague, the former Minister, Noel...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The salmon of wisdom is finished.