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State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Exactly, for which unlimited time is allowed. We sought clarification on this matter earlier.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am aware of that. However, there is no time limit on my first contribution. I have no intention of speaking forever, although the Acting Chairman with his interruptions is ensuring that is more likely to happen than not. There are points I want to make and there is nothing in Standing Orders that prevents me from doing so. This matter has been clarified. How the debate would proceed...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am speaking to five amendments which are being discussed together.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am focusing on the amendments which deal with the requirement to search aircraft. The section deals with the power of authorised officers at the airport. The amendments specifically seek to include in the section that authorised officers be required to conduct searches of such aircraft. I was trying to explain why this was necessary and detail all of the channels we had gone through to...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: This is a hugely important aspect of the Bill. Like Deputy Wallace, I previously had the privilege of being a witness on behalf of Margaretta D'Arcy and Niall Farrell in their court cases when they were brought before the courts for allegedly interfering with the proper use of Shannon Airport. This goes to the heart of what we are discussing here. It would be completely wrong to ignore the...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Why can it not be moved?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: No. The question on amendment No. 3 was about deleting lines in section 34, as it stands, whereas amendment No. 4 proposes to change section 34 into something else. It could not have been moved if amendment No. 3 had been accepted but it is perfectly valid now.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: That would have been true if amendment No. 3 had been accepted but it was not accepted and the Minister's original section 34 stands. My motion seeks to amend his section 34 whereas the previous amendment sought to delete it in its entirety and that was not accepted.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I find that rather strange but I will bow to your superior knowledge.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I do not get it.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister has amendments later, as do we. Our amendment was to delete the section. The House disagreed with that, which is fine. Now, we have a valid right, I believe, to amend the Minister's original section, as does the Minister, and he will do so presently.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I am not hopeful that it will be carried and I had not intended pressing it to a vote but I am still unsure why the Minister can move an amendment to a section if we have agreed it but the Opposition cannot.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 16:In page 31, to delete line 33.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I appreciate the Minister's dealing with the draft national aviation policy, which is not on the agenda. I appreciate that he referred to it and is saying that where a route is in existence, that will not be open to non-EU or non-US carriers. Aer Lingus traditionally dealt with the Los Angeles route, so the Ethiopian development is worrying. The Minister said that the appeal mechanism...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Will the Acting Chairman clarify the speaking arrangements?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Is it the same arrangement for each amendment?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: Therefore, we have to deal with all of them in our initial contribution.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: I would like to make a few general comments before referring to the amendments. I believe this is the final time Deputy Leo Varadkar will be present as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I will be sorry because while I may not agree with any of his policies, the way in which he conducts himself and the competence of the Department and his handling of it has been impressive. From...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: No doubt, the Minister will move onwards to higher and better things. The legislation has been hugely important and stressful for many airport workers. It must be considered in the context of other issues and the backdrop to it, including the uncertainty and the vulnerability of people in facing their retirement years because of the mess that is the Irish airlines superannuation scheme,...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Jul 2014)

Clare Daly: It is okay to say that but they are very worried because of the reduced sick leave allowance. That example I quoted means that young woman’s entire sick leave has been eaten up through this pregnancy. She will not get that sick leave back because she had not used up her sick leave before that. For the next four years she will not be entitled to paid sick leave. That is the worry....