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Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: I agree on the need for an urgent debate on the issue. It could have been tabled for discussion at the appropriate committee. On the power of the Seanad, we passed the Lisbon treaty which provides for the principle of subsidiarity. There are other avenues that the Senator could have used. On what powers we have to annul or reject EU directives, we can, if we try, go through the correct...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: I wonder why that was not done. I admit it is not an easy process. Nevertheless, it exists.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: I want to put on record that there is a process. There are people in Ireland who say the EU is bad for Ireland. There is a process by which the legislation can be held up. This should have been done in 2010 when the legislation was under discussion but it was not. It was an opportunity missed. However, I do not believe it was necessary. I believe the EU directive is necessary. Fianna...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: It is a huge issue for discussion. I am delighted to be here to raise awareness of the need for discussion on organ donation and transplantation. However, I disagree with the motion and will be voting against it. It is pulling the wool over people's eyes to pretend that we are doing something when we are not. I hope that everybody will participate in the debate on the human tissue Bill....

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: -----on the need for an all-party committee to be established.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Caít Keane: I welcome the people in the Gallery who have come to listen to the debate. I, for one, do not mind being back here to debate this matter. If it raises awareness of organ donation in general it is a good thing because it does not get enough airplay in the media. If, following today's debate, even one extra person decides to donate an organ, it will be a good thing. However, I would have...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I congratulate Senator White on the launch of her policy document today and wish her well. Women entrepreneurs are important. I have three children, two of whom are now women, and both of them are self-employed entrepreneurs. The policy document is to encourage people to become entrepreneurs. My compliments to Senator White on raising it in the Seanad. I compliment Senator Quinn also on...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I will be very brief. I could not let the day go without congratulating Senator Quinn on this Bill. I commend the Minister for Finance on accepting the Bill. In that context, I should also mention the previous Minister, Brian Lenihan - may the Lord have mercy on him - under whose stewardship this process was initiated. It is a good day for the Seanad. We may have gone out with a bang...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: Senator Quinn gave another demonstration of what we can do two weeks ago when he introduced the defibrillator Bill. Many Bills are initiated in the Seanad. It is a poor day when our actual work is not reported. The media is interested in drama. I congratulate Senator Quinn. On the day that is in it, we are going out on a high.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I thank the Minister of State and I understand his comment about retrospective application. Perhaps my query will be too detailed for him, but I want to find out if a certain scenario is included. What happens if a contract has not been signed and a dispute is ongoing? What happens if the dispute is about a payment, the theft of machinery or whatever, but a contract was not signed before...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: Can I comment again?

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: That is okay.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I thank the Minister of State. With regard to payments under contracts, payments claims notices and who is entitled to claim, what is included in the Bill? In the previous section of the Bill there is reference to the exclusion of materials, plant and machinery, but in this section it is indicated that construction contracts shall provide for what is not included in the other section. I...

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I was not going to speak at all, but I could not sit here and listen to motives being attributed to me on how or why I am going to vote. I vote because I want to vote. I am voting for the Bill because ten reports have been produced on Seanad reform during the years-----

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: I am proud to say I am voting for it. It has been stated the Title of the Bill is the "Abolition of the Seanad Bill". That is wrong. The Title is the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013. It is only the people who can change the Constitution. I am giving the vote to the people of Ireland.

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: That is what the Taoiseach said.

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: Sit down.

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: Excuse me. I have the floor and every right to ask a man to sit down. I have the floor and ask for the protection of the Chair.

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: The Title of the Bill is the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution-----

Seanad: An Bille um Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Cúigiú Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Caít Keane: What do brackets mean? What do curved brackets mean?