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- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: The only way this can be extended, and for us to sit past 6 p.m., is if the Leader of the House, Senator Chambers, who has left the room, proposes to sit past 6 p.m.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: We are all willing to sit here after 6 p.m. I assume other Members are.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: The Minister is as well.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: This is our full-time job. We are professional politicians. Let us sit all night to get the business of today done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I have no issue with that, Senator Clifford-Lee, but it is you guys who are delaying this.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I will conclude, because I have spoken long enough. Let us bring this charade to an end. We are either going to sit past 6 p.m.-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I want to put it on record that I would like to know if the Leader of the House, Senator Chambers, who I have so much respect for, is going to come back and propose that we sit past 6 p.m.. If she decides that she is not going to do that, then it is as plain as day what everyone is up to. Let us just get that clarity. Let us sit past 6 p.m. and have it on the record that Senator Chambers...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: We know what you are at. It is fine and I respect it, but let us be genuine about it. We want to get this done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: It is like Comical Ali after the invasion of Iraq. This is a joke.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: On a point of order, will my Fianna Fáil colleagues get in touch with the Leader of the House and ask her to return to the House? Is that a possibility? Can anyone get in touch with the Leader of the House to ask her if she will come back?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: It is not that. It is just-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Could my Fianna Fáil colleagues please get in touch with the Leader of the House to ask her to come to the House and make a decision? Can she just make the decision as to whether we do this or not?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: The Acting Leader is leaving. The Acting Leader is out the door.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Can I propose a suspension until-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Can I propose a suspension of the House until we find out who the Acting Leader is or until the Leader returns?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Absolutely. I am not a member of this committee. I thank the Chair for allowing me to come in. When I heard Mr. Fee was here, I decided I would have to come in and ask a few questions. Mr. Fee and I have chatted a lot about retail in Dundalk in recent years. I had a conversation with another shopkeeper about some amazing technology that I did not know existed. It is the concept of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I was in that shop a couple of weeks ago and they showed me how it works. I thought this could go a long way. However, margins are tight enough, as they are in every sector, and in retail you are trying to make as much potential profit on everything you sell. Even though something like that will save money by reducing the potential amount of theft, it will still be quite a burden for retail...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: People you see every day.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Looking the court pages in the The Argusany day of the week, all the retail theft crime is there. There are people with a litany of charges against them and who have huge rap sheets. When you see that type of stuff happening and it is there every week, what will stop someone if there is no deterrent? I thank the Chair for letting me in. I used to work for the late Senator Paul Coghlan,...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I wish to start by paying tribute to my colleague Senator Seery Kearney. The work she has done in committee, the House, the Fine Gael Party and with other political parties has been outstanding. Today is a very proud day not just for Mary, her husband Dave and their daughter Scarlett, but for all of the families whose lives have been demonstrably improved because of Mary and her actions in...