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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Thank you, Senator.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Leyden indicated he wishes to speak to this amendment but he before he does so, I take this opportunity to welcome to the Public Gallery officers, members and friends of the Athleague branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann with renowned musicians and singers. I understand they are guests of the Senator and that his wife, Mary, and son, Conor, of Castlecoote Lodge bar...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: They are all very welcome to the House and I hope they enjoy their visit.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call Senator Leyden to speak to amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Allow Senator Leyden to continue without interruption.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not see any reference to this in the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Leyden, we are dealing with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Leyden, please.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Certainly not. Resume your seat.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call the Minister if he wishes to add anything further to his reply to the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: We will confine ourselves to the actual Bill from now on with everybody's co-operation.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank colleagues for their co-operation in dealing with Committee Stage and I thank the Minister, Deputy Flanagan. When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Daly and I are tabling these amendments on behalf of Senator Swanick who is unavoidably detained at a committee meeting but hopes to be here later. It is terribly confusing and, not having the Minister's script in front of me, I am finding it difficult, and I have been in this House for quite some time, both as a Member and as Acting Chairman. Can we suspend for a short time? I do...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: In the absence of a script, I would like to propose a suspension for ten minutes.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: My proposal is that, for clarity, we suspend for ten minutes and the motion has been seconded.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank colleagues for allowing us the time to clarify the changes made in the amendments put forward this afternoon. In particular I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, for his help in that regard. I join my colleague, Senator Ardagh, in congratulating our colleague, Deputy James Browne, on producing the Bill. It has passed through the Lower House and I hope that within a few...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 6:In page 3, to delete lines 21 to 31, and in page 4, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following: “Guiding Principles to apply in respect of adults 3. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 4:“4. (1) Where it is proposed to make a decision in respect of a person the subject of the decision under this...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I move amendment No. 10:In page 4, to delete lines 12 to 28 and substitute the following: “Guiding principles in respect of children 4.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 4: “4A.(1) In making a decision under this Act concerning the care or treatment of a child (including the making of a specific application under section 25(1)...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (16 May 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: That concludes statements on special education provision. I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery this afternoon James Connolly, a retired brigadier general born on 1 November 1923. James is now in his 95th year and he is very welcome. He was commissioned by President Douglas Hyde in 1945. He served as a pilot and at one stage was head of the apprentice school in Baldonnel. He...