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Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, and her officials to the House this evening for this very important debate. I congratulate Senator Reilly and his Fine Gael colleagues on tabling this motion, which Fianna Fáil will be supporting fully. That said, it would be important to see the detail of any proposed legislation or regulation which...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy John Paul Phelan, back to the House for the fourth time in as many months. Senator John Dolan has six minutes.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome back to the House the former Senator, now Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, for the fourth time on this topic in recent months. As I alluded to previously, it is a very important issue. I also welcome the fact that when we ran out of time on the previous occasion the Minister of State agreed to come back to the House to hear the views of those Senators who did not get to...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: When was the phone call made about the water? Was Phil Hogan the Minister at the time?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I join colleagues in paying tribute to Big Tom McBride from Oram, County Monaghan. I express my sympathies to his family in Oram and Castleblayney. He was predeceased by his wife, Rose, a short number of weeks ago. Those who were closest to him have said that he never recovered from her death. He initially came to fame with the song, "Gentle Mother," and went on to have numerous hits,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second Senator Swanick's amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Amendment No. 42 in the names of Senators Kevin Humphreys and Ó Ríordáin is a new section. Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am sorry for interrupting the Senator-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: The order of the House is that the debate is to be suspended at 6.30 p.m. I ask the Senator to report progress and he will be in possession-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yes. He will be in possession.

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan, to the House.

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: As I alluded to in my contribution on Second Stage last night, the Bill seeks to take out the protection for the unborn, the life of which is equal to that of the mother, and replace it with the words, "Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy". What exactly do those words mean? They mean that any Parliament, either this one or another in the future, will...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Absolutely. I will buy the bowl of porridge.

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris, back to the House. I regret the fact that this legislation is before us this evening. It is something to which I am totally opposed. I want to put that clearly on the record of the House. I pay tribute to the Oireachtas joint committee, which published its report before Christmas, and especially to its chairperson, our colleague, Senator Catherine...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: What is limited to three years? It is a very good idea. It is the only positive recommendation in the report of the Oireachtas joint committee. I pay tribute to Senator Noone and her colleagues for their hard work they did even though I totally disagree with the vast majority of it. Senator McDowell and other colleagues have alluded to our right, if we believe it is not right to put this...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: He is now a Member of the Lower House and a Minister, and he voted against that legislation. With a casual examination of his term in this House, he opposed almost all legislation being put forward for referenda. Another member of that club of 13 is current President Michael D. Higgins. I did not hear anybody throwing comments about them being undemocratic at the time. More recently, by...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: There were 33 Senators who voted for it and 25 voted against it. Among those who voted against it were me and Senator Norris, the great democrat himself, as well as a current Minister, Deputy Zappone. There were numbers from a particular party called Sinn Féin, which has mentioned democracy in this debate. We have a constitutional right to vote against legislation if we do not feel it...