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Seanad: Tourism Sector: Motion (1 Jun 2011)

Feargal Quinn: The Minister is welcome to the House and I am delighted he is here. I will attempt to put down ten different ideas, rather than repeat what has been said earlier. First, can we instil the boomerang principle in everybody in the Irish tourism business? I grew up in a holiday camp and I recommend that anybody who has a chance of being born again should do their best to be reborn in a holiday...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (1 Jun 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I add my voice to those which have already proposed Senator O'Donovan as Leas-Chathaoirleach. The Senator has been an active Member of this and the Lower House. He has been committed to subjects in which he has a particular interest, including fishing, harbours and ports and anything to do with the sea. The House has benefitted from the commitment he has shown. I believe he holds the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I know that when any of us refers to legislation being passed in the other House, we are told it is not our business. I ask the Leader to draw to the attention of the Minister concerned the fact that the Daylight Saving Bill has passed Second Stage in the British House of Commons. The reason I raise this matter is that it will be on Committee Stage in the next few weeks. It proposes that...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Feargal Quinn: The House is fortunate to have Senator Paddy Burke in the Chair. We were elected to the Seanad on the same occasion a little more than 18 years ago and I have admired the way he handled his responsibilities as Leas-Chathaoirleach over those years. I was impressed that several Senators stated that they would not make lengthy contributions. I have learned over the years that it is possible...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Feargal Quinn: -----or the vast majority of them. The new Senators also have shoes to fill. In his wonderful speech earlier Senator Norris spoke about some of those who were Members in the past but in my time here one of the first people I met and who became a Member on the same day as me was the late Mr. Gordon Wilson, a representative from the North. Since then we have had Mr. Maurice Hayes, another...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I will comment on the contributions of Senator O'Toole and the Minister of State. I was fully behind the idea raised by Senator O'Toole and I have argued since entering the House that we should in passing legislation allow it to take effect immediately. Three students from Trinity College came to me a few weeks ago and told me they were doing a project on the Construction Contracts Bill....

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: We have covered the point.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I fully understand Senator O'Malley's motivation. All of us, including, I believe, the Minister of State, share her concerns. When I introduced the Bill in May 2010 I indicated I wanted certainty in four areas, namely, timing, amount, enforcement and security with regard to cash. While I accept that certainty has not been achieved in respect of the fourth area, I am aware that the...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 12: In page 8, after line 28, to insert the following new schedule: In page 8, after line 28, to insert the following new schedule:

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 13: In page 3, lines 5 and 6, to delete "PAYMENT AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS" and substitute "PAYMENTS". This is a technical amendment to better align the Long Title with the Bill's purpose and contents.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I appreciate everyone who has spoken in this debate, as well as those who were involved on the earlier Stages. This Bill is not perfect but I hope it can and will be improved. It falls quite far short of the aims, objectives and wishes of those of us who got together last May to work on it. I thank all who became involved in that endeavour, while knowing that this is only the first step....

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: What is covered in the Bill is exactly as Senator Coghlan has said. It is perhaps not what was intended at the beginning. The intention was to cover as much as we could. Senator O'Malley said she is disappointed that materials are not included in it. We recognised very early on that we could not do everything. What I set out to do was to have a certainty of timing of payments, a...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: The real aim of this legislation was to achieve help for subcontractors. We did not try to achieve something that changes the law or introduces a new topic in law. Existing legislation stipulates that I owe one money if I buy something from one. The legislation stipulates how that money can be obtained. We require the legislation before us to cover circumstances where goods are bought and...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—(1) A contract is not a construction contract— (a) if one or more than one of the parties to the contract is a state contracting entity and the value of the contract is not more than €50,000, (b) if the value of the contract is more than €200,000, and— (i) the contract relates only to a...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I can understand Senator Coghlan's view. There is concern about this. It has come about in a situation whereby it is rather difficult to ensure the correct amount is always the one that should apply. Certainly, on this basis it seems to me that €200,000 is far too high a figure. One of the areas we will have a chance to examine in this case is the regulatory impact analysis, RIA, to see...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—(1) A construction contract shall provide for— (a) the amount of each interim payment to be made under the construction contract, and (b) the amount of the final payment to be made under the construction contract, or for an adequate mechanism for determining those amounts. (2) A construction...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, before section 7, to insert the following new section: 7.—(1) This section applies where, not later than 5 days after the payment claim date, an executing party to a construction contract delivers a payment claim notice relating to a payment claim to the other party or another person specified under the construction contract. (2) A payment claim notice is...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: The answer is that it may not be a dispute about payment as such. No money might be owed at that stage and this is the reason for ensuring that a claim can be made for something else.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: I propose that this section be deleted because the subject matter is dealt with in amendment No. 4.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Feargal Quinn: If that is in the original Bill I have proposed that we delete all of it.