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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Dec 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Bacik, Twomey, Ormonde, Norris, O'Donovan, Healy Eames, Ó Murchú, Phelan, Hanafin, McFadden, O'Sullivan, Regan, MacSharry, Mullen, Keaveney, Donohoe, Walsh, Burke and Ellis expressed their shock and horror at the experiences from the flooding. We have seen this right across the country over the past week. I commend the Civil Defence, the Army, the IFA, the...

Seanad: Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009: Referral to Joint Committee (1 Dec 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009, copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 20th November, 2009, be referred to the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, in accordance with paragraph (1) (Seanad) of the Orders of Reference of that...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Ag 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: As I indicated earlier, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, that statements on the recent floods should commence at 1.30 p.m. and adjourn at 2.30 p.m., resume at 5 p.m. and conclude not later than 7 p.m. Spokespersons may speak for ten minutes and all other Senators for eight. Senators may also share time by agreement of the House. The Minister will be called upon 15...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: This is Private Members' time that has been allocated generously to the House by the Labour Party.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: On a point of clarification-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: ----- because of the present plight of the people of Ireland, the Labour Party has conceded it's Private Members' time for this week. While I have allocated next week's time to the Labour Party, in the event that the flooding has not receded, I will call on it again next Wednesday to allow Members to make the case for their particular localities with the Minister present. As I already have...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: The position is changing by the hour.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: We are discussing what will happen between 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m.-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, McCarthy, Boyle, Ó Murchú, Norris, O'Malley, Buttimer, Ó Domhnaill, O'Brien, Healy Eames, Ellis, O'Reilly, Ormonde, Phelan, Daly, Cannon and Leyden expressed their serious concerns about the horrific weather we have been experiencing in the last few weeks. One's heart goes out to the families caught up in these dreadful events. I like to believe the amount...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: If the House wishes to comment on the Fine Gael proposals-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: -----I have no difficulty with the House sitting on 4 December to consider them.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I will convey Senator Norris's views on human rights.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: Senators O'Malley and Leyden-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I meant to mention earlier with regard to the floods that a considerable amount of work had been done on the Doherty report of 1995. I will ask the Oireachtas Library to circulate a copy of that report to all colleagues in the House in the next few days. We should ask the Government to seriously consider implementing its conclusions in the next two or three years.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: The Senator's party was in government at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I will ask the Oireachtas Library to circulate a copy of the Doherty report to show Members the conclusions it reached. We discussed the report in the House previously but nothing has happened with the silt at the bottom of the River Shannon. Some colleagues in the House probably know more about this problem than me but there is a report available for our consideration and I will ensure it...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: As Leader, I welcome Senator James Carroll from Monasterboice, County Louth as a Member of this Seanad. He is the first Member of the Oireachtas elected who was born in the 1980s. We welcome this young man to the House today. A UCD law graduate, James has worked in Leinster House with Deputy Margaret Conlon as her parliamentary assistant and has excelled in this area for the past two years....

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: I would wish the Minister to make a statement for five minutes to allow colleagues time.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Donie Cassidy: The Minister is to be called on five minutes from the conclusion of statements.