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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: One can say St. Job or St. Jude, as Senator Buttimer can attest. The saint in question is the patron saint of hopeless cases. Unfortunately, I am afraid that the announcement by Eir yesterday casts the 500,000 people living in rural Ireland who await broadband, which is a service that has been repeatedly promised, into a state of crisis. Senator Humphreys referred to the fact that some...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not blame anybody who feels that broadband is never going to be rolled out because they have waited for far too long. If Senator Humphreys thinks that the people of Dublin are being disenfranchised by having a pothole or two, then I invite him to visit Cavan and other rural parts of Ireland so that I can show him exactly what was achieved during his time in government, when the grant...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is important to clarify the record. I find myself in agreement with Senator Gavan that Eircom should never have been sold off. It was a great mistake to do so. I firmly believe that national infrastructure should be kept in the ownership of the State.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: The announcement yesterday is what happens when national infrastructure is sold to the private sector.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I was always of that opinion.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Exactly.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Because it got 300,000 cherry-picked households.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: That means there are two of you.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: From a very low base.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am from the North.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Joe O'Reilly is from the North.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is good when the bar is low enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Thugs from Dublin.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: In most cases.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is okay. I will allow the Senator some of my time.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: In defence of the Acting Chairman, it is very difficult for a forensic accountant to stay away from figures and statistics. We will forgive him for what he said.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I thank his fellow Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for her contribution, and wish her husband a speedy recovery. I would like to acknowledge the presence of a former colleague of the Members of this House, former Sinn Féin Senator Kathryn Reilly, who recently became Mrs. Damien Walsh....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Yesterday the planning authorities in Northern Ireland granted planning permission for the Northern phase of the North-South interconnector. This is an issue which has caused great concern in the counties of Meath, Cavan and Monaghan for more than ten years. It has been subject to a number of reviews and a number of court challenges. The granting of the permission in the North of Ireland...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Like my colleagues, I am delighted to join in the tributes to the late, great Des Hanafin. In doing so I welcome his wife, Mona, his daughter, Mary, his son, John, and their families to the Chamber. As has been said, Des succeeded his father, Johnny Hanafin, on North Tipperary County Council in 1955 and went on to be the youngest council chairperson in Ireland for the following four years....

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Dec 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.