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Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call Senator Ó Clochartaigh. The Senator has four minutes.

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call on the Tánaiste.

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: That concludes the statements. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I was ably represented by our spokesperson.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Craughwell, without interruption.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I congratulate the Garda on the excellent drugs find in Ashbourne last night. I echo my party leader's call this afternoon for the Minister for Justice and Equality to come before the House to discuss rural crime in particular. As my colleague, Senator Leyden, pointed out last week, rural crime is on the increase. If the State authorities do not tackle this, local communities will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I endorse everything Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said about what happened in Jadotville. We discussed the issue yesterday on the Order of Business and I reiterate my support for his comments. I wish to comment on the remarks made by Senator Michael McDowell who has brought to the attention of the House some very serious allegations about how waste management is conducted within...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: We have an example in Sinn Féin policy of how it deals with budgets when the party stood back, with the Democratic Unionist Party, with which it has been in government in the North of Ireland for more than ten years. It has stood back and will allow the British Government in the next couple of days to bring forward a budget because it failed to bring one forward as its members were...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will not listen to Senator Paul Gavan or any of his colleagues in Sinn Féin in condemning my colleagues on Limerick City Council or those in the Fine Gael Party who take their responsibilities seriously. They will bring forward a budget for better or worse because that is what they are there to do. They are doing so mindful of the fact that if they do not, the Minister will appoint...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: ----- that will not be voted on by the people who were elected to bring it forward. That is a gentle reminder for Sinn Féin. Perhaps the party might look forward to bringing forward a budget with their colleagues in the Democratic Unionist Party as they have been democratically elected to do in the Six Counties.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Sinn Féin and the DUP brought in that grant.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister of State should speak to the Bill.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly.

Seanad: Visit of Austrian Delegation (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Before I call on Senator Swanick, I am sure that Members of the House will wish to join with me in welcoming a parliamentary delegation from Austria, led by Mr. Edgar Mayer, President of the Austrian Federal Council. On my own behalf and on behalf of my colleagues in Seanad Éireann, I extend them a very warm welcome and good wishes for a successful visit to Ireland. They are very...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Senators. I ask Senator Conway to move the suspension of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: As a follow-up to that, I want to thank Senator Craughwell for his very emotional contribution to the Order of Business this afternoon and to our colleague-----