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Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is Senator Norris pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator is quite welcome to do so.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee. She must attend another meeting and apologises for not being here.Fianna Fáil will be supporting the Bill and is committed to strengthening the measures contained in it. As the Minister has outlined, the country has been very well served by the Judiciary and that has been...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Acting Chairman and welcome the Minister of State to the House. Fianna Fáil will be fully supporting this Bill as initiated by Senator Craughwell and his colleagues. This Bill provides for the establishment of a veterans' lapel badge to be conferred by the Minister of State with special responsibility for defence upon former members of the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I do not want to go over ground that has already been covered last week and again this evening. I welcome the Minister of State back to the Seanad on this very important issue. I know that above all recent Ministers he is most aware of the difficulties that councillors are facing. He was one himself and I know his sister was a councillor. He is in daily contact with his own councillors in...

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Tánaiste and ask her to make her contribution.

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Tánaiste. The main spokesperson for each group now has six minutes to contribute. I will be sticking to this rigidly because the Tánaiste will be called back at 7.55 p.m.

Seanad: Justice Matters: Statements (22 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call on Senator Boyhan. He has six minutes.

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...