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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: The Leader previously indicated that I did not compliment the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, on any occasion I have spoken in this House. On this occasion, I compliment him on his imagination in thinking up the stories of the dig-out loans. I thank him for his audacity in going to the nation and reporting on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: We await the full explanation.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, I accept the Chair's ruling. At the beginning of the current session of this House, many people pointed out that this House needs to be relevant. If we close our eyes to what is going around us, that is bad for politics and this House.

Seanad: Realising Equality and the Traveller Community: Statements (28 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I wish to share time with Senator Liam Twomey. I thank the Minister of State for providing an overview of the matter and an outline of the structures. We agree on the objective of promoting equality for the Travellers. The report has no measurements of the position in health and education nor Government targets for the next five years. There is greater recognition of the principle of...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Michael McDowell, commissioned a report from Patrick Gageby, Senior Counsel, on the death of an infant in Dalkey in 1973, generally referred to as the Dalkey baby case. At the Coroner's inquest earlier this year Cynthia Owen was deemed to be the mother of the child. Subsequently the Minister asked Patrick Gageby to review all the...

Seanad: Postal Services: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I thank the Minister of State for his informative outline. However, where is the conflict in this regard? When examining the motion tabled by Fine Gael, I cannot discern the point at which his statement is in conflict with its objectives or the reason it is necessary to be confrontational on this issue by tabling an amendment that rejects in it entirety the original motion. Ireland has an...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: Last week, I asked about the timing of proposals to introduce legislation amending the existing laws on the functioning of tribunals of inquiry. I asked the Leader for an assurance that such proposals would not lead to the closing down of the Mahon tribunal while it is investigating the Taoiseach's finances.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was subjected to unfavourable personal remarks in this House, and outside of it by the Taoiseach himself, which were entirely unwarranted.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was elected to the Seanad to raise issues of national concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I was elected to the Seanad to raise issues of national concern. Corruption in politics is of fundamental national concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: When I raise an issue about the Mahon tribunal and the possibility——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I asked whether these proposals would lead to the closing down of the Mahon tribunal before it has completed its investigations and findings regarding the Taoiseach's finances.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: It is a perfectly legitimate question to raise in this House. Fine Gael is certainly concerned about the costs of the various tribunals. However, it is the individuals under investigation who do not co-operate with the tribunals and who are less than forthcoming with information required for the completion of their investigations——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: There are serious questions as to the co-operation provided by the Taoiseach to the tribunal.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I am a member of the legal profession. In regard to legal fees, Ministers for Finance of successive Fianna Fáil Governments fixed the legal fees and it is the Government that pays them.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: That is where the responsibility for those fees and the cost of the tribunals lies. I accepted last week that the Leader was perhaps unable to offer an unqualified assurance that the new proposals would not be used to close down the tribunals already sitting, especially the Mahon tribunal. In the Dáil last week, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform made a somewhat qualified...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: I ask the Leader——

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: In light of statements made by the Minister and Taoiseach, I ask that this Bill not be used to close down the Mahon tribunal before it completes its investigation.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: The Senator should stop digging.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Eugene Regan: On a point of order, will the Leader give an assurance that the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill, when restored to the Order Paper, will not be used to undermine and close the Mahon tribunal——