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Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have no difficulty with that.

Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I wish to share half of my time with my colleague, Senator Davitt.

Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am contributing to this debate in Senator Swanick's stead. The Senator has another engagement. I wish to extend a hearty welcome to the Minister for Health. I very much appreciate the fact that he may have to leave early and I encourage him to make the right decision in the weeks to come.

Seanad: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank Senator Reilly for bringing forward this legislation and for his enlightening and emotional contribution. Fianna Fáil fully supports the Bill. I have a speech in front of me that is full of statistics which highlight where mistakes have been made in the past not only by this Government and that which preceded it but by Governments that were in power over the past decade or so....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I call Deputy, sorry, Senator Richmond.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: It was a Freudian slip on both counts.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Minister is welcome here any time.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: The next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Noone and I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, will take it.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: We have a longer list than that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Remove the Constitution altogether.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second the proposed amendment to the Order of Business by Senator Keith Swanick. I welcome the fact that Sinn Féin is attempting, democratically, to remove a member of An Garda Síochána, namely, the Garda Commissioner because over a period of 35 years, its colleagues in the IRA have removed over 24 members of An Garda Síochána-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----by murdering them.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have said what I have said and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: The Fianna Fáil Party in the Lower House could not support the motion by Sinn Féin because it would have been illegal to do so. The Government is the only body which can take a decision to dismiss a member of An Garda Síochána.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask the Minister of State to outline specifically what this section contains.

Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am seeking clarification from him. As we know, a person who is alleged to have committed a road traffic offence currently has two opportunities to avoid going to court, the first of which involves paying a fixed-charge penalty within 28 days. If he or she fails to do that, he or she has another 28-day period in which he or she can pay the...

Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I accept what the Minister has said, yet in the figures he quoted, 28% of people did not comply. What proof is there that those 28% received the fixed-charge penalty in the first place? Most people who find themselves before the court do not want to be there in the first place. If they receive a fixed-charge penalty notice and they do not pay it and a summons arrives and there is the...

Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have no wish to hold up this legislation. I am merely making the point that as a result of the third payment option, as Senator Mulherin already stated, people who do not receive the initial fixed penalty notice will pay the 100% surcharge to avoid going to court. I do not think this is acceptable. This is a technical Bill and I will not hold it up, but if we want transparency and...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I remind Senator Ó Clochartaigh and his colleagues that Fianna Fáil, which I am proud to represent, has a very proud record of provision of social housing in this country. One should compare Fianna Fáil's record on the provision of social housing and other social measures to the record of Sinn Féin in Government with the Democratic Unionist Party for past ten years.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second the amendment to the Order of Business by my colleague, Senator Robbie Gallagher, on the question of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, coming to the House. A few weeks ago motions were passed in the Lower House and in this House calling on the Minister and the Department to conduct a review into the comparative underground and...