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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...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (9 May 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I would like to share my time with Senator Robbie Gallagher.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, and thank her for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. The Holy Family school in Cootehill, County Cavan is unique and an important school for the counties of Cavan and Monaghan. It caters for pupils between the ages of four and 18 years with severe and profound learning difficulties, moderate and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. On the reference to the school having to decant from its current site, as outlined in my earlier remarks, it is prepared for that move.I impress on the Minister the urgency for this project to proceed if children are not to be refused enrolment at the school because there is not sufficient room to accommodate them. Nobody, least of all the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Closing time.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I would like to support the comments of my colleague, Senator Swanick, regarding the emergency services, and to reiterate that there is no such thing as a second rate emergency service in this country. Perhaps by way of a gesture the toll companies could offer free tags to the emergency services that do not have them at present. I also acknowledge the comments of my colleague, Senator...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Unfortunately, owing to the voting taking place in the Lower House, the Minister who is due to take the next two Commencement matters cannot be here. Therefore, I have to propose a suspension of the sitting until 3.30 p.m.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I accept that. It also affects Senator Colm Burke. All I can do is apologies and propose that the sitting be suspended until 3.30 p.m. when we will have the Order of Business.