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- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Look at what is happening in the North.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: What Sinn Féin did in government with the DUP to the health service was disgraceful-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is what I am afraid of.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Not only is morale within the Reserve Defence Forces very low, but it is also low within the entire Defence Forces. Perhaps we could have a discussion on the issue another day. Senator McDowell raised a very important issue in regard to a Bill passed by a previous Seanad, which went to the Dáil, was amended there and is possibly returning to the House next week. Over 80% of the...
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: I warmly welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys to the Seanad.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Senator for finishing his contribution right on the button. I call Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell who has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: I ask Senator O'Donnell to please comment on the subject of the statements. I urge her not to invite interruptions, comments or make alleged derogatory comments about other people.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: They are being creative.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Point taken.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell's contribution is valued as much as the contribution of every other Member, be it on any item of legislation or the Order of Business or in the making of statements. The contribution of every Member is and should be appreciated and respected.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: It should be and is. The fact that some colleagues may be in their offices working does not mean that they are not listening.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Murnane O'Connor has five minutes.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Mulherin has five minutes.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: That is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: The Senator is still within his time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: I sympathise with the 500 people who will lose their jobs following the announcement made by Hewlett-Packard this morning. It will affect not only Kildare and Dublin but also counties like my own, as well as Longford, Leitrim, Sligo and others. Like others, I was horrified watching the "Prime Time Investigates" programme on Monday evening on waiting lists. Unfortunately, the news was not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Rose Conway-Walsh and her colleagues who have been in government in the Six Counties with the Democratic Unionist Party for the past ten years should be ashamed of themselves. They cannot wash their hands of the responsibility they bear as members of a government for ten years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: Let me address the position in the Twenty-six Counties and Sinn Féin policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)
Diarmuid Wilson: If we had followed its policies and its record in Northern Ireland is anything to go by, we would have had an even worse disaster.