Results 21-40 of 194 for speaker:Don Lydon

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: I am sure we all welcome the decision by North Korea to take steps towards ceasing its nuclear programme and we would welcome a similar measure in Iran. For this reason I ask, once again, for a debate on the Middle East at the earliest possible juncture.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: Thank God for the men of 1916 who ensured we can make our own laws and not depend, as we did for 800 years, on those of our nearest neighbour. It is astounding there are 4,500 statutes that may be still in force and that 3,188 of these may still apply. As Senator Mansergh asked, because of the inexorable move towards a united Ireland, have we taken into account consulting the people in...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: One is a solicitor and the other a barrister.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: It has not been done yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: Just suspend it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: Especially Senators.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Don Lydon: Senator Mooney has just pre-empted me, I was going to ask the Leader for a debate on the Middle East in view of recent events. I second his request. There was no MRSA in the hospitals when they were run by the nuns. That is the trouble.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

Don Lydon: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the Middle East, perhaps not this week but when we return after the recess. The problems of the Palestinian people continue apace and there are still killings, bombings and everything else close to the great wall, which is an affront to any human decency. I also pay tribute to Deputy Haughey on his elevation and particularly to Deputy Síle de Valera...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Don Lydon: I too support the thrust of the Bill. When I first read it I thought it was a very good Bill and written by somebody who has an interest in this area as I have. I can see from where the Minister is coming when he speaks about the committee on genealogy and heraldry as provided in section 13 of the 1977 Act, that there is a Chief Herald and that it is legal. The only matter on which I take...

Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Don Lydon: I will be brief in my contribution. This is one of those short Bills introduced from time to time that slips through, as it were. It has been said it is a short, technical and important Bill and that we should pass it. While this is a short Bill, it is a deadly one in many ways. The Minister of State said, "No doubt some of you are wondering why it is necessary for the Bill to give...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Don Lydon: I, too, support the call for the debate on the health service. As Senator Quinn mentioned, we should narrow it to perhaps child or adolescent psychiatry. Psychiatry has always been seen as the Cinderella of the health service and adolescent psychiatry as the Cinderella of the psychiatric service. As long as 30 years ago, I called for investment in this area and successive Governments,...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Don Lydon: I also welcome the Bill. It is short and technical, and as Senator Ryan said, seems to be an amendment to an amendment to an amendment. I am not sure that an international agreement can be amended in this way without returning to the people in a referendum. However, if the legal people say it is acceptable, I suppose it is. Importantly, it will allow funding to continue for cross-Border...

Seanad: Address by the European Union Ambassador to the United States (8 Nov 2006)

Don Lydon: Like everybody else, I welcome the ambassador. As he said, we might have had disputes in the past at home but when people get out on the world stage they are one of our own. It is great we have people like the ambassador and Mr. Peter Sutherland, who is chairman of the Trilateral Commission, who will never forget where they come from. I was interested in the ambassador's comment on Turkey....

Seanad: Address by the European Union Ambassador to the United States (8 Nov 2006)

Don Lydon: What is the ambassador's view? Many people would say Turkey is geographically not part of Europe. Is there is a limit to the amount of expansion we can undertake? Do we move on from here to Georgia, the Ukraine, Belorussia and Kazakhstan? What will happen if Russia applies? There must be a limit to the level of expansion we undertake. Does the ambassador have a view on that?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

Don Lydon: I support Senator Glynn's call for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come into the House to discuss the question of vandalism. I also want to put to the Minister the question of the sale of fireworks, which I believe cannot be sold legally here, yet travelling from Monaghan yesterday morning I saw huge containers full of fireworks. They are also being sold in shops and from...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Don Lydon: I support Senator Bannon's call for a debate on the register of electors. Perhaps we could defer the general election until such time as the matter is sorted out.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Don Lydon: The Chair must rule.

Seanad: White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements (4 Oct 2006)

Don Lydon: At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2005, the Taoiseach said, "It is an affront to our common humanity, five years after the Millennium Summit, that 30,000 children die each day from easily preventable diseases, or that 100 million people go to bed hungry, or that 100 million children are not receiving a basic education." These words are included in the Foreword to the White...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Don Lydon: I call for a debate on migration, immigration and integration in light of a high level conference held on the matter in the UN and two reports from the National Economic and Social Council. The ESRI recently pronounced that workers from Romania and Bulgaria should be banned from Ireland or at least limited in the numbers who can come here. A Gallup poll conducted in September in Bulgaria...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Don Lydon: It does not matter what one's views are. Legislation must be made by the Houses of the Oireachtas and it should not wait for judges to make some decision. Let us have a bit of courage.