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Seanad: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2023)

Michael McDowell: Cuirim fáilte roimh an t-Aire. In regard to this Bill, I can see there is a kind of hole in our economic security apparatus if I may put it that way, that this Bill is necessary to address. The principle of the Bill that we are debating today is something with which I have no major difficulty. It seems to me, bearing in mind what Senator Crowe and the Minister of State have said, that...

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Michael McDowell: At the outset, I wish to indicate that at one point I was involved on behalf of Lucia O'Farrell in legal proceedings. I am no longer involved in those proceedings. I declare that before anybody makes some point about it. The O'Farrell family knows that nothing that can be done now can bring Shane back. They also know that nothing can be done to reverse the outcome of the trial of Mr....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McDowell: In relation to what is happening in Gaza I want to make some remarks. What happened last Saturday must be classified as utterly unforgivable, utterly wrong and completely inexcusable. To invade across an internationally recognised boundary, round up people and slaughter them and bring some of them back across the boundary for the purpose of making them hostages is a crime against humanity,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legal Aid (3 Oct 2023)

Michael McDowell: I welcome the Minister of State. It is a sad day that outside every criminal court in Ireland, the barristers' profession is standing in protest against the unjust actions of our Government, which has been blind to a serious unfairness visited on them. From 2008 to 2011, there was a reduction in barristers' fees, in light of the economic crisis of the time, of between 28% and 69%. In real...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legal Aid (3 Oct 2023)

Michael McDowell: Briefly in reply, I welcome the Minister of State's remarks. Indeed, I welcomed the view taken by the Minister for Justice at the event I referred to earlier but it is not good enough that a Department of State, which is part of a collective Government, should leave us in a position whereby the Director of Public Prosecutions conducted a review, recommended the ending of these cutbacks but...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: Five years and eight months ago, the Taoiseach delivered an address to this House nine months after his appointment as Taoiseach on St. Brigid's Day, Lá Fhéile Bríde. He told us he wanted to share his thoughts on the reform of Irish politics. He told us that while he had originally supported the abolition of the Seanad, the people had spoken and the matter would not be...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I have a copy of the all-party report, which the Taoiseach ignored-----

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: There was in the previous one. The Taoiseach said he would honour it but he did not.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: That is not proposed. That is a direct untruth.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: Respect for the truth comes before respect for the man. The Taoiseach is telling us untruths here.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I was in this room when he told me his real-----

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I am not. I am asking for some basic truth.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: Like Senator Malcolm Byrne, I want to identify myself completely with the remarks made by Senator Mullen about higher education. I was present for the speech to which he referred. It is an alarming situation. Today, I raise a topic that will be of interest to the Leader, namely that of the Defence Forces. I congratulate the Ranger wing of the Army and Air Corps for their operation off the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: I entirely support everything that is in the motion tabled by the Fianna Fáil Senators here today. I want to say at the outset, however, that I have full confidence in the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. This House should respect him and support him because he is bringing about effective change in a force which I, as a former Minister for Justice, know needs reform and...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: Sometimes the dog eats it, though.

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: The Senator’s partners in government are holding Fianna Fáil back.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Michael McDowell: I identify with the remarks of Senator Gallagher about the Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cathaoirleach, Clerk and Clerk Assistant, and all members of staff. I wish them a happy holiday and thank them for all the work they have done. In the autumn, we fully expect to see the Taoiseach here to deal with the question of Seanad reform. I note the Supreme Court has yet to adjudicate on the application...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McDowell: I believe in the right of the state of Israel to exist. I believe that Resolution 242 of the United Nations represents the correct position in international law as regards the boundaries of the state of Israel. I regard the creeping annexation of the West Bank territories as illegal and manifestly illegal. I regard the establishment of settlements on Palestinian land as wholly contrary to...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Michael McDowell: I will be brief.I agree with what Senator Gavan said. The effect of this is to kill this legislation. We often come through the gates of Leinster House and see people carrying placards that say "Kill the Bill" in regard to different topics, but every person who goes through the Government lobby tonight should carry that placard because it is trying to kill this Bill. The last thing I want...

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