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Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: As the proposer of the amendment, Deputy O'Dowd does not have any time limit on his final contribution. If he is pressing his amendment, he will have to do so before we suspend at 1.30 p.m.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Deputy O'Dowd, without interruption.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Amendments Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, Nos. 8, 9, 11, 32, 34, 36, 44, 47 to 51, inclusive, and 53, 55, 56, 59, 73, and 75 to 78, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 3 and all may be discussed together by agreement.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: They are grouped in the document I have.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: A mistake was made and amendment No. 3 should have been included in the group. I am bound by the pink sheet. If the question on amendment No. 3 is negatived it should be taken to cover all amendments in the group.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is this related to the amendment?

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy in place to administer the over 70 years medical card application scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the medical card administration is centralised, that there is a delay of up to eight months in processing applications and that some applications submitted are mislaid; her views on whether the...

Flood Relief: Statements. (24 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: No one was injured or worse last weekend in Cork or in any other part of the country, thank God. I commend the way the people of Cork have managed in this difficult time without water and will continue to manage until Cork City Council restores supply. I do not recall ever in my life seeing rain such as fell last Thursday and Friday. It was unprecedented in the history of the city and the...

Flood Relief: Statements. (24 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Six hours after the flooding Cork City Council and Cork County Council had tankers on the ground, thanks to Dairygold, Kerry Co-op and other private owners, to make water available and have it in place when the pipes in the city ran dry. The water shortage affected 2,000 homes on the south side of the city and 16,000 homes and businesses on the north side. Cork City Council and Cork County...

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I wish to share time with Deputy Mary Wallace.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I welcome this Bill and commend the Minister of State on bringing it forward. Due to the massive changes that have taken place in this country over the past 30 years, the number of Irish children placed for adoption has been drastically reduced. No one would wish for a return to a time when an unplanned pregnancy outside marriage was a source of shame and secrecy and a stigma for the woman...

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: The Deputy has 12 minutes left of 20.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: There are just the two of you.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: There are three minutes and ten seconds left.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: In this slot. Does Deputy Reilly wish to leave his contribution for another slot? Obviously, he would not be able to do so immediately after this slot.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Proceed Deputy O'Connor. You are not under serious assault.

Adoption Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I must ask Deputy Shatter to conclude, as I must bring in Deputy Jan O'Sullivan before lunch.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: From the Seanad (18 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed. Seanad amendment No. 1: Section 5: In page 4, to delete lines 14 to 17 and substitute the following: ""holding area officer" means— (a) a governor, or a member of the Garda Síochána, in whose temporary custody a person is placed under section 6, (b) a person who assumes the...