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Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Those are the people who have supported you, that you guys-----

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Some of the houses being built by local authorities nowadays are to a very high standard. I attended a public private partnership meeting between a builder and representatives of a local authority. The quality of the houses the local authorities build is outstanding and is a credit to them. I will support the Bill because it is important to have regulation of AHBs, given that, as the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Yesterday, we had a debate on the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill. Could the Leader ask the Minister for Education and Skills, who administers the training fund, if he would come to the House to discuss the national training fund? In 2019, there will be a surplus in the training fund of €300 million. Last year there was a surplus of €200 million. Through the introduction of an...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister to debate this very important legislation that enacts changes made in the budget. One of the things I have always liked about that is the smart way we used our money. Rather than giving people straightforward cash, we used it in different ways so that people get benefits across the board rather than simple payments. We must recognise that over the past number of...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Department runs the free travel scheme, which is very welcome and will be worth €95 million in 2020. It is roughly 10% of the revenue of the CIÉ group. This is a large amount of money and the Minister should have some say over the quality of the service it provides. I see old age pensioners waiting at bus stops with no shelters. I know it is not the Minister's function but...

Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is this a private conversation?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is the Senator speaking through the Chair?

Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Jesus.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Senator was.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: What a hypocrite.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Sinn Féin was in government in the North and it pulled the plug.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: She should not be hypocritical.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Minister of State has been to the House often and I have locked horns with him on a couple of occasions but I welcome him this evening. The budget was framed around the Brexit situation. People may say a deal has been done but it has not passed through the British Houses of Parliament and current comment in the UK suggests the person who will lead the next Government hopes to get a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: If Senator Craughwell gets in, everyone will want to get in.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Senator is right.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is the order not what is on this paper?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I was just pointing something out.