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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: These are all important issues which must be taken into account and which, by the Government's own criteria, have to be taken into account. I ask the Minister to assure me that these elements have been costed and that he, as the line Minister who will be signing the cheque for this project and putting his own imprimatur to it, has seen those details. Will he further ensure that those...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: Fianna Fáil has been arguing since 2006 against having only one plant and is on the record in that regard-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: -----when it was proposed to locate it in Portrane.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: The Minister is not correct. He should check his facts.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: The Minister will have to check his sources on that.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: Even when we are talking about millions of euro?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I genuinely think that-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: -----it is extraordinary that up to €1 billion-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am disappointed the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, is not here as this issue relates to his geographical area. However, I ask the Minister of State to highlight the issues for the Minister on my behalf. The reason I have tabled this matter is the need to discuss the chaotic situation regarding mental health services in the north Dublin...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I appreciate that the Minister of State is replying on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. However, I am disappointed with the reply provided for him which does not reflect the reality on the ground. While reference has been made to the additional posts allocated, they have been in the pipeline for some time and are not yet filled. The reply does not reflect the urgency...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: That would be appreciated. On the Minister of State's suggestion that I forward the letter to the Minister, I write to him weekly and the longest reply I have ever received is two lines. As stated by many other Members in the past, everything is referred to the HSE which cannot reply because it is constrained from a policy point of view. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State could...

Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I join colleagues in strongly welcoming the Bill and commend Senator Quinn for bringing it forward. I welcome the Minister of State's remarks that the Bill is accepted in principle. I hope we can move it forward at a faster pace than his initial response indicated. The early availability of defibrillators has been recommended in a number of different reports and much of the research work...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: The Fianna Fáil party strongly supports the extension of the powers contained in the motion. I would prefer if we did not need a Special Criminal Court to hear cases but, unfortunately, we do. During the last debate we discussed the ongoing threat posed by dissident terrorist groups in this country. The scale of gangland crime that is evident in Dublin and other cities is frightening....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: Sorry; I will say it endorsed terrorist activities in this country in the past. It had a very close connection, a deep and personal relationship, between three people involved in the Sinn Féin party and terrorist groups in the country that led to the deaths, as pointed out earlier in our discussion of the previous motion, of innocent civilians and members of the Garda...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: The legislation is necessary to prevent the collapse of trials such the Keane trial, in which gangland criminals intimidated people to avoid paying for what they did. As I said, I wish we did not need a Special Criminal Court, but we do. Therefore, it is incumbent on all of us, as legislators, to ensure we have the most effective criminal justice system possible and to give the Garda the...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I welcome the Minister and extend the good wishes of the Fianna Fáil group to the Minister of State. We have had good exchanges with him on further education and training issues and I hope he will make a quick recovery. I very much welcome the legislation. It is the third Bill relating to reform of the further education sector that we have discussed in the past few months. It is a...

Seanad: Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I am finding the Senator's contribution most interesting.

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: We support this amendment in respect of the Coroners Acts. In general the lack of support for families and people who have to face inquests is dreadful. It is a very stressful process. Many families find it bewildering as they have not been party to an inquest previously, particularly when there have been tragic circumstances relating to a death within a family. There is a desperate need...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I strongly welcome the inclusion of the new provision. It is important to increase the visibility of family court proceedings as it will improve confidence and reassure people that there is consistency across the board. The provision will shine a light on what has often been a very secretive area of Irish law. However, it is essential that we have watertight provisions to protect people's...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Averil Power: I move amendment No. 10: In page 8, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“6. Section 133 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): “(4) A register maintained by the Insolvency Service shall remain confidential at all stages.”.”.The amendment arose out of discussions that the Fianna...