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Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le Senator Paddy Burke ar bheith tofa mar Chathaoirleach. When Senator Mary White indicated that she would single out for special mention one of the Taoiseach's nominees, I was disappointed that it was not me. However, I will get over that. I agree with my Sinn Féin colleague, Senator Cullinane, that it might be a good idea to have a representative...

Seanad: Progress on the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Ar dtús, molaim an Aire Stáit as teacht isteach agus léargas ar an straitéis 20 bliain a chur os ár gcomhair. Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis as a cheapachán. Luaigh sé Micí Mac Gabhann agus Rotha Mór an tSaoil. Nuaira chuaigh Micí go dtí an Yukon ag lorg óir, bhí sé ag marcaíocht ar mhaidí na gcosán de bharr easpa airgid agus araile. Tá an Ghaeilge ag marcaíocht ar mhaidí...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Tá cineál slaghdán orm freisin. Tá rud éigin i mo scornach. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis as a cheapachán mar Aire. Gabhaim buíochas leis as teacht isteach inniu. There is a novel by a Russian named Nabokov called Invitation to a Beheading. The main character invited finds out it is his own beheading. I was listening to Senator...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Fan nóiméad. Does the Senator wish to talk or will she let me talk?

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Go raibh maith agat. That increased the language support teaching in some schools from two to six. However, it was 2008 before the then Minister of State, Conor Lenihan, introduced guidelines for the assessment of needs in respect of language support teachers. It was another case of putting the cart before the horse and throwing money around like snuff at a wake without proper evaluation....

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I spoke yesterday evening to a principal in a DEIS school for whom I have tremendous respect as a person deeply committed to resource provision. He described as "just about right" the provision whereby schools with fewer than 25% of pupils in need will receive support for two years while those with a higher concentration of disadvantaged students will receive support for three years. I...

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Will the Leader bring the Taoiseach's attention to the results of the seminar on the abolition of the Seanad to which Senator Mary White referred earlier? The clincher argument at this seminar was that abolishing the Seanad would lead to a democratic deficit with the checks and balances necessary to a functioning democracy diluted. I have no interest in spending the next five years here...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I agree with Senator Bacik on the need for support teachers for Traveller children. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify how Traveller children will be supported in his new dispensation?

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (28 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach agus gabhaim buíochas leis as bheith anseo. Fine Gael opposed the budget because it was a poor budget that did not address the existing problems and not specifically because of the provisions for the primary school transport scheme announced therein, which the Minister now is implementing. I welcome and acknowledge the constructive...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I want to move away from economic matters for a while. It is of deep concern to me that a large percentage of Sinn Féin supporters in Northern Ireland, and perhaps even the majority, do not now want a united Ireland. The recent Northern Ireland life survey, which has been published annually since 1998, found that 52% of Catholics in the North would prefer to remain in the United Kingdom....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: -----and who stand by Article 3.1 of the Constitution, as amended, which states that "It is the firm will of the Irish Nation, in harmony and friendship, to unite all the people ... of Ireland". I ask that this matter be brought urgently by the Leader to the attention of the appropriate body, such as the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, for immediate...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Following on from what Senator Tom Sheahan said, there was a postman in Haggardstown one Christmas who got fed up and burned his three sacks of mail. He thought that would solve his problems and he went to the pub, but it created more problems. Senator Barrett indicated that the troika - the three wise men - are visiting us again. We must again address the bailout because leadership from...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bille seo, agus molaim an tAire Stáit. I have heard the Bill referred to several times as a sticking plaster solution, but there are only three things about managing any situation: keeping things going, coping with breakdowns, and doing new things. This Bill is coping with a breakdown in the system, which the Minister has inherited. I was looking forward to the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I do not know how true that is, but that is the popular view. Senator Barrett referred to Dr. Noel Browne being brought down by the medical profession or the church, but I thought it was the same thing at the time because the bishop's brother was the consultant and his sister was the mother superior or hospital matron. It was that type of situation whereby we had the elitism that Professor...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I, too, would welcome it if the Minister came to the House. He is very busy----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: The Senators can intimidate Deputy Frank Feighan all they like - they are the bully boys in Irish politics - but they will not intimidate me. I will not be shouted down.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: The Minister is very busy trying to fix a broken system. If there was a problem at a hospital, the first thing a solicitor would ask for was a HIQA report. The Minister must be mindful of this. The only political party to close a hospital in Ireland in the past ten years is Sinn Féin. Bairbre de Brún closed Omagh hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Jim D'Arcy: I am only making a point.