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Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Michael McDowell: This motion speaks for itself but I want to put the background to it on the record. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has not decided anything on the closure of the Members' reading room. The Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform has received a submission but has not approved it. The submission would mean the existing reading room, which is the shared facility of Senators...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...'s Department - I am aware I am using the phrase "Deputy Harris's Department" in a temporary sense - has before this House a Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. By simply proposing a Standing Orders motion, this provision could easily be introduced to it as an additional section. It could be done properly, I would say with the consent of all Members of this House, within a...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)

Michael McDowell: ...showed very little interest in having it there. In fairness, that is the truth of the situation. The Minister, Deputy O’Brien, as I understand it hopes to have somebody on the Government benches move an amendment to the motion for a Second Reading of this Bill today to postpone the Second Reading until 31 December 2021 in order that further consideration to the implementation of...