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Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Seán Barrett: We will not deal with dogs now. We will deal with the amount of time that is available.

Topical Issue Matters (13 Jun 2013)

Seán Barrett: ...- the impact on energy security of the proposed sale of the oil storage terminal based on Whiddy Island, Bantry Bay, and the oil refinery based at Whitegate, County Cork; (13) Deputy Derek Keating - dog control laws; (14) Deputy Brendan Smith - the need to progress to construction stage the proposed building project for St. Kilian's national school, Mullagh, County Cavan; (15) Deputy...

Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Seán Barrett: They are like dogs in traps. They should wait until the traps open before they try to get out.

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Seán Barrett: ...in prize money when the horse is put to race. Horse Racing Ireland does not have the money to give to prize money or to provide any other grants for improving conditions at race tracks or at dog tracks in the case of the greyhound industry. Both industries are vitally important. When Fine Gael went into Government in 1982, betting tax was 20%. In his first budget, Alan Dukes reduced the...

Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security: Motion (11 Nov 2010)

Seán Barrett: ...to the current approach whereby the Executive produces a Bill, Second Stage is taken in the Chamber and the Bill is then sent down to the bowels of LH2000 for Committee Stage where two men and a dog, if dogs were allowed entry, examine it. In the meantime, one has a file full of representations from various interest groups seeking amendments that would avoid certain outcomes. A select...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Seán Barrett: ...if people are going about their normal business in a sensible and reasonable manner. There is no need to be passing laws unless legislators are forced into implementing them to ensure that dogs, hounds or whatever are treated properly. I have never heard of any packs of hounds being mistreated, and therefore I fail to see why the Legislature needs to impose regulations that are...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

Seán Barrett: ...and that as a State we cannot dishonour bonds that banks took upon themselves. Since when was this the case? The bondholders who gave this money knew exactly the risk they were taking. Any dog in the street could see the likes of Anglo Irish Bank and others were pumping money into property and escalating values that no one could justify. They took the risk. Why must the taxpayer now...

Oireachtas Reform. (23 Sep 2009)

Seán Barrett: ...be so. Every Member should have a right to the debate and it should be broadcast on radio and television. Every year a finance Bill is examined in a committee room and there would be two men and a dog present except the dog would not be allowed in. Nobody knows what is happening in the debate so it is a complete waste. We should go back to the days when committees dealt with the heads...