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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...then be told to get out there and sell that message to the wider public. That is what this public forum is really about. We need something better than the equivalent of 60 little plastic nodding dogs on the dashboard of the gravy train that is Irish Water. The Government talks about empowering local communities and strengthening democracy, but how in the name of God could this be...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (18 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...the people who voted for me being disrespected by the failure on the part of the Minister, Deputy Kelly, or any Minister to engage with those with whom he might disagree. If the Minister wants nodding dashboard dogs to discuss any contentious issue, so be it, but the Minister of State should not call it a democratic revolution or an improvement in democracy. It is not democracy, but...

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...is a kind of built-in majority in the Upper House such that when members of the Government parties speak on something, the majority of Seanadóirí will nod their assent. They are like the little dogs one sometimes sees in the rear windscreens of cars, with their bobble heads going up and down. The Seanad is a clone of Government party structures. It is only when something goes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grounds on which the docking of the tails of certain working breeds of dogs can be justified; and if this is related to the requirements for showing such dogs. [50636/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the docking of dogs tails will still be permitted, even though section 16 of the Animal Welfare Act would appear to prohibit such practices for cosmetic purposes. [48825/13]

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Michael Colreavy: ...not a member of the previous Administration, I believe the discussion today shows Sinn Féin was wise and correct when it called for a separation of the Welfare of Greyhounds Bill from the general dog breeding establishments and animal welfare legislation. This course of action has been proven to be wise. Deputy Cowen referred to the very good work being done in the greyhound racing and...