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Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Jan 2016)

Sean Barrett: ...in another pattern. We are doing that in the year of commemorations as we think more about the nature of this country and society and the need to expand on traditional interpretations of it. That is echoed in Declan Kiberd's examination of Field Day and its expression here in this House and in the political and social life of Ireland. He said that when Mary Robinson was elected...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...profit per year. We are pretty good at these businesses. Let us keep the expertise there in the new structure. There is much merit in what Senator Craughwell has proposed and in the Leader's response. It echoes many of the useful elements of the debate on Committee Stage. In that context, I am happy to second Senator Craughwell's amendment.

Seanad: Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Sean Barrett: I extend a welcome to the Minister of State and the Bill. I echo all of the accolades that have been bestowed on Deputy Willie Penrose in his promotion of this matter. Bringing the bankruptcy term back to one year is a good move and protecting the family home is commendable. In addition, the provision whereby people who deliberately conceal assets may face a bankruptcy term of up to eight...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...arts as a major contributor to this society, enriching North-South relations and relations between Ireland and the world. It is a major part of how Ireland presents itself to the world. I echo the sentiments of Senator Mac Conghail. I did not know it was the Minister's first Bill, but it is a pretty good place to start and I wish her and the National Concert Hall every success. It is...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo everything Senator Norris has said. More than 200 of the amendments seek to amend the amendments made on Committee Stage. The Bill is now an item of solely historic interest. It is impossible to proceed with the Committee Stage amendments, the Report Stage amendments and the Bill, all side by side. We should reprint the Bill as it now is. More than 200 amendments are amending the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...did not respond yesterday do not hesitate to lecture the Oireachtas on how to conduct its duties. Those organisations were remarkably silent when asked to declare the salaries of their executives. I echo Senator Hayden's call for a debate on housing, if it can be facilitated. No. 47, which has one of those mysterious small numbers referred to by Senator Norris, remains outstanding. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo Senators Cahill and Ó Clochartaigh in praising the work of the First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, in bringing the peace process forward in this country. In addition to going to Clontibret, as Senator Wilson stated, I met him twice in Dublin Castle so he comes South on more peaceful visits. At the installation of President Michael D. Higgins, I, like Senator Cahill, found him to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo what Senator Bacik has said about the Northern Ireland agreement, A Fresh Start, which includes compensation for the removal of the peace walls. I hope the latter will be possible. There will also be a fund to secure, once and for all, the end of paramilitary groups, which have done much damage. There is also some funding for project relating to the A5, which connects Aughnacloy,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: I welcome Senator Máiría Cahill. I hope she will enjoy being here. I look forward to hearing the perspective she will bring from Belfast to the deliberations of this House. I echo what other Senators have said about the bombings in Paris. I commend the Taoiseach on his statement. I also commend Uachtarán na hÉireann, who went to the French Embassy in Merrion Square...

Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (12 Nov 2015)

Sean Barrett: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I echo Senator D'Arcy's welcome to the Minister of State, Deputy Harris. I thank his officials for the speech which they supplied to us. The first segment, as the Minister of State has said, contains the measures to deal with the single revolution - I am sorry - the Single Resolution Mechanism. It nearly became a single revolution mechanism when we...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo the observations of Senator Cullinane. We have a parliamentary democracy and citizens have serious concerns about what is happening to our environment but we have a serious non-response from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government which does not want to be called to account. I am so proud to be a member of this Oireachtas. We will leave office shortly and...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo what Senator Bacik said about Professor Philip Lane and the tributes paid to him by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, as he assumes the office of Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. It is a quarter of a century ago that he came to my scholarship class before going on to Harvard and Columbia. I am sure he will bring many talents to his new post. In the presence of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo everything that has been said so sincerely by our colleagues concerning the loss of lives at Carrickmines and Omeath. This is the House of the people and if there is anything that we, the Members, can do for those bereaved people they can call upon us. I am sure there will be expressions of solidarity with them on the days of the funerals. I welcome the fact that the Government is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo Senator Coghlan's comments. I compliment the Labour Party Senators, in particular Senators Whelan and Landy, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, for agreeing to study the question of legal costs and the substitution of a no-fault system for the adversarial system. It is a most interesting matter as we do have high legal costs in Ireland. A figure in the NTMA annual report...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo Senator Bacik and others in their sentiments of appreciation for Jimmy Harte and Paddy Harte. Paddy Harte and Glenn Barr did such work in promoting reconciliation on this island, long before it had entered the political mainstream. We will miss Jimmy Harte very much in this House. I wish to raise the closure of the School of Modern Languages at the Ulster University in Coleraine as...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Sep 2015)

Sean Barrett: Thank you very much, Chairman, and welcome to Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Walsh. I echo the Chairman's earlier welcome to you. In your statement, you state that PwC's role in many of these meetings was to obtain, analyse and summarise information from the banks. What was the response to PwC on liquidity, loan exposure and provision of assessments to ... from the other participants on the 28...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Thank you, Chairman, and I echo with the Chairman's welcome to you here this evening. Just in your own address to us, that you sent in in the core documents you said the traditional conservative approach to lending in EBS unravelled in the period 2000 to 2007. Would you like to expand on that?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Thank you, Chairman, and I echo the Chairman's welcome to you here this evening, Mr. O'Reilly.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: ...economic dialogue. He points to the considerable contradiction between people arguing for extra spending and being unwilling to pay for it. That is what got us into trouble previously. It is an echo of the past. In Dublin Castle last week, 140 people from unions, business, farming and the voluntary sector met. All of them want more and, presumably, this House is meant to borrow the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: ..."old lawyers, old bankers, old businessmen, who ... have begun to govern the world". I hope the Cabinet's deliberations in the west are not influenced by old lawyers, bankers and businessmen. I echo the support that has been expressed for the chairman of the Committee for Finance and Personnel of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr. Daithí McKay, who has asked for representatives of...