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Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Diarmuid Wilson: Before I call Senator O'Loughlin, I welcome Ms Mary Pat Kelly to the Visitors Gallery. You are very welcome here. Mary Pat is a guest of Senator Currie.

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Diarmuid Wilson: Before I put the question to the House, I welcome guests of Senator Conway, Pat and Anna Beary, to the Public Gallery. They are cousins of the Senator.

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: Before I ask the Minister of State if he has anything further to add, I would like to welcome Maria Lehane and Pat Davitt from the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, who are guests of Senator Aidan Davitt. You are very welcome to Leinster House. Does the Minister have anything further to add?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...election campaign in which he was very active. He stood for Donegal County Council despite being a very busy businessman and community activist. He put his name forward after his cousin, James Pat McDaid, who was a young councillor, decided to step down and not seek re-election on this occasion. I join in the tributes that have been paid to Manus and extend my sympathies to his wife,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Mar 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...it was included with the committee on agriculture. I commend him on the work he has done through the years for fisheries and fishermen. I also commend my colleague in the Lower House, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, who has continually raised this issue but got blank replies from various Ministers. I agree with my colleagues on Bloody Sunday. Fourteen people were murdered in 1972 and now...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Senators Conway-Walsh, Norris and Leyden in welcoming the decision of the Supreme Court in London on the Finucane case. The court found that no satisfactory inquiry was held into the murder of Pat Finucane in front of his wife and children in 1989. I reiterate my party's support for a public inquiry into that murder.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Pat Buckley in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. He is very welcome. I call Senator Black.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...his role. I commend my party colleague, Deputy James Browne, and the various mental health advocacy groups on the work they have undertaken in bringing the Bill to fruition. I also thank Deputy Pat Buckley for his input. He spoke to me about the amendment we passed in the Seanad and subsequently agreed not to pursue. As we heard, Deputy Buckley accepts what the Minister of State said...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: One can say St. Job or St. Jude, as Senator Buttimer can attest. The saint in question is the patron saint of hopeless cases. Unfortunately, I am afraid that the announcement by Eir yesterday casts the 500,000 people living in rural Ireland who await broadband, which is a service that has been repeatedly promised, into a state of crisis. Senator Humphreys referred to the fact that some...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I share Senator Warfield's disappointment at the Court of Appeal's decision in Belfast yesterday in the Pat Finucane murder. My party fully supports the Finucane family in its attempt to have an independent investigation into this horrific act. The Bus Éireann dispute is a serious matter. I join with colleagues who have raised it here this morning. It is a vital piece of...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: Pat Kenny is not here to defend himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...'s office yesterday evening. The circumstances of the attack remain unclear. However, the attack is unacceptable, regardless of the circumstances. I heard the Taoiseach's being interviewed on "The Pat Kenny Show" on my way here this morning. He said something that we should all be aware of. He said that in his 40 years in public life he had become aware of how to judge the...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am glad to have the opportunity to say a few brief words in memory of the late iar Sheanadóir Bernard McGlinchey and in doing so, to express my personal sympathy to his wife, Liz, and his family, and to his partner and friend for many years, Ms Kathleen Sweeney. Unlike Senator MacSharry, I did not know the late Senator McGlinchey well. I had heard of him through Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Senator Naughton to the House. I wish her well in the next two and a half years or so that remain in this Seanad. I commend Senator David Norris on his excellent contribution on "Today with Pat Kenny" this morning. I encourage him to keep going throughout the summer until we have well and truly won this proposed referendum. I am conscious of the fact that the legislation has not passed...

Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Jan 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank Senator O'Sullivan for his contribution. I call Senator Pat O'Neill. The Senator has ten minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I ask the Leader when the review of the community employment schemes will be published. Perhaps he would give the date of publication. I join Senator Pat O'Neill and Senator Michael Comiskey in calling for a debate on local authority rates. This is a significant issue, especially for small businesses, and is causing enormous hardship for many. I am aware of a case where the rates on a...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: Does Senator Pat O'Neill still wish to provide clarification?

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte.

Seanad: Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...and Bosnia Herzegovina. Ireland is taking leadership roles in these missions. For example, we provided the commander for the original EUFOR mission to Chad in the person of Lieutenant General Pat Nash and, until recently, held command of the task force central area in Kosovo. We have been able to take these crucial and important roles as a result of the considerable investment in...

Seanad: School Accommodation (2 Dec 2008)

Diarmuid Wilson: ..., Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It is one of two or three schools within the county, but this school in particular is in a deplorable condition. Councillors Michael McCarey and Gerry Murray and Mr. Pat Smith of the school's board of management, along with the school principal, Donall O'Donnchadha, have been writing to me and Senator O'Reilly. The morale of the staff is at an all-time low,...