Results 1-20 of 22 for sligo speaker:Diarmuid Wilson

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...are costing him economically and health wise. I call on the Leader to arrange at an early date a debate on the infrastructural deficit that is a reality for people who live north of a line between Sligo and Dublin. I instanced here previously the fact that if one looks at a railway map from the 1920s, the entire 32 counties of this island were covered by the rail network, and nobody was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...from a railway station on the 32-county island, and this was a time when people had to use a horse and cart. Looking at the railway map of today, there is no rail line to Dublin north of Galway or Sligo. More worrying, a map of motorway infrastructure that has been constructed over the past 20 years shows a very disturbing similarity, with a total disconnect from the Border region and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...being put on them, there was no mention of the county from which I come. There was no mention of an extension of the M3, of the bypass of Virginia or of the proposed east-west corridor between Sligo and Dundalk that is vital for the rejuvenation of the area. Whatever Brexit may bring, it will not bring good news to that part of the country which has largely been omitted from the national...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...dodgy or not right then we have a tendency, quite rightly, to stand up to it. I have a final question for the Leader. After the publication of the much talked about national planning framework in Sligo on Friday, will there be an opportunity for Members to debate it in this House? I agree with the contribution made by Senator Boyhan this afternoon when he called for both Houses to have...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...assessment report, for the approval of each House of the Oireachtas before it is published. I understand that the national planning framework is due to be announced this Friday in County Sligo. From the fact that it is being announced in County Sligo, I assume there is good news for Sligo, and I wish its people well. This is a plan that has been put together over a short period of time....

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...who will lose their jobs following the announcement made by Hewlett-Packard this morning. It will affect not only Kildare and Dublin but also counties like my own, as well as Longford, Leitrim, Sligo and others. Like others, I was horrified watching the "Prime Time Investigates" programme on Monday evening on waiting lists. Unfortunately, the news was not new to some of us as public...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...until I am satisfied of the bona fides of that. It could take some time for that to become clear. I will not rush to judgment. I take people as I see them and those two individuals, one from Sligo and one from Monaghan, whom I know personally, are decent people and elected by their communities for many, many years.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Diarmuid Wilson: ..., on a point of order. Earlier during the order of Business, Senator O'Neill made some serious and unfounded allegations about Senator MacSharry regarding the protest that took place in Sligo town last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...on the Tánaiste. I also condemn what happened to the Minister for Finance yesterday and the Taoiseach last night. It is unfortunate, however, that Senator O’Neill has tried to politicise what happened in Sligo last night by mentioning a colleague of ours in this House, Senator Marc MacSharry. I have no idea if he was at that protest. If he was, he was entitled to be there as...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Commission could have done was to try to come up with a name that encompasses all the constituent parts of the new constituency, as it is certainly not just confined to representing people from Sligo and Leitrim. I ask the Minister to reconsider this constituency to see if anything can be done in this regard.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Commission should be broadened in the future to include somebody with some practical knowledge of public representation. Anybody who would sign off on this Frankenstein constituency of Sligo-Leitrim has absolutely no practical political knowledge.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: Section 3 provides for the reduction of the number of constituencies from 43 to 40. It also means that County Cavan is being carved up. West and south Cavan are being put into the newly-formed Sligo-Leitrim constituency, disenfranchising over 13,000 people in County Cavan. South Donegal will be cut off from the rest of County Donegal and put into the same new Sligo-Leitrim constituency....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...which will come into existence if this Bill is passed, 22 will breach county boundaries. Surely a better job should have been done in that regard. On the naming of the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, was any effort made to recognise the fact that more than 13,000 Cavan people and 7,000 Donegal people will be in this newly formed constituency?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Caoláin, Heather Humphreys, O'Reilly and Smith pointed out the proposal to divide the Cavan-Monaghan constituency and to disenfranchise 13,000 from west and south Cavan and transfer them to the Sligo-Leitrim constituency and likewise disenfranchise 6,000 from south Donegal and put them into what Senator MacSharry referred to as the newly named Sligo-Leitrim constituency. These people do...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...people who are resident in west Cavan. This means everything west of a line from Ballananagh, located just three and a half miles from Cavan town, to Belturbet will from henceforth be part of the Sligo-Leitrim constituency. I consider this proposal to be ludicrous. It makes no sense and to the best of my knowledge means that for the first time in the history of the State, four counties...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2009)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...and more certainly needs to be done to address this issue. He and I know people who are in serious business trouble as a result of people going north of the Border from Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim to buy drink because it is substantially cheaper than it is in the Republic. While they are up there purchasing their drink they also do the rest of their shopping. I welcome...

Seanad: Electoral Amendment Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...decision and the recommendation before us in the Bill. They believe they have been disenfranchised. This happened before. They were divided for 20 years until 1981 when the constituency became Sligo-Leitrim and remained so until the previous general election. They were very disappointed on that occasion but were given to understand that when the constituency came again for revision,...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...regard to this matter. The experience of accident and emergency units throughout the country is not all bad. There are some good examples where the service is working well. For instance, Waterford, Sligo and Kilkenny hospitals, about which Senator Phelan spoke so passionately, appear from reports to be working very well. In his contribution the Minister of State stated: Last year, more...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...accessible. That is to be welcomed, however, it is not good enough that "Wheelchair accessible coaches for scheduled Inter-City services are not yet available". That a disabled person from Cavan, Sligo, Laois or any other county is not in a position to travel to Cavan to Dublin, from Dublin to Cork or from Limerick to Dublin or even from Tipperary to Dublin and back is not good enough....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Rural Renewal Scheme. (27 Nov 2003)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...the House to respond to the need to extend the rural renewal scheme beyond December 2004. The rural renewal scheme was introduced in the upper Shannon area covering areas in counties Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon and all of counties Leitrim and Longford principally because these areas had suffered particular social and economic problems in the preceding decades. We must first acknowledge the...