Results 61-80 of 18,703 for speaker:Michael McDowell
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Michael McDowell: Vótáil.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I am opposed to the Order of Business as proposed by the Leader. To guillotine the Planning and Development Bill in the manner proposed is a crass insult to the House. The Bill costs a layperson €71 to purchase. It was brought through Dáil Éireann and into this House, we were given two days to consider, I believe, 664 amendments to it, and Committee Stage was guillotined...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I do not know why Opposition Senators should even bother attending the debate. We have reached the point where their views are being rubbished. This House is the ultimate rubber stamp. This is being done by the Leader. No notice was given to the leaders and Whips that this guillotine would happen. There has been no consultation of any kind whatsoever. The first that I, as Whip of our...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I am sorry, but------
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I am going to be a little bit disorderly. The Cathaoirleach knows that I respect the Chair-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----but the time has come for this House to stand up for itself-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----and the Constitution and to say “No” to all of this. I will end with this threat. The House depends on co-operation to run. The Leader has forfeited co-operation today. She will have votes on everything and no co-operation if she goes ahead with this.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I ask the Leader to reconsider the barbarous abuse of parliamentary procedure in which she is engaging. It is all very well to discuss other issues today, and they are important-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: -----but this House is being treated disgracefully.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: There have never been fewer members of the Defence Forces in the history of independent Ireland than today.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: You and I are on the same wavelength but-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: No.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: Please speak to Dublin City Council about the traffic. It is unbelievable.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: I do.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: These amendments are designed to preserve the existing law in Ireland. It is a law that is being deliberately breached day in, day out by powerful casino operators in this city. Under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, one cannot run an amusement hall unless a local authority has decided that either in the whole of or in part of its area there should be a regime in place that permits the...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: First, I welcome the discussion on the amendments I have put forward. I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the Chamber this evening. I further welcome what Senator Paul Gavan has said in particular as well as what other members have said in respect of the principle of this legislation and the amendments I have tabled. The Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 provided that a...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Michael McDowell: It has not. I would put a lot of money on that it has not. Therefore, under Part III of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, whatever happens in any part of Wexford, despite the abolition of the urban district councils and the like, is unlawful. What can a local authority do? The only people who can act in this matter are members of An Garda Síochána. They can prosecute. They...