O'Toole, Joe JohnWednesday, 21 September 1988 |
Seanad Eireann Debate
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Order of Business.
We also welcome the fact that the House has returned early to work on a programme of legislation. We have heard some quite disconcerting rumours that the House is going to meet for only a week or a w...
It is disgraceful that only one item has been proposed by the Leader of the House today. That is not good enough. We need to know what the programme of work is going to be for the next number of mo...
I have made the point that this is the only opportunity which I have had to discuss this matter in any formal way. I quite understand that it is not a matter for you, a Chathaoirligh: I am addressing...
No, I am not.
I wish to ask will the Leader of the House place on the Order of Business those motions on the Order Paper today which will address the issues which are topical and relevant to the problems in Irish s...
A Chathaoirligh, I would like to raise a serious point of order. I have been thinking about the charge made by Senator McGowan which you said should be dealt with by the CPP. I would like the Leader ...
On a point of order—— (Interruptions.)
On a point of order, two charges were made against me. (Interruptions.)
I ask that the charges made against me, neither of which are true, be either substantiated or withdrawn. I never proposed to disrupt the Business of the House ever. The record will show that on certa...
On a point of order, that charge was never made. The charge was that there was no discussion or consultation about Private Members' time.
The only consultation was that the Companies Bill would be taken, nothing further.
That is a lie. I am not going to sit here listening to lies.
That is untrue——
How can we do so if there is no Private Members' time?
Is there a programme of work from now until Christmas?
Companies (No. 2) Bill, 1987: Committee Stage (Resumed).
I might be of some help to the House in this matter. I recall returning from a fair in Dingle some years ago after selling some animals with my uncle and being asked by my grandfather what price we ...
I have lost my notes on the section and I would like to have the reference to subsection (2) of the Principal Act explained if the Minister would not mind. I do not have that with me at the moment. ...
I thought that was the area that was being covered. I welcome, and certainly the trade union movement welcome, this attempt at tightening up the legislation. It is long past the time when that type ...
“The court may, on cause shown...” I would like the Minister to expand on the type of “cause shown”, and what exactly is envisaged by this section.
Is the Minister saying that a person takes the matter to the court and puts forward the arguments and gives the causes or the reasons or the case for the removal of the receiver and that the court ju...
I accept that. I see the value in not listing them because a list can be interpreted by a judge as giving a certain direction of thought when, in fact, it is nearly impossible to consider the variety...
It is good really that we are all agreed on this point. It is an imaginative and a fairly major step forward. I think it will work. There will be difficulties. There will always be difficulties in ...
I am sorry. I thought we were talking about the section in general.
I move amendment No. 205: In page 113, between lines 31 and 32, to insert a new paragraph as follows: “(d) a trade union representing employees of the company.” I am sorry that I am about to repeat my...
I stand very firmly on the left of the political spectrum. We are talking about interested parties. I do not want to flog this thing to death. I am saying that the employees or the representatives ...
I have a mixed response to what the Minister has said. We are back to where we left off in July on the previous part where we had a similar discussion. Do I take it that what the Minister is saying h...
Do I interpret the Minister as saying that he intends to bring in at this stage of the Bill an amendment to include the word “employee”?
Politics is the art of the possible and only the art of the possible. Certainly when one puts forward a proposal one is always a bit unhappy if it is not accepted. I do appreciate that the Minister h...
In regard to the point raised by Senatory Ryan I must say that I tend to agree with the Minister, but I want to be sure that my interpretation is correct. Senator Ryan was worried that a company coul...
I welcome this amendment and in particular the time limit. Right through the discussion of this Bill we have all agreed that time limits tighten up the procedure admirably. Could the Minister direct ...
I am inclined to agree on that particular point. I take Senator Ryan's point about the need for access to this information by the interested parties, but I could foresee a situation, for instance, th...
An example strikes me of where this type of thing could lead to insider trading. I recall that Fóir Teoranta were involved in a public company which was based in the Limerick area some years back and...
I have a difficulty with this subsection. I always worry about taking away support structures or protective structures. Any of us who have been involved in any kind of organisation of any descriptio...
It is very hard to decide the number of days. The type of company would dictate a great deal. I would like “reasonable notice”. A judgment is made then and the courts decide if it was unreasonable ...
That is all right.
It just shows how constructive we are when we do not have all the interruptions from the far side of the House.
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