Results 1-20 of 61 for going forward speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...listened this morning with interest to Mr. Kieran Donaghy, the former great Kerry footballer who, unfortunately, broke our hearts on a few occasions. The point he made was that the team should not go; they should not play. I would endorse that position because what is happening here is that this team of basketball players are being taunted and abused by people in Israel before the game...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...Fishermen's Association. Something has to be acknowledged first. In my experience of fishing, the inshore, smaller guys were totally disunited historically. It is great to see them coming forward as a national organisation. I wish the organisation well and every success. When I was a young fellow growing up, I would hear it said that the small boats must stay near the shore and the...

Seanad: New Innovations for People with Disabilities (Digital Assistive Technology): Statements (22 Sep 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. She and I acknowledge the amazing work done in the past year through the €2 million granted in the last budget. I hope she has a foot against the door on this occasion and that she will get another €2 million, or maybe more, because the money is extremely well spent. The Minister of State mentioned that many people wear...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. John Horan (29 Jan 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I had the great privilege as a young boy many years ago to see Mick O'Connell and Mick O'Dwyer play down in Killarney and in the old Cork Athletic Grounds. I was fortunate to attend the same boarding school as the late John Egan, who played with the great Kerry team, and I was lucky to get a Gael Linn scholarship as a garsún and sat in the same room, and sometimes at the same desk, as...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Denis O'Donovan: ...both Houses, I would like to thank you most sincerely for your attendance at today's joint sitting and for your engagement with us. Today's discussion has provided a valuable opportunity for us to highlight Ireland's priorities in the current negotiations. I know I speak for all Members when I express our thanks for the support and solidarity we have received from other EU member states,...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Senator to correspond directly with the Leader and the Minister, setting out precisely the problem. It seems to be back and forth every day here ad nauseumand I am not sure if we are going forwards or backwards. I think we are standing time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for attending and for engaging with the members of the joint committees. Today's meeting has provided another opportunity to highlight Ireland's priorities in the Brexit negotiations and the need for flexible and imaginative solutions in regard to the special position of Ireland. The guiding principles published on 7 September by the EU in regard to the talks on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for attending and for engaging with the members of the joint committees. Today's meeting has provided another opportunity to highlight Ireland's priorities in the Brexit negotiations and the need for flexible and imaginative solutions in regard to the special position of Ireland. The guiding principles published on 7 September by the EU in regard to the talks on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for attending and for engaging with the members of the joint committees. Today's meeting has provided another opportunity to highlight Ireland's priorities in the Brexit negotiations and the need for flexible and imaginative solutions in regard to the special position of Ireland. The guiding principles published on 7 September by the EU in regard to the talks on...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Nov 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: ...Senators. I pay a sincere tribute and give thanks to the board of the National Museum of Ireland and its staff for their co-operation with the project and in being neighbourly in allowing it to go ahead. I greatly appreciate the flexibility and pragmatism they have shown and look forward to maintaining the excellent relations that have developed between us in the course of our...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: Tá an-bhród orm agus ar mo chlann go bhfuil an lá seo tagtha. Tá áthas mór orm bheith anseo inniu mar Chathaoirleach Sheanad Éireann. Cé nach bhfuil an Ghaeilge go flúirseach agam, molaim do na Seanadóirí go léir í a úsáid chomh minic agus is féidir. Tá grá mór agam don teanga, ach tá a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: ...heard this is sending out the wrong message. Has this been done, or has it been proposed? If it has been proposed, what are the merits of this? I have heard that it sends a signal that we are going backwards rather than forwards. Might this tarnish both the draft horse and racehorse industries? These are very important to the economy of this country.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: ...-making, decision-making representation and informal support to support people in maximising their decision-making capability. As the time available to me is limited to eight minutes, rather than going over ground on which we all agree, I will bring to the attention of the Minister of State some issues we may raise by way of amendments. The thrust of the Bill is good but there are...

Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: The first sentence of the motion reads, "That Seanad Eireann: commends the Government for the comprehensive and successful process of political reform upon which it is engaged." That is something with which I cannot concur. I primarily concur with the reference in the second paragraph to the effort made to reduce State expenditure. Before the Government took office, significant emphasis...

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: ...was laid before Seanad Éireann on 26 May 2015.I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the House for this important debate. This issue of farm safety is not about us versus the Minister. The way to go is via cohesive policies and creating awareness. Hopefully, the report the public consultation committee produced will shine a light and focus on the tragedies on farms. Not alone...

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: ...compliance issues - in other words, to enforce farm regulations. When we consider the difficulties facing Greece and those that our economy has had and still has, we can see that €4 billion would go a long way towards dealing with some of those. We as a European community are spending €4 billion to ensure that farm regulations are complied with. That money is being spent...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 May 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister to the House. Fianna Fáil accepts the broad thrust of the Bill. It is a long time in the making. It is like a slow Christmas cake in that it has been going on for some time. I understand there were various difficulties, but I must acknowledge that the last time the area of solicitors' partnerships and so on was seriously looked at was the 1890 Act, which was a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: ...to save money. Recently, the person who put in the kitchen – let us say it cost €15,000 – had severe difficulty logging in to sign up for the income tax rebate. Should that lady have gone online before doing the renovations and signed up in advance? That would have been a problem for her because she is not very computer literate. If that is the case many a person...

Seanad: Fisheries Sector: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: ...for a debate on the fishing industry. It is important that at least once or twice per year we have a debate on this valuable industry in the House. It is high time that at senior political and government level we examine the appallingly bad deal we got with the fish quotas from 1973. Successive governments seem to have given up on the notion of ever revisiting or trying to renegotiate...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: ...and cordial. It was on a point of principle that I raised the following issue on the Order of Business today. The Bill was published last Thursday and there was a clear commitment given by the Government Chief Whip, both in the Lower House and this House, that there would be at least two weeks between the publishing of a Bill, Second Stage and the various Stages. Therefore, it is...