Results 941-960 of 1,677 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan
- Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Senator again for finishing on time.
- Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: We have three speakers and they should all make it. I call Senator Coghlan.
- Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Senator for his co-operation.
- Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: As there is less than a 30 minutes remaining for these statements, I ask Members to be brief in their contributions.
- Seanad: Access to Finance for SMEs: Statements (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I support Senator Quinn's suggestion that the new flyover at Newlands Cross would be named in honour of Veronica Guerin because that part of the motorway will always be associated with her and the heinous crime that was committed at that location. It remains live in the memory of anybody who drives up and down that road regularly, as I do. The suggestion is a very good one and I hope it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: The right to peaceful protest has been long established going back to Gandhi, Martin Luther King and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Senator Rónán Mullen: The plot is thickening in the Irish Water fiasco as it appears from the latest reports that Irish Water staff will not be paid any bonuses for 2014 and the entire pay structure is to be reviewed. We have the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I compliment Senator Paul Coghlan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I support Senator Mooney's call for an end to the foot-dragging on the 1916 commemorations. I have mentioned this once or twice before. I read a newspaper article by historian Diarmaid Ferriter, who is on the commission, in which he declared his impatience with the Minister's tardiness in presenting it with a plan. She has given a commitment to come before the House, but she should have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: -----or many of the sizeable provincial towns which used to have mayors. I ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, to come before the House and make some alterations to the Act introduced by the former Minister. If a local authority chooses to refer to its chairman as "Mayor", that should be allowed. It is very hard for visitors to understand why...
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: The final speaker before I call the Minister is Senator Craughwell.
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Senator Craughwell without interruption.
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I now call on the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan to respond.
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: It happens with Cork fellas in particular.
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Senator Ó Clochartaigh, without interruption.
- Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: That is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I commend the Minister and his officials on getting the Bill through the House. In particular, I thank the Minister for being in listening mode throughout and for picking up on valid points raised by various Members. I compliment him on his total command of his brief and the lucid, clear manner in which he has addressed each of the issues. I am quite impressed by his performance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I second Senator Crown's amendment. I commend Senator Power on her amendment in respect of recognition of State of Palestine. The House has been to the forefront in the matter over the years. A former Leader of the House, Mick Lanigan, was very involved. I do not intend to anticipate the current Leader but I understand this may have the agreement of the House, in which case it would be a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I second Senator Thomas Byrne’s amendment to the Order of Business.