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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The troika was running the country then.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Senator will have a tougher job with me than with the Fianna Fáil Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Not really.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He should move on to Clonkeen Community College.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is more than just social media. There were 3,000 people there at the weekend.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am reflecting.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Clearly.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ceart go leor, a mhúinteoir.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Okay.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The new presenters are all women.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In the interests of gender equality-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On a day when Vótáil 100 is being marked-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Can the Leader expand on that?

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate it and I appreciate Senator Ruane sharing her time. There are two issues on which we will be tabling amendments. One is ICTU's request to be represented on the governing authority to counterbalance the influence of industry. That is a reasonable request. The second is the issue Senator Ruane has already raised about student union representation, not just student...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Management (1 Feb 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to register my disappointment that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is not here. While I understand he is taking questions in the Dáil, there is also a Minister of State in the same Department, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, who happens to be a local Deputy and who would have great insight into the issue I am raising. For some reason, she is also unavailable and I have to debate the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Management (1 Feb 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am just making my protest, if that is okay.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Management (1 Feb 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The office of the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad is a constitutional office. It asked the Minister for Education and Skills to come here to discuss a matter in respect of his Department. There is a Minister of State in that Department who is also a local Deputy-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Management (1 Feb 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: My protest is nothing personal against the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle. Perhaps he could convey it to the Minister for Education and Skills. The issue at hand here is a school in Dún Laoghaire, the lands of which the patron body is determined to sell for commercial development. The board of management of the school is determined to stop that from happening. It mirrors a situation...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Management (1 Feb 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not like doing this. I acknowledge the Minister of State has been sent in here to do what he was asked to do. I understand the Minister is in the Dáil at the moment and can appreciate that. As for any communications that were made to my office in respect of this debate, I have no knowledge of them because I have not seen them. There is a Minister of State in that Department -...