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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is fine, but I remember that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In that case, allow me to make this point.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Let me make a request. I recall the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, coming to the House and being asked questions by Senators-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am making a request. If the Leas-Chathaoirleach is to rule me out of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am requesting that the Leader invite the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, to the House to answer questions about the recent controversy. I can only imagine the reaction in this House, the Lower House and the media if any Labour Party Minister or Minister of State in the previous Government did what Deputy Breen has done. I am quite sure that Fine Gael is hoping that this will be forgotten...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Leader can pant, moan and whinge all he likes but the reality of the situation-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Here is the reality of the situation.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Leader's Government is now dependent on the vote of a convicted criminal and trying to move away from a controversy where a Minister of State arranged a dinner with a bidder for a contract-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He has a criminal conviction for tax irregularities. The Government is now trying to move away from a controversy relating to the actions of a Minister of State facilitating a dinner between a bidder and a senior Minister, for which the senior Minister resigned. If the Government is trying to move away from that situation, it says a lot about where the Fine Gael Party is now.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am making that request of the Leader-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am formally requesting that the Leader bring the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If the Leader does not facilitate the request, it will say an awful lot about his party, and what he really believes regarding ethics and morality, and how politics should be properly conducted in this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Let it go.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State. He is aware of and familiar with the issue of the accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital. I have visited it on several occasions and I am sure he has also done so. The staff of the department are dedicated and hardworking, but there is a need to upgrade the physical environment in which they operate. There are other issues relating to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. There is a bit in his reply which is not in my copy, which I find a bit strange. The Minister of State made reference - which is not in the reply I have here - to restrictions on the site or issues relating to the site. Perhaps the Minister of State might expand on that please. On the timeline, I am not sure if they are written in notes that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is that for the emergency department?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Within the complex?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I raise the issue of the potential establishment of a transport police.  The Leader will be aware of a number of unsavoury incidents on the northside DART line.  A recent stabbing incident happened between Killester and Harmonstown stations.  Earlier this year a DART service was stalled while a gang of youths tried to spray-paint the outside of the carriage between Bayside and...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I join with others in congratulating the Social Democrats on bringing forward this Bill. As Senator Ruane has said, the provision in the Bill is for unpaid leave because introducing paid parental leave would create a cost on the Exchequer. I also congratulate the Fianna Fáil group for taking on the mantle and bringing it to the House...