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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate on anti-social behaviour in the Beaumont area. I am always reluctant to discuss matters of anti-social behaviour in a public forum because it does not necessarily lead to a good outcome and can stigmatise an area if not done sensitively, but the issues at hand have got to such a degree that I feel my hand has been forced. There is an...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Unfortunately, I am not overly impressed with the Minister of State's response. An Garda Síochána says it needs more resources and that this requires political decision but when one raises the issue with political masters they say it is an issue for the Garda Commissioner. The assistant Garda commissioner said that Stepaside Garda station was not a priority yet the Government is...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I genuinely want to ask the Leader for a debate with anybody in government who can justify the new confidence and supply agreement. It reminds me of when a mother used to come home having left her child to tidy up the house. Nothing would have been cleaned up and she would ask, "What have you been doing for the last number of hours?" We have had high level negotiations between two crack...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Two crack teams. Two teams of the highest calibre.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The best negotiators they could find, three from each side, in secret negotiations over a period of months-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They came out with not even a sheet of paper between them.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The frustrating thing, as the Leader will agree, is that this country faces a huge number of challenges - Brexit, homelessness, housing and the health crisis, which have all been mentioned today.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is it not unbelievable that the two main parties in the Oireachtas could have six weeks of negotiations and not come up with a single sheet of paper with a single word written on it? If they had a single sheet of paper with the word "homelessness" written on it, at least we could have an argument over and back as to the importance of that word or what they are going to do about it. However,...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is that what the Senator was shouting at me?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Was he shouting that at me earlier? I could not really make out what he was saying.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Leader has said that three times now.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Throw in a grenade - go on.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: B is for boo.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Some of us have Christmas shopping to do.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was watching proceedings in my office.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I got 18,000.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister of State coming to the House to take this matter. The area of Clongriffin and Belmayne is growing in size as is the population. Renewed plans are frequently put in place for the expansion of that entire community and a population of 50,000 is projected in the coming years. We are effectively talking about a population on the scale of a large town, if not a small...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (22 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister of State's response but I do not accept it. It is nonsense to suggest to this House or to me that it is the role of the Garda Commissioner to make these decisions when we all know a member of the Cabinet is well able to trumpet that he apparently was successful in reopening Stepaside Garda station. He is also willing to tell all his constituents as often as he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, and one of my colleagues on the Independent benches will second this proposal, that No. 22, the Public Sector (Plain Language) Bill 2019 - First Stage, introduced by the Labour Party with the support of the National Adult Literacy Agency, NALA, be taken before No. 1. To add briefly to what has been said, people should realise that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was not referring to a Member of this Chamber.