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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: There is a lot to process on the broader issue. There is also much to process on the basis of the conversation so far today. My remarks will centred on the comprehensive papers the witnesses furnished in advance of this meeting. They will appreciate that at least one of us spent a good bit of time reading over them. I thank them for that and thank them for coming in today. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I asked my question from a very respectful point of view but also with a view to trying to understand further how the witnesses believe that what they suggest will come about via the model in question. Mr. Lavery does not want the proposal to apply only to state actors but also to people across the board. However, in light of examples from outside a legally binding Article-2-compliant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Mr. Yeates can understand why that feels a wee bit anecdotal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: If the Stormont House Agreement is implemented fully, will the witnesses be content? Will it achieve what they want?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am not entirely surprised that the conference was well attended because this is a mobilising issue that galvanises people. It is important to remember, given that we are speaking about it, that the public consultation on the Stormont House arrangements was one of the biggest public consultations in terms of response in the North ever, with more than 20,000 submissions. I am conscious of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is a fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Mr. Molloy is getting more time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I like that, Sinn Féin time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The subvention as a measure of economic failure is an important point to bear in mind. I am not surprised that much of the discussion has been orientated towards health because it always does in my experience. This includes among the constituency in the community that I come from, which would primarily advocate for, and believe in, constitutional change. However, people do have these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Absolutely. The workforce issue is so important. We have seen high levels of emigration of healthcare workers, both North and South, who have gone to Canada, Australia and elsewhere. It also feeds into the broader issues that were touched on earlier - where to house the workforce, whether they have to live in concentrated areas and whether we can expect proper connectivity around the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach (23 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agaibh a chairde agus bainim fáilte is fiche a chuir roimh an tUasal Ahern. I welcome Mr. Ahern to the House. Like other colleagues, I do not want to just commend his address but I also want to take the opportunity on a personal level to thank him for his role in helping to secure, with others, the Good Friday Agreement. As Mr. Ahern was speaking, I thought about the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Bainim fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire agus fáilte a chuir roimh an reachtaíocht atá os ár gcomhair anocht. I welcome the Minister to the Seanad. As other colleagues have already said, this Bill is very welcome. The main focus of it is protecting the victims of serious crime and ensuring that two particularly brutal and violent actions, namely, non-fatal strangulation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agaibh a Chathaoirligh agus a Cheannaire. Ba mhaith liom droch-ábhar a lua ar dtús ar an drochuair. A number of weeks ago at the initiation of the Cathaoirleach, the president of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael addressed the Seanad on the really positive work the GAA does not just the length and breadth of Ireland but around the world. Senator Black mentioned the...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: What about the train stations?

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus roimh an rún. Gabhaim buíochas le moltóirí an rúin anocht. Cuirim fearadh na fáilte roimh na cuairteoirí ó theaghlaigh 1916 atá linn sa Ghailearaí don phlé anocht. I thank the proposers of this important motion. I had not intended to speak on it. I just wanted to come in as a courtesy...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (30 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste agus fáiltím roimh an bplé agus an rún atá os ár gcomhair anocht. Seal eile atá ann chun plé tábhachtach a bheith againn i gcuimhne ar 25 bliain de Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta.I welcome the Tánaiste and thank the proposers of the motion, which I support. As the Tánaiste knows, the Good...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (30 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No, I do not want to waste my time.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an reachtaíocht atá os ár gcomhair. Fáiltím roimh an tseal seo chun an t-ábhar seo a phlé. Gabhaim buíochas le grúpa Fhine Gael anseo sa tSeanad agus, mar atá ráite, le Young Fine Gael fosta, as an ábhar seo a fháil curtha ag croílar an tSeanaid anocht. We support the intention...