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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I agree with the amendment. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Wilson, on introducing legislation in this area last week, which I hope the Government will act on, to extend the franchise for Seanad by-elections. I agree with other Senators that it is important that local authority members, through the Local Authority Members Association, are recognised as a nominating body, as is the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am absolutely addressing the amendments. I am sure the Leader would agree that the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, represents all those councillors. It is important that they are given that recognition. Not only are we seeking to recognise them in the nominating body but we are also seeking to recognise them in the work they do under the 2014 legislation, in which the then...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 8:In page 7, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“Amendment of Electoral Act 1992, Referendum Act 1994 and Presidential Elections Act 1993 5. (1) Section 85 of Part 15 of the Electoral Act 1992 is hereby repealed. (2) Section 42 of the Presidential Elections Act 1993 is hereby amended by the substitution of “section 86” for...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I want to react to what the Minister of State has said. I welcome where she is coming from and appreciate that she has come in here with a response. I also appreciate where the returning officers are coming from. Unfortunately, returning officers are given leeway in legislation to allow them five days to ask for a change of polling day. The returning officer acts on behalf of the State....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I would argue that they are for the following reason. What if the general election is held on a Friday? The last election was held on Friday, 25 February. The electorate could have voted on the previous Monday. What if major issues relating to a political party arise on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday? The good or bad news could influence the outcome of that election.On that Monday...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I cannot accept the Minister of State's last comment. In saying that, I am not having a go at her. She should ask some of my colleagues in the other House, who represent constituencies where island voters live, about this. There is no basis to indicate, nor is it a scientific fact, that island voters prefer to vote early. That is not the case. Research has not been conducted by the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá fáilte mhór roimh an Aire, atá anseo inniu chun páirt a ghlacadh i ndíospóireacht ar an Bhille tábhachtach seo. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sí faoi bhrú i mbliana agus go bhfuil go leor oibre idir lámha aici le linn chomóradh 1916, agus guím gach rath uirthi san obair sin. I acknowledge the Minister's workload this year,...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Second Stage (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have gone into a few.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I concur wholeheartedly with Senators Hayden and Bacik. I welcome this legislation which will restore the equilibrium of rights to all workers irrespective of where they are employed or to whom they are contracted. Society is changing, the economic output of society is changing, the role of the employee is changing, economic actors within society are changing and diversification is the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I refer briefly to my colleague, Senator Eamonn Coghlan, who is living in the suburban reality of Dublin. It is not the same in Donegal or in the west.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The reality is that 30% of the 18 to 30 year age group in my county have emigrated since 2011. The opportunities they are obtaining are not in this jurisdiction, they are overseas. We cannot say that is a good statistic.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is only one county. Those figures come from the CSO. It is not a good statistic. I am not making a political point but I am expressing the reality. Rural Ireland is struggling. The economic recovery that we see is predominantly in the capital and in the interurban areas. The focus of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland has been job creation in urban areas, not in rural areas. Yes,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It will be a good news letter.