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Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Judicial Appointments: Discussion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the three witnesses for their excellent presentations. What are their views on the setting up of a judicial council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Judicial Appointments: Discussion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: It is for whomever wants to answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Judicial Appointments: Discussion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: That comes down to the point that the removal of a judge from office in Ireland through impeachment is virtually impossible, as I well know. I should have prefaced my remarks by saying that as somebody who has practised law for 36 years, I believe our judges have served us well, by and large. That is something that should be borne in mind. On the ratio of women in the Judiciary, I am a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Judicial Appointments: Discussion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: No. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Judicial Appointments: Discussion (26 Nov 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: The point I want to make is that if we want more women on the High Court and the Supreme Court, 80% of lawyers are solicitors. If more solicitors were being chosen we would have a better chance of reaching a 40% or 45% measure in that regard by choosing from the ranks of solicitors of whom there are more women than men.

Seanad: Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (2 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: This is the 19th report of the Committee of Selection. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senator Michael Mullins to serve on the Committee of Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senator Hildegarde Naughton to serve on the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Committee of Selection...

Seanad: Geological Survey of Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader to arrange for an urgent debate, with the Minister, Deputy Coveney, in attendance, on the crisis facing dairy farmers with the new proposals and with the abolition of quotas. The quota system which was imposed on us by Europe was a retrograde step and it was wrong. However, that is history now. There is good news and bad news. What happened when the quotas were imposed in...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Senator for the ecclesiastical conclusion.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: To avoid confusion, the next speakers are Senators Darragh O'Brien, Katherine Zappone, Aideen Hayden and Sean D. Barrett, in that order.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I admit there has been give and take in this budget and some of its aspects are welcome. I am not the finance spokesman on this side of the House but would like to put on record - I have stated this before publicly and in other places - that the Minister for Finance has done an admirable job since he took up the finance portfolio. There was a time when he was the cornerstone rejected by the...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Mark Daly that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to clarify the new national structures in the HSE service plan in relation to organ donation and transplantation, and the way in which 20 new staff, who were employed following the debate during the recall of...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: Has the Senator a question?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Leyden to conclude without interruption. I am not allowing an argument about who is a member of the group.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: An element of frivolity is breaking out on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should direct his comments through the Chair. Bí ciúin, Senator O'Brien.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Coghlan, without interruption. I am sure the Senator has a question.