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Seanad: Decade of Centenaries Programme of Commemorations: Statements (22 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will oblige the Acting Chairman by being as brief as possible. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus tréaslaím leis ar an obair atá á déanamh aige sa Rialtas go ginearálta, agus go háirithe ar an óráid fhairsing a thug sé tráthnóna. In welcoming the Minister I had forgotten that he had been appointed to the Seanad by Garret...

Seanad: Decade of Centenaries Programme of Commemorations: Statements (22 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am close to that already.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: The debate on the future of the House is coming along quite nicely. Senator Sean D. Barrett has stolen a great deal of my thunder, but I commend the group which is essentially a disinterested one and which has the future of democracy at heart. I also commend Senators Katherine Zappone and Feargal Quinn for the motion that received the full support of the House and sparked off the debate. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am; I also seek a debate on the cost of the proposal. There has been talk about the cost of running the Seanad, but this agency would, apparently, have a full secretariat and backup. Where would be the saving in this proposal? It beggars belief that the Taoiseach thinks he can appoint his own bureau to replace what is, with all its faults, a democratically elected institution. I call...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I was invited to attend a meeting with the membership of Kerry County Council earlier this week. The Kerry councillors, in common with their counterparts in local authorities throughout the country, have serious concerns about the savage cutbacks in housing grants. In County Kerry the allocation has been reduced by 53%. Councillors on all sides of the political divide in the county are...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 15, subsection (2)(d), line 16, after “review” to insert the following:“to include confirmation that a financial emergency continues and to include confirmation that the Schedule to the 2009 Act should continue to apply”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Protecting and Enhancing the Irish Music Industry: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh Danny McCarthy, iar-uachtarán CCE agus na baill eile de CCE atá anseo. Tréaslaím leo as an sár obair atá á dhéanamh acu chun cultúr agus ceol na hÉireann a chur chun cinn. I do not really have any questions for CCE but I would like to ask Mr. McCarthy one or two questions. I was very impressed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Protecting and Enhancing the Irish Music Industry: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: That is too close. I have attended them all and I am delighted that CCE has decided to bring it across the Border to Derry. It will be a wonderful event. It will be a seminal moment in our history. I was very impressed by what Ms Ní Bhrádaigh said about the educational programme. I was aware of the scoil éigse because it always came before the fleadh. We also do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Protecting and Enhancing the Irish Music Industry: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that exclusively for Irish performers?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I join my colleagues in expressing sympathy to the Bolger family on the awful tragedy that has befallen them. I agree with Senator O'Donovan that it is time to focus, on a more regular basis, on the difficult lives of fishermen. Today is not a day to address that issue but we should discuss it on another day. I worked as a teacher for many years and I witnessed the dumbing down of history...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: It was not possible for me to attend the Order of Business last week and I did not have the opportunity to express my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Bridie Fitzgerald and her family on the death of the late Senator Tom Fitzgerald. Tom was a particularly close friend of mine and a great adviser to me on the first occasion I stood for election to the Seanad. I was greatly indebted to him for the...

Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House.

Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Michael P. Kitt, to the Visitors Gallery.

Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are all dependent on mobile phone technology and it is time to have a debate on the subject, if the Leader can organise it, with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte. There are ongoing complaints about the quality of service in the south west, particularly in Kerry, Limerick and north Cork. Anyone who commutes from Kerry to Dublin by car on...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask him to ask them to stop sending me and others sacred pictures and depictions that I regret I have to destroy. The most recent one was someone purporting to send me a letter directly from the Virgin Mary. In the interest of fairness, it is time Senator Mullen called these people off.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I raised the matter earlier this week of the obscene literature we have been receiving, which resonated with other Members. To my surprise, it resonated with my electorate, namely, county councillors who are in touch with me on matters such as this. Whether they were for or against the legislation, many of them were upset by the obscenity of the stuff they are getting through the post,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Should those involved have to indicate how much they are spending and, more important, where they are getting it?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Excuse me, I have never interrupted the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I do not know why Senator Mullen needs an additional ten minutes to contribute to next week's debate because for the past three years he has spent ten minutes a day raising the issue.