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Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: An rud céanna arís.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 40:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Sentencing Ranges 19. (1) When exercising its functions under section 19#, the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee shall have regard to the desirability of sentencing guidelines which relate to a particular offence being structured in the way described in subsections (2) to (5). (2)...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tuigim an Cathaoirleach. I appreciate the guidance of the Chair.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 41:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Proposals by the Minister or Court of Appeal19. (1) The Minister may propose to the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee that sentencing guidelines, prepared under section 19 be prepared or revised by the Committee under section 7—(a) in relation to a particular offence, particular...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will do that, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 43:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Monitoring of Sentencing Guidelines 19.(1) The Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee must—(a) monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines, under section 19, and (b) consider what conclusions can be drawn from the information obtained by virtue of paragraph (a).(2)...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 44:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Duty to assess impact of policy and legislative proposals 19.(1) This section applies where the Minister refers to the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee any Government policy proposal, or Government proposal for legislation, which the Minister considers may have a significant effect on...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: On amendment No. 56 in my name, as the Minister has acknowledged, it is similar to amendments he has subsequently submitted which we will be supporting but there is obviously the issue of concern being expressed about the existent provision as secrecy was involved. Obviously in these proceedings and in such hearings they should, where appropriate, happen in public in order to instil that...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will not be moving my amendment as what it seeks to deal with is covered by other amendments.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank her for being here and appreciate her attendance at this very busy time. I am glad that she has come to take my Commencement matter. Let me outline what moved me to ask this question again. I have raised it consistently since I entered the House. I am sure the Minister of State and her officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not want to make the Minister of State's life any more difficult than it is. While I understand and appreciate this is a complex issue and a trying time for the Government, this is really high-wire stuff. With the greatest of respect, the answer the Minister of State has given me is, more or less, the one I have been hearing for the past two years about this process. What we are not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: For the Government, does that ultimately mean legislative codification?

Seanad: Forbairtí maidir leis an Ghaeilge: Ráitis (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. B'fhearr liom i bhfad dá mbeimis ag baint úsáide as ár gcuid ama chun reachtaíocht cheart a bhaineann leis an Ghaeilge agus le staid na Gaeltachta a phlé inniu. Ar dtús báire caithfidh mé tagairt a dhéanamh don chlár reachtaíochta don téarma amach romhainn a foilsíodh le...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Sinn Féin supports the passage of this Bill and the referendum being put to the people of the State. We welcome the Bill and the referendum more broadly to reduce the waiting period that a separated couple must undergo before a couple may be granted a divorce. We recognise, as we did during the original divorce referendum in 1995, the reality that some marriages break down over time...

Seanad: Property Services (Advertisement of Unfit Lettings) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Cuirim fáilte roimhe chuig an diaspóireacht anocht. I thank and commend Senator Warfield on the legislation before us for discussion tonight. In doing so, I also want to thank Members who have contributed thus far to this important debate. I also take the opportunity, because it is glaringly obvious in the Chamber tonight, to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Thar ceann an grúpa Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom cás Emma DeSouza agus cúrsaí saoránachta ó Thuaidh a ardú arís. I draw Senators' attention to a motion in my name and the names of my Sinn Féin colleagues on the ongoing concerns about citizenship and citizenship rights in the North under the Good Friday Agreement, not least in the context of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The Minister is welcome. Like Senator Craughwell, I would have much preferred a debate that allowed for a broad, appropriate and necessary scrutiny of these amendments and this legislation as it moves forward. As has rightly been acknowledged, that has nothing to do with the Minister and he does not set the clár for this House.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will come to the amendments very rapidly. Given the importance of the issue, this debate will be watched and all of the amendments will be followed and scrutinised closely, as will the positions of the various groupings in the Seanad. It became clear earlier this afternoon, when we sought to have the appropriate timescale given to this debate, what some of them have chosen to do, and I am...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree with Senator Craughwell on the votes which transpired today and the shameful stance from Fianna Fáil. I also agree that some of its Members’ faces will be reddened when they face communities in that area. This goes beyond electoral politics, however. We are talking about children in their beds. Senator Norris outlined the instance of a young family. These are...