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Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 9, 10, 12, 24, 25, 31, 32 and 41 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Pat O'Neill: My Adjournment matter concerns Colaiste Pobail Osraí and is similar to Senator Cullinane's but it may not be as advanced. Colaiste Pobail Osraí was established in Kilkenny as an ionad in 1991 with 13 students. It now has 193 students and is the only Irish language second level school in County Kilkenny. Following an inspection by the Department of Education and Skills, it was...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Pat O'Neill: As the Minister of State notes, the school is sharing a site with Ormonde College, a post-leaving certificate, PLC, college, and is sharing some of its woodwork, science, technology and computer facilities. The school has now been granted three rooms in Ormonde College, which means the PLC college is being squeezed for space. It is imperative that this matter progresses because the concept...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am amazed by the halos I see glowing on the Opposition side, especially Senator Mark Daly's on hearing his comments about the Government and the HSE. I remind the Senator that Deputy Micheál Martin was in charge at the time of the establishment of the HSE.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am not interested in Senator David Norris pulling his chair out.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Do I have the floor? I will put my question to the Leader. First, I congratulate the Commissioner-designate, Mr. Phil Hogan, on his magnificent performance in Brussels last Thursday. I warn the Irish people to beware when looking at the voting pattern after that meeting of who Sinn Féin voted for. It voted for the Greens - look at where they put the country - and the communists....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Leader to invite the Commissioner to the House when he is appointed to address us on agriculture matters.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: They knew the Senator was coming.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to the House. In my experience, if one sees a clamped car at the side of the road one has a certain sympathy for the driver, whereas a parking ticket does not evoke the same sympathy. I note with interest that the only local authority operating a clamping system is Dublin City Council. For example, Galway City Council and Galway County Council...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House. I call on Senator Mullen to raise the first Adjournment matter. He has four minutes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Suicide Prevention (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Paudie Coffey, to deal with the next matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the House.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I remind the Senator - and I know he is using parliamentary privilege - that Mr. McNulty is not here to defend himself, so please-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Appointments to State Boards (7 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Adjournment debate is four minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: We have discussed the legislation comprehensively with the stakeholders. The biggest issue for stakeholders is the make-up of the board, which is being reduced from 13 to 12 members, with the Minister to appoint three members. I suggest that we make a recommendation to the Department on this issue because some of the stakeholders feel they are being left out of the system by not getting a...