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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Would the Senator like to try to sleep with that noise?

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: At least the Senator is talking about his intentions.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Will Senator Reilly state his sources for the record?

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I sense from the contributions from Senators Craughwell and Humphreys that there is a desire to try to get a resolution to this, given the political reality in the Chamber tonight. We would certainly not veer from trying to get the best result for residents in those circumstances. I still think it is important that these amendments are teased out. If that was done, I reiterate that it...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Like Senator Humphreys, I do not intend to prolong this group of amendments any further. The Minister made a point and I agree with him. I do not want to lure colleagues into a false sense of security that we will just wrap up on this. I do not think anyone would expect us not to have votes where they are required, not least the residents impacted. We have got to the point where I think...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“ “Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation;”.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 21:In page 47, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(8) The competent authority shall direct the airport authority to ensure that average noise exposure at night is reduced below 40dB Lnight, such levels to be revised in accordance with WHO guidelines.”.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 29:In page 53, after line 15, to insert the following: “Independent valuations under voluntary purchase scheme of relevant local properties 32. That an independent valuer be appointed to carry out valuations of all relevant properties under the voluntary purchase scheme.”.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Seanadóir Mac Lochlainn. I will give Senator Mac Lochlainn a minute of my time because I am very good-natured like that. Tá fáilte is fiche roimh an Taoiseach agus gabhaim buíochas leis as a bheith linn, mar a dúirt mo chomhghleacaithe, as comhrá a dhéanamh linn agus as éisteacht leis na cuir i...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We do not have to do it just because the Brits do it.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: At least the Senator is being honest.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We have not had that many hours of debate on housing or health.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I, too, thank the Social Democrats for introducing the Bill. I commend those who have driven it through the Seanad, including the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, whose understanding of the issue is important. As stated, there are issues that are more important than economic competitiveness. This is one of them. Legislation such as this does not only provide for the practical benefits...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights (8 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: This committee will feed its contributions and its findings to the Government. Jurisdictional issues pertain to citizens in the North, which we have seen in Ms De Souza's case in terms of the legislative requirements and obligations that must be fulfilled. Have today's contributors reached a view as to what the Irish Government should ask for? We understand the jurisdictional contexts that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I take the opportunity to reflect on proceedings at the inquiry into the Ballymurphy massacre in the High Court in Belfast over recent months. I have commented on this, as have other Members, over the last number of months and, indeed, years and have indicated support for the families' campaign for the inquiry. What has come to pass as a result - which has been both expected and, in some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I reiterate everyone's gratitude for the presentation. It has been a tough meeting. I have been a member of this committee for almost three years and Mr. Sibanda made probably one of the most insightful and thoughtful contributions I have heard to it. To then see him in the condition he is in now and to hear some of these stories is a bit of a wake-up call and a dose of reality for us. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Absolutely

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not have a particular ask of the Leader today, per se, but I have set out a job of work for myself and I hope for other colleagues as well. I wish to talk briefly about reconciliation within the context of competing narratives, in particular as we continue to navigate our way through these most crucial years of the decade of centenaries, as they have become known. I think back to the...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Reconciliation is very appropriate, go easy.