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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: Before I call on the Leader, I would like to thank a few people. On 25 October last, as many Members will know, I had what is called a near-death experience and was fortunate to survive and lucky to be in Dublin when it happened and that my wife spotted me going into a seizure, which I believe was caused by low sodium levels. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his wonderful work and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I am not sure that it is not a point of order but I think he is trying to clarify something.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Devine has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for Health on the need to appoint a sarcoma consultant specialist at St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin, be taken today." Is the Senator pressing her amendment?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: The Leader has made a fair offer and stated that he will endeavour to bring the Minister in next week. If that does not occur and I am in the Chair, I will allow the Senator to raise the matter again. She can push it to a vote at that point if she feels she is not making progress.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Devine has agreed to withdraw her amendment, under protest.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: That has been acknowledged.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (4 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: Dáil Éireann has passed the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019 on 3 December 2019, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Before we suspend, I thank my esteemed Clerk and Clerk Assistant for their patience and endurance with everyone else while I was absent. They kept the ship afloat, for which I thank them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: In case any other Member wishes to raise the matter of the FAI, I wish to advise that this matter is sub judice. I understand there will be all sorts of investigations into it so bí very cúramach that we do not drag ourselves into the Four Courts.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask Members to be very circumspect in their comments and also to be careful because we do not have a free-for-all in here. We are not entitled to it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: We have parliamentary privilege but that does not give us a licence to say what we like. I am not directing my comments specifically at Senator Craughwell.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: Before I call on Senator Frances Black, I welcome to the Gallery a group of children and a special gentleman from the Kingdom who often broke Cork hearts. Tá fáilte romhat, Tomás Ó Sé. As a member of Gael Linn, I had the pleasure, many years before he was born, of sitting in the same class as the great Páidí in a small school west of Ventry in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: If I am allowed I would like to call on another football fanatic. Senator John O'Mahony might say a brief word to our friend Mr. Tomás Ó Sé before he leaves, as a contest of Mayo versus Kerry. By the way, the O'Mahony family is from Drinagh in west Cork, so the Senator is half a Corkman though he might not admit it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: A lot of the staff around the House, including the Captain, are very nervous to see Mr. Ó Sé around. The Sam might go back to the south again. We will move on. I thank the Senators for indulging me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I will have to fell the Senator on that note.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: My head was a bit swollen in St. James’s Hospital six weeks ago. I think it is starting to swell again now. I better consult my neurologist when I hear that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Senator for his kind remarks. I would also like to be associated with the comments on the sad passing of Paul Anthony McDermott. I was unaware of it because I was off sick. Mr. McDermott was a frequent visitor to this House and, to the best of my knowledge, he was an adviser to one of the committees I chaired as a Deputy. May he rest in peace. He was a very pleasant...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: I am like an engine. One of the cylinders is not yet fully right but I hope it will be by the new year.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: A woman very close to me, otherwise called my wife, said it is like trying to get a greyhound to go slow. I am not very good at it. I welcome to the House friends and neighbours of mine, Martin and Monica O'Mahony, from Kilcoe, west Cork. To my eternal regret, Martin was one of the people who first enticed me into politics in 1985 and I will never forgive him for it.His good wife, Monica,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: He has done so consistently.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Denis O'Donovan: He was a personal friend of mine. God rest his soul.