Results 1,341-1,360 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile
- Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am sharing time with Senator Boylan. I will take four minutes and she will take two. I will begin by expressing solidarity with the residents of the Skellig Star centre. They are the primary reason we are all here today. I welcome the Minister and thank her joining us. I note the welcome Government Senators have extended to her despite those Senators voting against the motion to invite...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: A Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: On a point of order, a Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Surely I can raise a point of order.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: You have to take a point of order.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: As I understand it, and you could advise me, a Chathaoirligh, as a point of order-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Not on a point of order. I am entitled to raise a point of order.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: So nobody is allowed to raise a point or order anymore.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Cathaoirleach stated in his remarks to us that this is a special sitting of the Seanad. The point I want to make is that it should not be. It should have been the business as scheduled and presented to Members at the end of last week. I do not know where this issue of not agreeing to the two days sitting is emanating from. I was asked as leader of the Sinn Féin group and gave our...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: In terms of the Order of Business, perhaps the Cathaoirleach could advise me. I think part of his role is to advise and protect us in terms of our entitlements to ask questions and get guidance. I have flagged consistently over the past couple of weeks, as I am sure all Members will acknowledge, that the consistent approach of rushing all Stages of a Bill, and sometimes two Bills, through...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: We have an Order of Business. We have Standing Orders. As I understand it, those Standing Orders give the Cathaoirleach ultimate discretion in terms of how the protocols and procedures of this House operate.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not think any of this has precedence, to be honest. There is no precedent for any of it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will say this. I have made my point. I am deeply concerned that, when we look at the approach in the round, we can see we have gone from being called back early and having three-day sittings, to having a two-day sitting and now to having a one-day sitting with one item. That does not bode well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It should not have been a special sitting. That is the point. I know of the Cathaoirleach's interest in the issue of Brexit and our collective well-being and future. The members of the British Government are on their feet in their parliament telling us that they are going to break international law.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are being told that we cannot come to this Chamber and talk about that matter.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It should be an issue for the Order of Business. That is the point.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: This has gone beyond the realm of being disrespectful to Members of this House to bordering on being undemocratic in terms of what is being done. It should give everyone in this House cause for concern. If this is to become the precedent, then it is deeply worrying. I am confident in saying that those of us on this side of the House would be highly reluctant to participate in business that...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: We thought, up until I got a telephone call to say that the schedule had suddenly been changed, that we were being afforded the opportunity to speak on that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I understand that too. The point I am making is that people should not try to blame us for the change in the scheduling.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: To do what? Was it to have a full and proper scheduled sitting?