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Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Darragh O'Brien, without interruption.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: They felt sympathetic towards Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Leyden did not bring a clamp around with him on the Seanad campaign.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator did not bring a clamp around with him to get sympathy.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister for guiding this Bill, which I welcome, through both Houses of the Oireachtas and his officials for bringing it forward. As stated in the contributions in this House, it is the regulation which is the most important part of this in that there is now a set standard in the way the law is enforced. We all get frustrated. I suppose one of the most frustrating experiences...

Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I wish to speak on the Bill. People may not realise the Roads Bill 2014 will mean the amalgamation of the Railway Procurement Agency and the NRA. When the Government came to power, we stated we would streamline the public service and spoke about closing quangos. This will create greater efficiencies because both bodies have the same expertise in certain areas and they will be able to share...

Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: At 2:30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Daly will have his chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome Mr. O'Driscoll and his officials, and I congratulate him on his appointment as Secretary General. He has always been very informative when he appeared before the committee with Mr. Moran on other occasions. Deputy Ó Cuív has dealt with many of the issues I intended to raise, one of which was the Russian ban. The other matter is trade agreements. The TTIP and South...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Withdraw that charge.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thought a person had to be in the House to defend himself or herself.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Before I ask for a debate, I congratulate Senator O'Donovan and the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on the farm safety report, which will be very useful. We look forward to debating it in the House. It is less than 100 years since this country gained independence. The momentous decision at the weekend shows how much we have moved on in that 100 years. It has vindicated the work done...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Other speakers were given liberty today because it is a momentous day for this country. The elimination of the Sinn Féin candidate resulted in 9,990 non-transferable votes. Is that the party's policy, or were people voting-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I am looking for a debate about educating our young people on how the system works. We should also have a debate on the electoral register. The fact that 65,000 people had to register-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I will conclude. I called for this debate previously. People should not need to register themselves because a PPS number should be a means of automatic inclusion on the electoral register.If that were the case, we would not have this situation where 65,000 people were obliged to apply to go on the supplementary register. As I said, the number of spoiled votes, at 2,066, and...

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Fianna Fáil stripped Aer Lingus first.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Leader for allowing the debate. It would have been nice if the Minister was here but the Opposition was not agreeable to accepting a 5 p.m. time for him to be here and we have to discuss this.