Results 1,701-1,720 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister. The Fianna Fáil Party broadly supports the Bill. Substantial work was done on the framework of the legislation by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the previous Government, Mr. Dermot Ahern. I note also that the Minister acknowledged the Private Members' Bill introduced in the Dáil by Deputy Dara Calleary. The Bill will bring us close to having...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I will conclude on a matter that will only take me a few seconds to mention. I am interested in hearing the Minister's response to the comments of Dr. Maurice Manning of the Irish Human Rights Commission and a former Member of this House. He said: The grounds of discrimination in the employment equality and equal status legislation should be extended to include discrimination on the basis...

Seanad: Arts Funding (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank my colleague, Senator Michael D'Arcy, for allowing my Adjournment matter on the West Cork Arts Centre to be taken first. The Minister of State has had a taste of what west County Cork has to offer since last week. He went down a treat in Bantry.

Seanad: Arts Funding (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I will raise another parochial issue, that of the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen. I highlight the great background work done by the local community, including those involved in the arts, as well as my former colleague and Minister, Mr. John O'Donoghue, who has west Cork connections. His wife comes from the area. He did great work in preparing the framework for the arts centre which is...

Seanad: Arts Funding (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for his response. It does not, however, allay my concerns. The need for the Department of Finance procurement conditions to be fully complied with could be the devil in the detail but that is not the Minister's problem. I was slightly amused to note that in the reply that was circulated, the West Cork Arts Centre was located in "Siberian" and not Skibbereen. I know...

Seanad: Arts Funding (13 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: That could be the link to Siberia about which I am worried.

Seanad: Lagan Brick Dispute: Statements (14 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Eighth Report of the Committee of Selection: Motion (14 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senators Deirdre Clune, David Cullinane, John Kelly, Michael Mullins, Feargal Quinn and Mary White to serve on the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senators Cáit Keane, Denis Landy, Fiach Mac Conghail, Catherine Noone, Labhrás Ó Murchú and Ned O'Sullivan to...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (19 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Marc MacSharry that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on reports in relation to the underfunding of the care of people with intellectual disabilities at Wisdom Services, Cregg House, Sligo; the reason the Government is pursuing an agenda...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Neither matter is appropriate to the Bill.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to include Seanad reform in the Constitutional Convention. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, to the House and I welcome this debate. The motion is a clear, succinct and unequivocal request. As we were aware before the last election, both Fine Gael and Labour called in their election manifestos for the abolition of the...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: With the permission of the House, I wish to give a minute of my time to Senator Ó Domhnaill who also wishes to address this issue. It is ironic that the Minister with responsibility, Deputy Coveney, a good honourable Corkman, has left the House and put the Minister of State in charge of a very delicate matter. I will refresh the memory of the House. In 2006, a Fisheries Bill was introduced...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I have great respect for the Minister of State on a personal basis. As a former Member of this House, he ground out his back teeth in this Chamber. He has made great progress since then.

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: However, he was like the grim reaper as he read his reply. He was unable to offer any solace to the people of Donegal, west Cork or Kerry. Some of his colleagues in the Dáil who like to pontificate had suggested that as soon as the new Government came into office, the Fisheries Acts would be revisited and the appalling decision that was made by my colleague, the former Minister, Noel...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: The salmon of wisdom is finished.

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator supporting my salmon fishing issue?

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: We will arrange that.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: I wish to express my deep concern about the operations of a body that usurps its powers and functions regularly, that is, An Taisce. It is not subject to freedom of information requests and gets mandatory notice of every rural planning application in Ireland. It had the audacity recently to challenge the autonomy of Cork County Council and its manager in respect of that organisation's...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: This group has done substantial damage to genuine people who seek to build houses in rural areas in order to live in their communities. Some living within the Pale, such as my colleague, Senator Norris, would not understand this damage.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Denis O'Donovan: When there were abuses, of which we now know, concerning the rezoning of lands, which resulted in ghost estates, etc., An Taisce was as silent as a lamb.