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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will he come in to talk specifically on pay restoration?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: No, with respect, a Chathaoirleach, I asked the Leader a direct question.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Shock.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome the work that has been done by Senator Mark Daly and others. I also welcome those from the deaf community who join us here today; the young people and the signers who are interpreting for the people in the Visitors Gallery. Sometimes in this Chamber one knows something special is about to happen because of the attendance of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I formally second the Senator O'Sullivan's proposed amendment. Once again, the Labour Party is calling on the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to come before this House. Many secondary schools across the State are closed today. I am surprised it has taken until I have risen to my feet for this matter to be raised in the Chamber. We are facing unprecedented industrial relations...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (10 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State. As part of my responsibilities when I was Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy, I took the opportunity to visit as many clinics and speak to as many service operators and service users as I could. Last year, I visited a clinic on Granby Row off Dorset Street where I met a wonderful woman who was travelling from the midlands...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (10 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton. I appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, is obliged to attend a meeting of the health committee. Perhaps the Minister of State would convey to her the seriousness of the situation. I accept that she is aware of it, but perhaps a meeting with the senior team in Granby Row would be of benefit simply to have a first-hand...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Edmund Burke once said that the only way evil can prosper is for good men to do nothing. America has just elected a fascist and the best thing that good people in Ireland can do is to ring him up and ask him if it is okay to still bring the shamrock on St. Patrick's Day. I am embarrassed by the reaction of the Government to what has happened in America. I cannot believe the reaction from...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It would be wonderful if the Taoiseach had said that. Will it happen?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will allow Senator James Reilly to go before me.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a reasonable for Senators to request a debate with the Minister of the day. I was a bit taken aback that a request was made several weeks ago but it was not adhered to.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We do want to be having votes on the Order of Business to facilitate a debate on an issue and no Minister turns up. Senator Rose Conway-Walsh raised the interview on "Morning Ireland" with Dr. Hickey and what he is projecting for the winter months for Sligo hospital. I found it quite frightening. Regardless of political persuasion, and before we get into arguments about how things should...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That simply is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I can outline-----

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He never worked with the Labour Party.

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to share my time with Senator Kevin Humphreys.

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Maybe five and three, depending on how I go. This is the new politics. I find the spectacle before us this evening depressing. I commend my colleague Senator Grace O'Sullivan, and her colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group, for bringing the Bill forward and for persisting with it. For Government and Fianna Fáil representatives to stand up and give some kind of an excuse as to what...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----to oppose this Bill.

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The hard work put into the Bill by the Senator is being opposed. The Labour Party and my colleague Deputy Sean Sherlock also have a Bill on this very issue to be tabled next week. That, however, is not preventing us from supporting Senator Grace O'Sullivan's worthy Bill.