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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The advertisements mention road frontage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I hope my comment does not get coverage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As well.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister to the House. As other speakers have said, this is a very welcome development and the Minister and his team are to be congratulated on it. I join others in asking the Minister to comment on the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I understand, having spent some time in the Department of Justice and Equality, that it is not an...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I very much appreciate the Minister being here in person to address this issue. He will be well aware of the geographical area related to this issue as it is in his constituency. I was involved in a campaign to establish an Educate Together school in the Drumcondra area, and one of first actions the Minister took on taking office was to sanction the approval of that Educate Together primary...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I respectfully ask the Minister for a positive response to this issue.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his response. The Minister is very familiar with the area. It does not take too much effort to appreciate that population pressure is only a number of years away given the incredible intensity of building work and apartment building in the area. Could the Minister at least commit that he or Department officials will work with the campaigning group, which is open to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----campaign for second level schools to facilitate the population numbers.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In this House we are well used to hearing congratulatory statements from all quarters about the achievements of our sporting sides who wear the green. I am a particular fan of ladies football, soccer, Gaelic and rugby. I spend a good bit of my time supporting my local team, Shelbourne Ladies FC, which tends to win various domestic titles, as well as in its previous guise as Raheny United....

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Like Senator Ruane, I find it difficult not to be emotional while speaking on this Bill in this Chamber along with Senator Ruane, Senator Kelleher, who has worked in the homeless services in Cork, and the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, who has been so supportive of this legislation. We have people from the Ana Liffey trust in the Visitors Gallery, including Marcus Keane and Tony...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Chairman-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am very uncomfortable about what is going on here. I am very uncomfortable with this line of questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is the committee to ask the representatives from the National Museum about the current state of play in the museum. The Chairman seems to have a number of very heavily researched questions to fire at these two individuals. If I was in their position I would refuse to answer because it is clear that the Chairman is coming from the positron of having knowledge from an individual as to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----troubled by what is happening here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is it the proper forum for such questioning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am conscious that Senator O'Donnell wants to come in, but the Chairman is effectively raising issues of intimidation - I want to be very careful about my language here - and inappropriate sexual behaviour. Would Ms Heaney mind if I asked her how long she has been in this position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In regard to the issues the Chairman is raising, I do not know if they have been resolved, settled or are ongoing. I have no knowledge of them. I think it possibly would be more productive - this is my instinct and other speakers can make their points - to speak of what happens from now on, with a newly appointed chairman and people working with the museum as to how they address the broad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Museum of Ireland: Discussion (11 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Even if we had, I do not think I would be speaking about it here.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will raise two issues, the first of which is child poverty. There have been a number of requests made this morning and I agree that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs should be invited to come to the House to discuss the issue of mother and baby homes. In the past few weeks I have found the noise in the Houses on the issue of water charges distressing. One sees images of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Senator Mullen walks on water.