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Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I echo Senator O'Sullivan's congratulations to the Minister of State on his reappointment. The continuing spate of gang related murders in Dublin and the fear within communities most directly affected by the activities of violent organised criminals requires a sustained and focused response. Sinn Féin stands 100% with citizens, Garda and the courts against the unprecedented threat of...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is not agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (14 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am in concert with my colleague.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank Ms Dixon for her presentation and I apologise for missing the first part. I want to reiterate the question I put to Mr. Carroll this morning and expand on it slightly. I appreciate this is hypothetical, and nobody likes dealing in hypotheticals, but we are where we are in this regard. It is on what the impact of Brexit might be, given our unique circumstances. The British...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank Mr. Carroll for his contribution. I am going to ask a hypothetical question, with the caveat that it is still outworking in my head. We have a unique situation here with Brexit and the North. Obviously, there is movement of people regularly across both sides of the Border, whether for hospital appointments or involving people using credit cards, downloading apps or signing up to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Beidh orm cúlú siar chun an leathanach ceart. Irish politics faces two highly significant and unprecedented moments involving far-reaching change in the State. Earlier we witnessed the resignation of the Taoiseach. I endorse the remarks made by my party leader, Deputy Gerry Adams, in wishing the outgoing Taoiseach well. To give 40 years service in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise - the other House - this Oireachtas, I should say. That is no mean feat. He could end up here yet; one never knows. I wish him and his family well. It is an important time for them. Deputy Varadkar will be elected as the new Taoiseach tomorrow and I too wish him well. I hope his term of office will be notable for a more direct and hands-on involvement in the North, bringing...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is a principled position.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I may perhaps come to that, Cathaoirleach, during the course of my remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am glad to say that for the first time since partition, nationalists have rejected Westminster and turned their backs on it. They have said they want no part in Westminster and, of course, that Westminster should have no part with them. That would be a more appropriate response than the comments we have heard from Deputy Micheál Martin and other regional party leaders such as Fine...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: What they have to do is to listen to the expressed will of the people that they look to Dublin for leadership and political advance in the situation across the North, and not to Westminster, which has not proven-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Perhaps I will be allowed get through my remarks, a Chathaoirligh. This is not just a position for the sake of it, this is a principled position that has been significantly endorsed now by the people of the North. Almost a quarter of a million have stated clearly that abstentionism is their favoured position. It may not be the favoured position of everyone in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----but the nationalist people have spoken.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I know it because of the results last week. Despite the interruptions, I have more on which I would have liked to have touched and will finish with this point. We have an opportunity to implement the outstanding agreements and to restore the institutions in the North that I believe everyone, North, South, east and west wishes to see implemented. My party and I are up for engaging with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: You are very good, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is why they voted for us.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No, they do not get salaries from Westminster.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Would the Senator rather that we were not?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: They were elected not to go to Westminster.