Results 2,081-2,100 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is not in order for him to make those accusations.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Perhaps the Cathaoirleach could rule on whether it is in order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Perhaps the Cathaoirleach will explain to me-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Perhaps the Cathaoirleach will explain to me, under Standing Orders-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Allow me to elaborate on my point-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is it in order? How is that in order?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Cathaoirleach does not like Fianna Fáil being challenged.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I accept that wholeheartedly, a Chathaoirligh, and I withdraw the comment. I do not feel-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: We will surely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Absolutely. I withdraw the remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I understand that sometimes orders might need a bit of guidance and that is the point I wanted to expand upon. The Twenty-fifth Seanad has been sitting for over a year. It is unfortunate to say that in that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise. We have been elected to the Twenty-fifth Seanad for over a year. It is simply cordial to offer each other some advice now and again and keep each other right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Eleven months is still a good chunk of time. In the course of that 11 months, the Taoiseach has been before us once. That is equal to the number of appearances before this House by the Scottish First Minister and tomorrow by the lead negotiator of Brexit from the EU side. We all agree that Brexit is one of the biggest threats to this State in its entirety in a generation, if not longer....
- Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as bheith linn inniu don díospóireacht agus don phlé stairiúil, tábhachtach agus suntasach seo. I thank the Minister for being in the House today for the debate. Sitting here, I have found the discussion insightful, useful and representative of the Seanad at its best. It is at its best in...
- Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?
- Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not think the Minister of State will have too much to come back at me on in this regard. This is a technical Bill. As has been reflected today in the discussion so far, this is a technical issue. Senator Wilson is right to ask the questions he has asked, and is even right to put forward some solutions he feels might assist in the issue. It is my party's view this technical amendment...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Iarraim chun rud ar leith a luadh a bhaineann le saorántacht ó Thuaidh agus go háirithe le Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta. I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to contribute after the allotted time has expired. I will be brief in raising a matter, as I hope to bring it before the Seanad down the line. It is important for Members to be aware that, currently in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It was Senator Buttimer's friends in the SDLP-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It was the Senator's friends in the SDLP that did not build any housing. Was it the SDLP that the Leader was canvassing for?