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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Votes for 16 year-olds------

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Votes for 16 year-olds. Rent certainty.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We will certainly not get any help from Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I support the comments of my colleague, Senator Mark Daly, on the Bill. It is technical and one which we all concede is needed. Senator Mark Daly has rightly referred to the efficiency of court administration and the freeing up of Garda resources, but we also hope the Bill will deal the issue of people using the excuse that they did not receive a notice through the post. When I reflect on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas le na finnéithe as a bheith linn agus don chur i láthair thar a bheith cuimsitheach. Sílim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach cur leis an méid atá ráite ag an Teachta Breathnach cheana féin ó thaobh obair Chonradh na Gaeilge, atá sáite i bpobal bríomhar agus fuinneamhach atá ag fás an t-am ar fad, ní...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: B'fhéidir go ndéanfaidh an tUasal Mac Giolla Bhéin trácht ar an comhairliúcháin a rinneadh ó thaobh na straitéise chun comhthéacs a thabhairt dúinn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It was something separate, but I will take it at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Níl ach dhá rud gasta le rá agam. Ní chuimhin cé a luaigh ceist chúrsaí craoltóireachta. Sílim gur luaigh Mr. Mac Ghiolla Bhéin é. Dar ndóigh tá muidne ag plé cúrsaí Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta, sin na téarmaí reference atá againn. Beidh cuimhne ag na finnéithe go bhfuil píosa...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cúig oiread níos mó? Gabh mo leithscéal. Tá sin thar a bheith suntasach, nach bhfuil? Níl fhios agam an bhfuil smaoineamh nó barúil ag na finnéithe ar sin ó thaobh na cearta atá ann faoin Chomhaontú. Bhí mé ag iarraidh tagairt a dhéanamh don lá dearg ar 20 Bealtaine roimh deireadh an chruinniú, muna...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Give him electoral ID.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the gentlemen for their presentations. The only aspect that is consistent when we navigate our way through this kind of process is that nothing is guaranteed or tangible about it and that there are many threats to the hard-fought-for and hard-won arrangements agreed between both parts of this island. I want to make a couple of points. I endorse fully Michael Farrell's point about...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights: Professor Colin Harvey, Mr. Liam Herrick and Mr. Michael Farrell (27 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is an insightful answer but I wonder if Professor Harvey has a view on the mechanics of that. I would share his sentiment about the need for an Irish Government to challenge that, not only as co-guarantor but as co-defender, perhaps even the only defender, of the Good Friday Agreement. Does Professor Harvey see a role for the Irish Government as the negotiations progress in arguing...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No kennel in Ulster.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Leader will recall that in the run-up to the St. Patrick's Day festivities at the Famine memorial in Philadelphia in March, the Taoiseach announced the very positive news that the Government would seek to hold a referendum to extend the franchise in presidential elections to our global diaspora and citizens in the North. The Government's option papers are being considered and it is...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I echo the comments of colleagues. This is important legislation which I have followed intensively. It is a rare example of legislation the practical effect of which is clear. It shows the ability and willingness of all parties in the House to work together constructively with the Minister of State, the Department, the Tánaiste and officials. It has been an anomaly. While nothing...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Sinn Féin will also be supporting the passage of this Bill today. Colleagues have succinctly outlined the vast potential of how this can impact in our lives. I have been a victim of online crime myself, in that someone treated themselves to a flight to Manchester and an overnight stay in a hotel on my credit card. How that happened I have no idea, but nevertheless it happened....

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank Senator Lawless for bringing this legislation forward because this is an important discussion. As outlined by previous contributors, we need to have this discussion as a society. I thought we were bad in the North with restricted opening hours but I quickly discovered when I came to this House that the Good Friday prohibition, as Senator Lawless calls it, is in place. I shall...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is the reality. Let us bolster our tourism offering and the night time economy but let us, for God's sake, consider the existing legislation.If we are expecting staff to work on those days, we in these Houses, as a society, State and Government, should do everything we can to ensure that they are protected, valued and afforded a salary and protections which reflect the demand we are...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Senator should come up North on Christmas Day. We are open.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.