Results 2,121-2,140 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: We would never sacrifice the Senator.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: They are in the pub.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is not part of our identity.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Passover was last weekend and we did not close the bars.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: The father of the House.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Not if they are washing down the house.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Nollaig is a nice name for it.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Whose holiest day of the year?
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is Ireland responsible for some of that boozing?
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with former Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern (6 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim ár mbuíochas leis an Uasal Ahern as a bheith linn ar maidin. I thank Mr. Ahern. He has given us a very comprehensive insight into his views which, given his expertise, will no doubt be very helpful and informative for the committee in the future. For obvious and very understandable reasons, the discussion thus far and indeed Mr. Ahern's own presentation has been skewed...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with former Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern (6 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: The point I am trying to tease out today is one I have tried to tease out in the Chamber over the past few weeks. Everybody understands that the Government has a position to adopt, in particular prior to the triggering of Article 50. We all appreciate and recognise that it was a difficult time and we have now moved beyond that. Any negotiation requires one to adopt a negotiation stance and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Why break the habit of a lifetime? It seems that Sinn Féin Senators are bringing the Leader all the breaking news today. Just a few hours ago, the European Parliament in Strasbourg passed a joint resolution calling for the North to be protected within the Brexit process. We are very glad and proud, not least of the work of Martina Anderson, MEP. Some 516 MEPs voted in favour of that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: As the Leader will know, the process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union is now under way as Article 50 has been triggered by the British Government. Despite the honey-coated words used by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, her Government is only interested in Britain's interests. The impact of Brexit on the economies of the North and the South has not seriously...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a bheith linn inniu, go háirithe ag an am tábhachtach agus criticiúil seo fá choinne ní hamháin na sé chontae ach an t-oileán ina iomlán. I thank the Minister for joining us today. We all acknowledge that this is a critical time not just for the North but, given the triggering of Article 50, for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his guidance as always. I thank the Commissioner and her team for attending. A number of colleagues have tried to tease out with limited success through no fault of their own the mechanics and timelines around the disastrous controversies that the Commissioner has outlined. I want to home in primarily but not exclusively on the rather short statement the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: What about the Commissioner's engagement with the Minister? She is accountable to the Minister. Would she not have thought it was far more appropriate to engage the Minister and indeed the Dáil, and even this committee, dare I say it, before this was released into the public domain? What steps did she take over the past couple of days and weeks in respect of this controversy and her...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: I want to be clear in my own head in terms of my earlier remark because much of that did not cover what I asked. The witnesses had a press conference on Friday, is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: They met the Minister on Monday. When did they receive the information that they presented at the press conference? When was it collated and when was it given to the Department and the Minister? I presume it was not presented to the Minister retrospectively, after the press conference on Thursday. I want to clarify that timeframe. Then I want to make one more brief, final point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)
Niall Ó Donnghaile: When?