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Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am flattered, but I am actually named Ó Donnghaile. I appreciate the Senator's point however.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are grateful for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I join with other speakers in welcoming this Bill. As with everything that Deputy O'Callaghan does, it is clear that a mammoth amount of work has been put into it. I am also in concert with other speakers because I am not as familiar as I probably should be with some aspects of the Bill. We will get to that stage, but at this early point we need to discuss the broader themes. While Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the work. I too like Deputy Daly have an ideological view but also a very practical technical view as to why solitary confinement is a significantly negative process, not just for the individual concerned but also for the penal system we want to achieve. Solitary confinement does not benefit anybody at any level. It is a real stain on society that we would think it acceptable or...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is a political issue. Is Senator McFadden mad?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Now for something completely different. The Leader will know that I attended the Government's all-Ireland civic dialogue on Brexit yesterday. The purpose of yesterday's meeting was to focus on the implications of Brexit for the human rights aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. These are very critical and harmonious rights and entitlements right across the entire island. I took great...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----to initiate and imbed aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. To conclude, a Leas-Chathaoirligh-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----although Senator Devine may already have done so-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: In that case, I second Senator Conway-Walsh's amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Aontaímid leis an méid atá ráite cheana féin faoin bpíosa reachtaíochta thar a bheith suntasach seo. Tá an Bille tábhachtach do dhaoine ar bhonn áirithe difriúla. Léiríonn an díospóireacht seo an méid spéise agus díograise atá ag daoine sa chineál ábhair atá á phlé againn...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá mé ag iarraidh cúpla focal a rá maidir le cúpla de na rudaí a phlé muid cheanna. In respect of some of the things that have been discussed or touched upon, the 1983 Act has long been recognised as inadequate when it comes to persons with disabilities. We particularly note the broad welcome from organisations who work with people with disabilities for...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: If Senator McDowell would let me speak-----

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Where does one start? I will tell the House who I feel sorry for in this instance. It is Senator Conway. The Fine Gael team voted to allow that drivel we just heard and then ran away and left the poor Senator and the rest of us to sit here and endure it.It is not as disrespectful, however, as what we heard in the first contribution.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is certainly not a point of order.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will tell you what-----

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will make this point through the Chair. I note I have been asked to speak through the Chair while others have not.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will afford the Acting Chairman that courtesy while I am being shouted at from a number of positions.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It takes a lot for me to be flabbergasted. As other colleagues alluded to, some of what we heard during the first contribution really did that, if not go beyond that. It was supreme in not just its ignorance of many of the issues pertinent to this question but in its nuanced divergence from many of the issues relating to this legislation. While admitting I do not have the wily legal,...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom féin mo chomhghairdeas a sheoladh go Máirtín Groves ar a cheapachán feasta. I congratulate Mr. Martin Groves on his appointment. I wish to expand slightly on what Senators Black and Craughwell have said about Brexit. I particularly wish to draw the attention of the Leader and the other Members to the report issued recently from the policy department for...