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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: There were no lectures.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Senator Buttimer was not here for most of that debate, so how would he know?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Senator did, but there was-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Do not talk down to me. We are here on the same basis as Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: There will certainly be no lectures given to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Just reflect the debate accurately.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Reflect the debate accurately. That is all.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not think it is too much to ask that-----

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move:That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention to give citizens resident outside the State the right to vote in Presidential elections and to indicate the time frame it envisages for the holding of any related referendum. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith anseo linn don...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Name them.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We have brought forward the last four motions on marriage equality and our Finance Minister is bringing forward a Bill.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We do.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We clearly do.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise. I am sure you will ask the same of the Leader.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed to the debate and I thank the Minister for coming to the House for this important discussion. I will not be able to reflect all of the contributions but I welcome the broad and comprehensive contributions, which have been very personal, given the nature of the debate. It is equally personal for me. I am not an immigrant....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is as well that we have the Cathaoirleach for when we meander. I promise that I will not. Sinn Féin supports the Bill. I wish to reference a matter that we have discussed at length, namely, section 15(4)(a) of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016 on gender and cultural diversity. In terms of judicial appointments, judges would be empowered as a result of being a broader...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nicola Sturgeon (29 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Céad míle fáilte, a Chéad-Aire. If the Prime Minister, Ms Teresa May, is going to give her anything, could she ask for a Border poll, please? It is a referendum on our independence. The First Minister and I are unique in this Chamber, in that we both voted in the recent Brexit referendum. Like her and her party colleagues, my colleagues in Sinn Féin and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Last night, Mid-Ulster District Council, which comprises the old Cookstown, Dungannon and Magherafelt district councils, voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending the universal franchise in presidential elections to citizens in the North and among the diaspora. I have raised this on the floor of this Chamber quite often and will continue to do so. Sinn Féin has Private Members' time...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is its business, and I will have Senator Norris know why.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Can I vote for David Norris?