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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We want some action taken as a result of that debate because it is life and death stuff.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If it happened in any other part of the State, the ministerial wheels would be screeching.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Senator will have to watch his tone.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are looking to the Deputy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Unfortunately, I must raise an issue I have raised continuously in the House, namely, criminality and murder on the north side of Dublin. It gives me no pleasure to have to raise it again because a young man was murdered on Sunday evening in Clonshaugh Avenue in Dublin 17. It is the fifth murder in the last seven months in this geographical location. The news cycle moves on quickly but I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: He wants to.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is there really?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a long way from the centre of Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are paying for it all. We are paying for everyone. Go on the taxpayers.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: First, we read today that more than 200 legal cases have been taken against parents due to school absenteeism issues and that more than 700 notices have been sent to parents across the country in the past year on the same issue. These are parents of children aged between six and 16, which is the legal requirement that children are to be in school who have missed 20 days or more. As the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am sorry. I am putting on the record of this House how important it is for all of us to understand the seriousness of inequality and the way rhetoric hurts children in particular who are from vulnerable communities. For the child of an asylum seeker, an immigrant, somebody in drug addiction or a Traveller, this sort of rhetoric will seep into their bones and possibly never leave them. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I rise to pay tribute to the memory of Ana Kriégel. Sentences were handed down yesterday to the two boys responsible for her murder. Comments have been made in the media this morning as to how Ireland should react to the fact that we have two child murderers guilty of this heinous crime. It is important we remember Ana as a beautiful, talented, loved young girl. The dignity with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. I refer to the issue of FreeStyle Libre. Thousands of adults with type 1 diabetes will have to wait until next year to find out whether the HSE is prepared to lift restrictions on them accessing the new blood sugar monitoring technology known as FreeStyle Libre. This device has been credited with greatly improving the quality of life...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (22 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for reading that reply. Its key line is: "The HSE intends that an update to the initial report, including details of the review, will be published after the review has been completed." Would the Minister of State accept that statement if he were in my place or if he were a person with type 1 diabetes aged over 21 and waiting more than 18 months for news of this...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will speak to the Bill in a moment but I ask the Acting Chairman to allow me to thank the Minister for being on site in Artane this morning. It was very decent of him to do so. I was just coming from the school, which had suffered from an horrendous fire. That the Minister was present in person was of great comfort to the school. The school community and the children are devastated....

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Next Tuesday, 15 October 2019.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Minister's presence and that the Government is not opposing the Bill. I will again outline the motivations behind it. We are not trying to limit the funding available to schools but to pressure the State and the Department to increase capitation funding so that voluntary contributions will no longer be necessary. Arising from the passage of this Bill through the previous...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Last week, we spoke about Brexit and President Trump but, unfortunately, every time I stand in this Chamber, things seem to have got worse on both fronts. We will have an opportunity to criticise the budget later, but we should take a moment to recall that it is not that long ago that budget day was a very traumatic day for Irish people, when there was great discomfort and unrest outside the...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: On a point of order, we all want to have a chance to speak. Colleagues should allow Senator Horkan to finish.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. There is much political theatre on budget day. Members of the Opposition make all sorts of statements about the budgets that is presented and are expected to criticise everything, while the Government criticises everything they state. I earlier stated that, at least on one level, the Irish political establishment is in a happier space than it...