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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for being here in person to discuss this matter with me. It is greatly appreciated. I rise to speak on behalf of four boys from Dublin's north side whose parents do not have a school place for them in September with the only reason being that these children have autism. I refer the Minister to the report launched today from AsIAm entitled Invisible Children - Survey on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I deeply appreciate the Minister's sentiments. I have a number of issues with the Minister's response, one being that the school can apply to the Department.What happens if a school is not necessarily minded to apply? Sometimes it is easier to say "No". The fact the Department has no role in seeking a suitable school place for individual children will be of little comfort to the parents...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will briefly raise two issues. I met a group of parents in north Dublin this morning regarding class places for children with special needs, in particular, autism. This is something that this House could do some work on. It is a topic I raise frequently. The issue partly is that it falls between the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health, and children and...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I very much appreciate the Minister being here to take this debate. I hope we can find a successful resolution to the issue at Burrow national school in Sutton, which I visited some weeks ago in order to talk to the principal and members of staff.However, the children are still learning in 20-year-old prefab buildings. In fact, one of the teachers, who is a teacher there now, is a past...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his positive reply. I will make contact with the school and forward that information to it. I appreciate him dealing with the matter in the way that he has and I hope that as a result of his response and the school making such an application we can have a resolution to the accommodation issue at Burrow national school in due course.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Taoiseach hands Donald Trump a bowl of shamrock today to mark St. Patrick's Day, we must remember that the Irish in America are immigrants. We have a history of emigration. Many people left this land on coffin ships or because of sectarian strife, unemployment or poverty. There are Irish people all over the world, including, of course, in America. On St. Patrick's Day, we should...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (5 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. There has been recent media coverage about issues relating to boom time construction. I have been dealing with a group of residents in the Belmayne area. I am reluctant to name particular areas because of the reputational damage doing so can cause but we are at the stage where the relevant information is in media circles. It is time...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (5 Mar 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State. Unfortunately I am disappointed with his reply. I accept that the Department is doing as much as it can for future developments.From the Minister of State's answer it seems that while residents face dealing with a series of overlapping agencies including the city council, the fire officer, the developer and the management companies, the Department is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to raise two issues. I have just come from a demonstration outside Leinster House by parents whose children suffer from spinal muscular atrophy. It does not affect many children but those who it does are severely affected. As the Leader will know, I am raising the issue of Spinraza. There was a devastating announcement this week that the HSE has decided not to proceed with allowing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Was it a junior counsel?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to raise the issue of the details of the asylum claim of Ellie Kisyombe, a local election candidate for the Social Democrats in the north inner city, being splashed on the front page of a national newspaper last Sunday. I find it disturbing that, out of approximately 1,000 candidates hoping to contest the local elections in May, this woman was selected for investigation by the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: If the Leader thinks it an outlandish suggestion-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That may be so, but I was interrupted.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Personal information regarding an asylum seeker ended up on the front page of a newspaper. That information was held within the Department of Justice and Equality. If the Leader contends that it is outlandish to suggest that the information was leaked, he does not know the Department as well as I do. The Minister should be given the opportunity to come to the House and tell us that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Last week in this Chamber I was critical of the Minister for Justice and Equality in terms of the inability of Senators to get an adequate debate on Garda resources and the responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Equality over An Garda Síochána as a result of a number of incidents that happened on the north side of Dublin.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I cited the issue of a pipe bomb in Edenmore and the upsurge in anti-social behaviour. Since I made that contribution last week, we have had a fatal shooting in Darndale. In his response to my request for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality, I appreciate the Leader was minded to do that. I want to get an assurance from him that he will see to that request. I have expressed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----that we would have a debate in this House with the Minister for Justice and Equality on the issue of crime, criminality, anti-social behaviour and fatal shootings.

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to raise the issue of policing and anti-social behaviour on the north side of Dublin. I am getting increasing exasperated with the failure to get any answers in this Chamber. I tabled a Commencement matter on anti-social behaviour issues, muggings and the escalation of violence in the Dublin 9 area and the Minister who replied to the matter told me that the Minister had no direct...

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----against the express advice of an assistant Garda commissioner. Yet when we have had a pipe bomb incident and an attempted murder in a pizza parlour in Edenmore, I am told by the Leas-Chathaoirleach's office that the Garda Commissioner is the person responsible and the Minister for Justice and Equality has no responsibility for it.