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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That answer is absolutely unacceptable. I genuinely do not want to do this but it is unbelievable.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join with others in seeking a debate on sports capital funding. What was outlined in recent days in respect of Ministers lobbying heavily for private golf clubs is quite disturbing. That fund is deliberately to benefit children in disadvantaged areas, in particular to enable them to access sports facilities and compete on a level playing field. A debate is necessary and I call on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister for Health can go around his constituency of Wicklow to advocate for a child who may be deported and the Minister for Justice and Equality can go around his constituency of Laois to advocate for a child who may be deported but when it comes to an overall system to improve the situation for all children who may not be their constituents they are against it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I find it absolutely unbelievable. I appreciate we will have plenty of time to flesh this out this evening but I find it very disturbing that it is fair enough to get stuck into a campaign as a constituency issue for a child who is clearly identified but when the Government has a chance to regularise the situation for children who do not need to be deported and who may be deported it turns...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: And Independent Members. Now the Government has an opportunity to put it right and it is turning its back on the children it pretends to support in individual cases in Wicklow and Laois.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is not an answer.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is remarkable and very disappointing.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Only for private golfers.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Civil War ended in 1923.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland for being here this evening. Their advocacy and lobbying shows the best of our country and what it means to be Irish. I am bitterly disappointed at the Government’s reaction to this Bill, which I genuinely did not expect, but I will start on a point of unity. No mainstream political party has ever done...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Kick him under the table there, Martin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Go raibh maith ag na haíonna as a bheith anseo agus cheap mé gur cur i láthair an-suimiúil go deo a bhí ann. In the political sense there is often a lazy analysis that culture and heritage are the same thing but they are very different. Heritage is what came before us and culture is what exists now. The first presentation was interesting on how we can connect...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I know it is serious. If Sinn Féin did something about it, it would be helpful.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I join Senator Clifford-Lee and Deputy Coppinger in expressing disgust at the argument made in the criminal courts in recent days. The Law Reform Commission has concluded a consultation process on the issue of consent related to the update of Ireland's consent laws. It would be appropriate in that context for the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, to address this House on...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It was the absence of a hard border.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I second Senator McDowell's proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I join with others in commiserating with the family of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin who brought great joy to everybody in this land and I commiserate with those in California who are waking up to the news of the death of 12 people in a nightclub in another tragic shooting. I also second the proposal...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is important.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I just want to formally support what Senator Ruane said. I raise the matter of a secondary school in Kildare. It would be greatly appreciated if the Leader could pass on my comments to the Minister for Education and Skills because my capacity to raise this with him formally between now and next Tuesday is limited. A High Court case has been taken by a contractor regarding the tender...