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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his response. The Minister is very familiar with the area. It does not take too much effort to appreciate that population pressure is only a number of years away given the incredible intensity of building work and apartment building in the area. Could the Minister at least commit that he or Department officials will work with the campaigning group, which is open to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----campaign for second level schools to facilitate the population numbers.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In this House we are well used to hearing congratulatory statements from all quarters about the achievements of our sporting sides who wear the green. I am a particular fan of ladies football, soccer, Gaelic and rugby. I spend a good bit of my time supporting my local team, Shelbourne Ladies FC, which tends to win various domestic titles, as well as in its previous guise as Raheny United....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Another day and another call for something to be done on the Bus Éireann strike. Yesterday I spent an hour with four bus drivers who were very pessimistic. They are very worried about the future of their company and very upset about its mismanagement over a number of years. They spoke about the fact that senior management of the company changed recently. They also spoke about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Somebody must have thought Senator Norris was a farmer.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I read them. They are hilarious.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The advertisements mention road frontage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I hope my comment does not get coverage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As well.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome the Minister to the House. As other speakers have said, this is a very welcome development and the Minister and his team are to be congratulated on it. I join others in asking the Minister to comment on the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I understand, having spent some time in the Department of Justice and Equality, that it is not an...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I congratulate Senators Ruane and Warfield on putting the proposition to the House. While I agree with Senator Richmond that it is important to try to convince people who are not of the same point of view as oneself, people are seeing a window into what it was like being in government with Fine Gael for five years in terms of trying to get any progressive change over the line. The marriage...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It was not until the Constitutional Convention came to the conclusion that we should have a referendum that Fine Gael agreed that should happen. The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act almost collapsed the Government, if memory serves. It is, therefore, of no surprise to me or members of my party that a very progressive and innovative change to the voting law proposed by Senators...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is a well-intentioned and important Bill, which would allow 16 and 17 year olds to ask their Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil candidate at local elections what they actually believe in and other pertinent questions. I remember having a Dáil debate in my school which was attended by all the candidates, and it was fantastic. All the young people in my school asked questions. The most...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I support what has been said about Bus Éireann. Across this House we have been raising this issue and the issue of Dublin Bus for a number of months. SIPTU has announced that it is balloting its members in Dublin Bus and Irish Rail. The Minister has known this was coming from the first day of his appointment, it cannot be a surprise to him.From what was said on the radio this morning...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It will not be solved by the Sunday Independenteither.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: And the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will he not come in before it is resolved? Is the Leader genuinely serious?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: That is unbelievable.