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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy's time is up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Would you stop behaving like children and let us get on with the business, please?

Minute's Silence for the Victims of the Earthquake in Morocco and the Floods in Libya (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call on Members to rise again in their places for a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Morocco and the appalling floods in Libya.

Minute's Silence for the Victims of the Earthquake in Morocco and the Floods in Libya (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Ar dheis Dé go rabhadar uilig.

Appointment of Superintendent of the Houses of the Oireachtas (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before we commence, I ask Members to join with me in welcoming Mr. Barry Ryan, who is in the division lobby. Superintendent, I wish you every success in what we hope will be your lengthy career in Leinster House.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy McDonald, you are very welcome back.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have to bear in mind, as I call on the Minister of State, that as well as the awful travesties of justice that the Deputies outline, Lukashenko has now agreed to take atomic weapons from Russia. I believe that Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is an inspirational young female leader and deserves support in challenging Lukashenko and his mob. Anyway, the floor is the Minister of State's.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We hope to have an opportunity on our return in September to have a debate on the situation in Belarus.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The third matter I have included for today's Topical Issue debate comes from Deputies Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle who wish to discuss the serious deterioration of prison conditions and the health of imprisoned independent trade union leaders and activists in Belarus. There are a lot of other people as well as trade union leaders in prison in the same country.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We move to the second important item, tabled by Deputy Durkan, who wishes to discuss the recent UN special rapporteur's report that explicitly recommends states legislate to prohibit the use of parental alienation or related pseudo-concepts in family law cases. This is part of the Deputy's ongoing crusade, shall I say?

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I understand the Minister of State is sharing time with Deputy Lahart.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That concludes Leaders' Questions, and it being the last Leaders' Questions of the session-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes, you can.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Tánaiste. I need to begin by thanking him, the Taoiseach and the members of the Government, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald and the leaders of the other parties and groups for their unfailing help, support and courtesy over the course of the year. I extend our good wishes to those of our Members who are unwell at present. I hope we see them all back fit and well in September. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----keeping an eye on us. We need never to lose sight of the fact they fulfil an essential role on behalf of the public in keeping an eye on us and informing the public, very often in a positive way, of what is happening. I am also conscious that we are at a point in the electoral cycle where tensions are beginning to build.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Certainly, when we come back in September, I suspect the temperature will be a little higher than it is now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Therefore, I say to Members, please, look after yourselves during the summer break. The cynics will think we are off on our long holidays, as they will always do. You, the Members, know, and I know, that people will be working assiduously in their constituencies. Maybe take a little time away from your phones. If Deputy Danny Healy-Rae were here, I would be advocating that to him in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Tánaiste. The time is up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can we stop the heckling please?