Results 301-320 of 1,677 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to Transport Matters (25 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I apologise to the guests for coming in and out, as I must participate in a constituency issue. I have followed as much as the debate as possible on the monitor. I wish to link in with Mr. Carr. I have a particular interest in the Shannon Foynes Port Company, having been a director for many decades. Mr. Carr referred mainly to Dublin and Rosslare but he did mention Shannon Foynes in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in Regard to Transport Matters (25 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: There is no firmer date as to when the rail link might go ahead. Are we talking in a year or further on?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will be brief. I agree with the Cathaoirleach's complimentary remarks about the fantastic refurbishment work done in Leinster House, particularly in our Chamber. As a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, I have been privy to the large amount of work that has been undertaken by the OPW, the contractors and our professional staff, including the Clerks of the Dáil and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome being back in this Chamber. I did not believe we would return within the current term. I invested in a pair of hearing aids because I could hear nothing whatsoever over in the other place. I will give them back. I might get a refund.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: A lot of the time, one hears far too much. This is a good day for parliamentary democracy worldwide at a time when it needs defending and support. We have seen cavalier attitudes being taken to the democratic process by leaders of two of the largest democracies in the world, namely, the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson, MP, and President Trump across the water in the United States of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----all of their time-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----panicking over opinion polls and attacking Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: They have an opportunity-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Look at this now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Absolutely. I can go on all day, too.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: It has the opportunity to partake in democracy over there. While I am at it-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----I am quite happy to lay out Fianna Fáil's financial income and its financial support from organisations outside this country, if Sinn Féin will show us all its dodgy money and all the strange-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----funny money it seems to be able to spend. My party is out in the open-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----about what we get. We do not go behind closed doors. We have no skeletons to worry about there.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach looks shocked to see me up at this early hour of the morning.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. Before I was elected to Seanad Éireann, I served as a councillor in Kerry for 22 years, in which time I had the privilege of being mayor of the county.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. In that time, I was involved in any amount of housing grant applications. Although one did not always get the desired outcome, I never came up against a case as unfair and inexplicable as this one. I do not say that lightly and, as the Leas-Chathaoirleach knows, neither am I in the habit of tabling Commencement matters on individual issues such as this....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his reasonably satisfactory response, including scripted and unscripted comments, and his understanding of the uniqueness of the situation and the bigger picture. I will not belabour the matter. I know the family will welcome a review and look forward to the promised contact from the county council in great anticipation. I detect a mood change from the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coast Guard Services (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister to be brief because we are tight on time this morning.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coast Guard Services (10 Jul 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank both the Senator and the Minister.