Results 21-40 of 446 for speaker:Niall Blaney

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (8 Feb 2024)

Niall Blaney: Before the Minister of State replies, I welcome the students and teachers in the audience from Gaelscoil Eoin, Ballsbridge, Dublin. They are very welcome. They are all very good boys and girls. I hope they enjoy their trip around Leinster House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (8 Feb 2024)

Niall Blaney: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, to the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: I hope the Chairman will allow a little leeway because there is much that is interesting in the three presentations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: I welcome Mr. Kelly, Mr. Neill and Mr. Roberts and thank them from their presentations. Mr. Kelly gave a very positive outlook in relation to manufacturing in Northern Ireland. There is an enormous number of businesses. The figure is shocking. One would never think that Mr. Kelly would represent 4,500 in Manufacturing Northern Ireland. That says so much about the sector. Moreover, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: I just have a few things to address to Mr. Kelly. He and Deputy Tully were starting to develop a conversation there on immigration. Once we open the issue of immigration in this country, there is nearly a tendency to say you are anti-immigration. Mr. Kelly was coming at it this morning from the perspective of how much we need immigrants. I do not think anyone here would disagree with him....

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: Amendments Nos. 1 and 170 to 181, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: Yes.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: Does Senator Hoey wish to speak to amendment No. 6?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: We will come to that.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: Amendments Nos. 7 to 11, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Niall Blaney: I welcome those in the Gallery as named. Are there any other contributors? I call the Minister, Deputy McEntee.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (28 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: The Minister of State is very welcome. I have been notified that the Minister for Transport is unavailable today. I thank the Minister of State for coming in to take this Commencement matter. I have done this on foot of correspondence I received from a retired commandant in the Army who has been talking to many of his friends about the proposals by TII to shut off lay-bys on motorways....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (28 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: The statement the Minister of State has been given contains the line that "the need for such lay-bys for non-professional drivers has reduced".Have people stopped getting tired or are they less tired when they are driving? This whole thing is nonsensical and that is why I am taking the opportunity to raise it. It was mentioned in the reply that the motorway service area policy was published...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: Yes, please, Chairman. I appreciate that. I thank both witnesses for coming here and I thank Mr. Mac Flynn for the presentation. I am, however, a little taken aback by the approach NERI is taking as regards its presentation. Mr. Mac Flynn stated "Our mission is to produce research that will guide and inform policies that lead to the creation of sustainable and inclusive economies in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: I am not sure anybody here has a problem with that but I would like to see NERI start to look at the detail of what is and is not working in Northern Ireland and what is and is not working down south. Let us then start to examine the areas worth looking at. What Mr. Mac Flynn is saying can act in a productive manner, and that is where I would like to have been today, rather than having this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: When will we get sight of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: When will we get sight of that report?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Nov 2023)

Niall Blaney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I raise this matter and call on the Government and European Union to act swiftly to deal with the dumping of electricity generated by renewable sources, particularly in rural areas. I can speak only in real terms of County Donegal. The situation there, as I know it, is that most of the energy produced by the wind farms and hydro station is...