Results 421-440 of 1,677 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is very dangerous indeed. Most new-build hotels either put in a separate walk-in shower or, if necessary, a custom-designed low-wall bath with anti-slip devices in it along with the shower. I was quite shocked recently when I stayed in a very well-known and relatively recently refurbished hotel - I will not name it. I found myself climbing into a bath, the walls of which were as high as...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: It was not designed as a shower; it was designed as a bath with a very narrow V-shaped bottom on it. To get purchase it would take someone, especially of my years, to stand legs akimbo in order not to fall. This could give rise to many accidents. I ask the Leader to ask the relevant Minister, probably the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, in terms...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I deliberately decided to wait until that period was over.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I take my lead from our leader, Senator Ardagh. The situation with Brexit is fraught at present and probably the less said the better. I agree with Senator Feighan that there has been a remarkable consensus of the main political parties in their approach to the important and sensitive issue, an issue which will define our time this term in the Seanad. I hope the Taoiseach will not regret...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: They had been attempting to facilitate a withdrawal from hands-on involvement by Mr. Deripaska. It looked as if it would be okay but the US Treasury Secretary announced yesterday that he is not prepared to look at the issue until January 2019. That is a sword of Damocles hanging over a significant project. I ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene and come to this...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: The greyhounds will be in traps.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Today is clearly a critical day for Brexit. We have not seen the print so we cannot make an assessment of it. The noise from the media suggests that we are on the cusp of a deal. I honestly believe that there is no such thing as a good deal and that there are far more downsides about any Brexit deal than there are upsides. The whole thing has been highly regrettable and I think the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator objected to being interrupted and I should not be interrupted. Sinn Féin has its reasons for not playing a part here. I do not understand those reasons. My party had to bite some serious bullets when Éamon de Valera came here to Leinster House in 1927. It was most unpalatable for the party but the members did it for the good of the country. Where would the country...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Yes, the Senator does.

Seanad: Children's Health Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendment made by the Dáil. This is looked...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I, too, welcome the Bill. I also welcome Deputy Pringle to the House and I commend him on being proactive. I had not intended to speak, but I am anxious to respond to comments made by Senator Higgins in regard to a project on the Shannon Estuary, a project that I know more than a little about because I have been involved in it since its inception. I was mayor of Kerry in 2004 when the...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I will come to that matter presently. I would like to be associated with the tributes to Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, who gave a lifetime to music in Ireland. It is an art form that does not get the same exposure as literature, for instance. Professor Ó Súilleabháin was part of a long tradition of Munster...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am glad to be appointed to that position by the leader of my party, Deputy Micheál Martin. I look forward to working with our Dáil spokesperson on foreign affairs, Deputy Niall Collins, and to engaging constructively with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney. We will give constructive criticism where necessary. At present, a great deal...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Cuirim fáilte Uí Cheallaigh roimh Ard-Mhéara Bhéal Feirste, Comhairleoir Hargey. Tréaslaím leis an Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile a chur an rún seo chun cinn. I welcome the mayor wholeheartedly to the Chamber and I compliment my colleague, Senator Ó Donnghaile, who put the matter forward in the first place. Such communication, conversation and...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I second the amendment proposed by Senator Wilson. A month ago, the delay in upgrading a leaving certificate examination result caused trouble for a courageous student in Wexford, who, thankfully, was able to secure her college place.  It is time for the Minister for Education and Skills to address this debacle.  Every year the same crisis seems to develop.  We hear there is a...

Seanad: Accessibility Issues for Voters with Disabilities: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, back to the House. He and I soldiered together for a term and I commend him on the work he is doing in his Department.We must give credit every now and again. The Minister of State is doing a good job in the area of local government. He is respected for his commitment by the general public and elected members at local authority level on all...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I accept that I coming to this matter a bit late. I have no comment to make on the circumstances of the resignation of the former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten. In his capacity as Minister, I found Deputy Naughten very forthcoming, available and engaging and I want to give him credit, particularly for the hands-on approach he took to trying to...