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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I second that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Will the Chair outline what we are voting on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Likewise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: We will do our best to accommodate but I think we are getting a bit slack if I might put it like that. We have done a lot of work. I prefer to take five minutes to sort this out. I do not want to be voting on something just because it is a convenience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Are we going to come up with a wording right now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I have to come in here. This is not the first time Senator Mullen has made widespread insinuations and assertions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: No, excuse me now Chairman. I will be heard. The Senator is making insinuations and innuendoes about the rest of us. There must be some kind of invisible moral high ground that I do not see here. However, Senator Mullen clearly identifies it and I am not on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Now I want to tell the Senator, through the Chair, and this is my last intervention and I will not be tackling Senator Mullen again on this issue. I really do think he is doing an injustice to his fellow Oireachtas members by the broad sweep with which he casts us all aside as being involved in some kind of a cover-up now for the work we have done. We have done our work in good faith, every...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Following on from the remarks by Senator Ó Ríordáin, this has been a very bad year publicity-wise for An Garda Síochána with the whistleblower saga, the tribunals, the penalty points, etc. It is important at the end of the year that we, as legislators, declare again our full support and admiration for the work being done by An Garda Síochána to keep us and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank you, Chairman, for presiding over these proceedings in a very professional, calm and measured way. I totally reject any suggestions that either you or the committee was in any way biased in any stage of the proceedings. I thank my fellow committee members and the staff for giving of their time. I thank all the witnesses who appeared before the committee. I regret that there was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: However, I studied all the presentations that were made and I now have a settled view. I hope it is an informed view and a mature view. I have no difficulty with what Deputy O'Brien proposed for the procedures for next week. It makes sense as part of our remit was to drill down into the findings of the Citizens' Assembly. I see no reason not to follow its procedures. I do not anticipate...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution is nearing the conclusion of its work and this day week it will submit its report and recommendations to Government for consideration. The committee has been very active and, in my opinion, every member of it has engaged fully with due diligence to the task in hand. It will be up to the Government in the first instance to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: There are no timeslots as such but we will allow that.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Senator and it is a sign of Des's great popularity that there are so many here with a lot to say. I ask speakers to keep an eye on the time. I acknowledge and welcome the presence in the Gallery of another Tipperary representative, Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I too am pleased to pay my small tribute to the great Des Hanafin. I extend my warmest welcome to Mona, Mary, John, MaryClaire, Darragh, John Junior and the two Tipperary Deputies who are with us here today. Des Hanafin is a legend in Irish politics, and in particular is a legend in Fianna Fáil history. He came from a good, strong, republican Tipperary background, and that informed...

Seanad: World AIDS Day: Statements (30 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Go raibh maith agat a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I will not actually require that much time.

Seanad: World AIDS Day: Statements (30 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State to House and compliment her and her Department on the very good work that they are doing in this very important area. I agree with her that this debate will help highlight the problem of AIDS and it is hoped it will assist people to come forward and not be afraid of any stigma attached. We had a very pleasant session here just now as we complimented our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I had two questions but they have been anticipated almost exactly by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and Senator Ruane. I have a general question which is not really part of Mr. Thompson's remit but he stated in reply to a previous question that women from less privileged backgrounds present later than the majority of women. Is there a programme in place in the UK to encourage earlier presentation?...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator has just one minute because we are trying to avoid a Dáil vote.