Results 561-580 of 1,677 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: The following message was received from Dáil Éireann:Dáil Éireann has passed the Finance Bill 2017.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I also wish to express my regret at the news of the resignation of our friend, Senator Denis Landy. He represented all the best traditions of the Labour Party. His priority was always the underdog, the working man. He was an outstanding public representative at local authority level for many years. He and I go back a long way. We were on the executive of the Association of Municipal...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----in any member of the Government any day they like-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----and let it do so. This has proved once again how irrelevant Sinn Féin is. When this Government was being formed, Deputy Gerry Adams spent about four weeks at the pictures. He was texting the films he was watching at night on Netflix.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: It was a nightmare for Sinn Féin

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: May I continue? It is the usual gallery of Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Sinn Féin Members like to give it out but they cannot take it. They were not there for a formation of a Government when it was needed. It brought down a Government in the North and it is irrelevant down here. I hope that the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----confidence and supply arrangement-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----which was underpinned by last resort meetings between the two leaders, will continue in order that we can have some kind of stability at a time when it was never more needed. God help us if we ever see Sinn Féin getting a leg into government. It will bring down the whole shooting gallery in one day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome both of the witnesses and thank them for coming before the committee. Their presentations were frank and informative. I especially welcome the statement from Professor Pajkrt that in the Netherlands the whole question of abortion is women-centred. This is the way it should be. It is the mindset that is starting to gain momentum in Ireland, although rather belatedly. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will not pursue that issue. I suppose it is a matter for philosophy rather than anything else. On the legislation, I think I am correct in saying that an abortion will not be allowed to a young person between the ages of 12 and 16 without parental consent. However, should a reasonable argument be put forward by the woman in question, abortion would be allowed. I am somewhat surprised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Obstetric Medicine in the Netherlands: Professor Sjef Gevers and Professor Eva Pajkrt, University of Amsterdam (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Senator Gavan has already referred to my next point. Obviously the Irish cohort is so small there have not been any studies of it. There was a dip in 2013 and a very small number of Irish women travelling to the Netherlands in that year. Do the witnesses have any idea why that happened? Also, is there any after-care regime in place for foreign women generally or Irish women in particular...

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: No. 1 is statements on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills report on the eligibility of maintenance grants to students - Wake-up SUSI. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, to the House. I invite the Minister of State to make her opening statement.

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: This Chamber has no direct communication with the Dáil Chamber. Perhaps one of the Minister of State's officials will notify her. This is a separate Chamber. I am sure they will send for her.

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister of State but I wish to put her mind at ease. I have just learned that there has been a change and the votes the Minister of State was expecting will not now be taking place right now.

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: Tá fáilte romhat.

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister of State again but contrary to what I just told her, it seems there is a vote. It is not the normal vote that she was anticipating but another vote in the Dáil on an amendment to the Finance Bill which she may have to attend.

Seanad: Student Universal Support Ireland: Statements (23 Nov 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the acting Leader to suspend-----