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Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Blaney: Before I call the next speaker, I am sure the members of the House will wish to join with me in welcoming a parliamentary delegation from Azerbaijan led by Ms Sahiba Gafarova, speaker of the Milli Majlis. On my own behalf and that of all my colleagues in Seanad Éireann, I extend a very warm welcome to the delegation from Azerbaijan. I offer them good wishes for a very successful visit...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Blaney: We have one final speaker. I call on Senator Maria Byrne.

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Blaney: I call Senator Gallagher to reply to the debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Blaney: I welcome the witnesses. It has been an interesting debate. The longer the presentation went on, the more I was sitting back here and the clearer it became that to make this constitutional change happen is a much bigger task than any of us realise. This will particularly be the case if matters are not resolved regarding the political baggage in Northern Ireland. It is a pretty much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Niall Blaney: I apologise for stepping in on Mr. Hetherington's time. He spoke about the level of integration in Northern Ireland. Of the last two reports before this committee, one said the level of integration was 4% while the other said it was 7%. Mr. Hetherington is saying something quite different. Are there any figures to back that up? If not, could we get figures because Mr. Hetherington made a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: The Minister of State is welcome. While the wording of my Commencement matter refers to a Garda station in Donegal, a station is not necessarily what we need. This is more to do with the Garda review that is taking place across the country. I am here to pitch on behalf of the people in Donegal and also a representative group that wrote to me recently, namely, the Donegal Public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I acknowledge the Minister is saying she does not have influence in this but the reality is that Kerry was to be a different model. The outcome there is now different, probably for good reason. In order to expand tourism, we in County Donegal are seeking to go down a similar route to that taken in County Kerry. Donegal is a large county....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sports Events (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: Please have some respect for the Minister of State's reply.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: We are out of time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: We are out of time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: We are out of time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: I compliment what my colleagues, Senators O'Loughlin and Cummins, said on septic tanks. Senator Cummins is right in what he said about the registration of septic tanks. In 2013 there was a fear among households about registering their septic tanks. They feared it would lead to a levy down the road and the unknown. I do not think we have communicated the message properly. There needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: The witnesses are welcome. It is great to see three chief commissioners, who are all female. Congratulations on that. It is not very often that we see that in the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is really hard to believe that in 2023, the approach to human rights is as it is. I do not even think that the approach to human rights was as bad in Margaret Thatcher's day as it is at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: I propose that. My only question is on the organisations' consultation with the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: Do the organisations have a sense of what the future may be? Is there a better outlook?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: Yes.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House. Many of my colleagues have raised very pertinent issues about the governance of the various local authorities and the influence that councillors have. As time goes on, this influence is becoming lessened at local level. At the end of the day, the issue is not so much about the councillors but the people they represent. They are people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Niall Blaney: I commend the motion being put forward by my colleagues Senators Seery Kearney and Dolan. It is important because parents right across this country are terrified at night when their kids go on a night out. Girls, in particular, are pretty good at sticking together. Young lads, or not so young lads, being young lads get up to all kinds of things. It is a terrifying situation now,...