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Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: This Government allowed the bankers to decide that mortgages holders are not co-operating if they do not respond to banks in the manner demanded.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is an absolute disgrace. The Government is facilitating the bankers by creating a cloud of smoke around this inquiry. The only people who will benefit are the bankers who will get away.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I wish to be associated with welcoming the legislation. It is a short Bill which we in the Fianna Fáil Party are pleased to be in a position to support. I commend the Minister on introducing the legislation. Johnstown Castle was built in the 1100s by the Esmonde family, which hailed from Lancashire in England, and was vested in the State in 1945. The State benefits from the project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I was not talking about a harbour, I was talking about a small-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes. What case has the Department made for widening out grant aid and making it available for newer vessels? Fishermen maintain that upgrading older vessels is not the best thing to do in terms of safety or fishing opportunities and that it is far better to purchase new vessels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will be as brief as I can as the Minister is probably under pressure timewise. I commend him on his initiative on the inshore fishing strategy which he has adopted in response to some of the recommendations that were highlighted in the document prepared by the subcommittee, and that must be welcomed. Some of the issues related to it have been raised by members. The forum is an excellent...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I call on the Leader to facilitate a debate in this House with the Minister for agriculture present. This should be done ahead of the Minister's submission to the European Commission relating to the new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, programme and the rural development programme, Pillar 1 and Pillar 2. This is of great importance to the farming sector in this country and to rural Ireland....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maximising the Usage and Potential of Land (Resumed): European Commission (5 Jun 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the witnesses for their appearance before us this morning. On the new CAP programme, I welcome the inclusion of funding for young farmers and for greening measures. I ask Mr. Haniotis to give an outline of what the Commission's expects member states to do to provide additional supports for marginal land and, in particular, for farming land that is constrained, such as high nature...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Those targets were from 11 years ago. What about now?

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I support the amendment. The Minister created absolute confusion yesterday. A report has been published which the Minister tried to rubbish by accusing the HSE of breaching procurement guidelines. Answers need to be given by the Minister regarding his knowledge of that breach, the person or authority responsible for approving the commissioning of the report, whether the HSE has actually...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I agree with the comments of my colleague, Senator O'Neill, on the electoral register. It is in a mess. Every individual living in the State or contributing to it should be entitled to a vote. It is wrong that people would be inadvertently removed from the register. The Seanad could do the citizens of the country some service by proposing a number of recommendations regarding the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes, I am. Could you read it because I only came to the Chamber when Senator Ó Clochartaigh was on his feet?

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the Minister. I acknowledge the tremendous work undertaken by my colleague, Senator Marc MacSharry-----

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Members of the Government find it funny.

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I do not think the provision of a world-class maternity service is funny. It should be a priority for the Government. I do not understand why Government Senators would come into the House with smirks on their faces when we are raising serious issues which were raised throughout the Midlands-North-West constituency during the election.

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: These issues clearly are not being addressed today. I listened in my office to the response of the Minister. I have not received any reassuring comments on the provision of services, whether in Letterkenny General Hospital, Sligo, Mayo or Ballinasloe. I commend my colleague, Senator MacSharry, on raising these important issues. A report was commissioned, and in light of what the Minister...

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What is meant in the wording of the Government counter-motion that the report has no status? Procurement issues arise, to which the Minister referred in the final lines of the first page of his address with regard to the commissioning of the report. We would like to know who sanctioned the report. What were the terms of reference of the report? Who signed off on commissioning the report?...

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Do not attack the person bringing the information to the table. Why did the Minister lay out the facts-----

Seanad: Maternity Services: Motion (28 May 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Why did the Minister not give a commitment here today that all of the services in the five units in the north and west hospitals will not only be retained but will be enhanced and the embargo on recruitment will be lifted to provide for extra midwives and obstetricians who are required?