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Seanad: Fodder Crisis: Statements (9 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the House to hear statements on the fodder crisis. He shall speak first and state his position, the main spokespersons will follow for eight minutes each and other speakers shall have five minutes. Ar aghaidh leat, an tAire.

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Cullinane has one minute remaining.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: If Senator Bradford expects this side of the House to remain mute on economic issues, he is in for a surprise. I would like to mention two issues briefly. First, No. 1, the motion on maritime spatial planning, is worthy of debate. Our fishing quota is about 4% of the EU's total, while we have 22% or 23% of the EU's fisheries area. The coastal area within our jurisdiction is many times the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Architectural Heritage (8 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I am somewhat honoured that the Minister, Deputy Shatter, has decided to come in to take this Adjournment motion. Castledonovan is a castle in a semi-derelict state but is of some historical importance to west Cork and Ireland. I was a member of the national monument committee of Cork County Council for a number of years and was actively proposing the refurbishment and renewal of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Architectural Heritage (8 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister. It is just two years since this Seanad came into being and he has been in the House many times, and this is the best piece of news he has brought me in those two years. I thank him for that. Perhaps it was unintentional that he was the bearer of the news but I am pleased that it is coming close to completion. I am also pleased that I was one of the few people...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Architectural Heritage (8 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Instead of shooting the messenger I will praise the messenger.

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Motion (8 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In contrast with the reticence of my Labour Party colleagues, I believe we should be proud and honoured that he is a former Senator who understands the workings of the House. I am sure because of his legal training, that he also understands in great depth and as well as anyone the nature of this motion. Fianna Fáil supports this motion to...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: It is my great pleasure, as Leas-Chathaoirleach and on behalf of all the Senators, to express my sincere gratitude to the Commissioner for her very innovative - if I might use that word - speech today in the Chamber and for her very sincere answers to all the various questions raised. My abiding memory of her, when I had served in the Seanad for some time and when she had attended as both a...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I express my concern over major delays in orthopaedic surgical procedures, particularly in the Munster and southern region. Last week I was contacted by a man aged approximately 60 who has been waiting three years for a hip replacement. He had an accident when he was younger and he told me he sleeps with the help of morphine patches and other medication. I was alarmed to discover today...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Marine Development (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: An bhfuil tú sásta, Senator Ó Clochartaigh?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Redundancy Payments (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I am sure the Minister of State will convey the Senator's remarks.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Redundancy Payments (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Deputy Perry, to the House. I have been asked to read a cautionary note to Senator Cullinane. As the Senator is aware, I had to rule out of order certain aspects of the Senator's Adjournment matter as they appeared to me to encroach on the functions of the High Court, which is not permissible under...

Seanad: Charities Regulation: Motion (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome this debate. I thank Senator O'Brien, Senator Mac Conghail and the Independent group for making it possible. The Minister will be glad I am not going to throw any barbs at him. I welcome him to the House. I support the Bill and will not crow about the fact that my party brought in the original Bill in 2009. It is still not fully implemented. I will use a few minutes to explain...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome Ms Nessa Childers, MEP, to the House. She has been the MEP for the East constituency since 2009. I wish her every success in her role. She has 20 minutes in which to address the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: My amendment seeks that a Minister with a knowledge of rural Ireland would come to the House to debate the issue. The situation is acute. It would be remiss of me as a member of the agricultural panel to not even raise this issue. According to the people who contacted me yesterday, the helpline is a cop-out and a waste of time.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I compliment the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, on his U-turn regarding the sale of Coillte, if I may use this term very carefully. I welcome that. It was very manly and fair of Deputy Rabbitte in reflecting on the road he and his Department were going down. The sale of Coillte, in the way it was being suggested, would have had huge and disastrous consequences for this country. I raise again...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Island Communities (18 Apr 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister and I acknowledge that he is taking the matter on behalf of the other Minister of State, Deputy McGinley. The Minister of State suggested Cork County Council should commission a report on facts that are patently obvious. All it needs to do is to listen to people who live on the island and who access it. The demands are very basic and simple. They need access and they...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Island Communities (18 Apr 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. As he will know, Dursey Island is served by a cable car which was the first cable car to connect an island to this country. A number of difficulties have arisen in the past 12 to 18 months. The islanders have successfully accessed the island by cable car for some decades. They also transported animals but due to health and safety concerns and...