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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Not this one, unfortunately.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I accept everything that the Minister of State has said. I appreciate that he is not responsible for this matter. It is the responsibility of the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The draft guidelines are complete and are being examined by a group of consultants. It is quite outrageous that the taxpayer is having to pay for...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, agus an t-Aire. This issue relates to wind energy. I call for a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis for the taxpayer to be carried out on the wind energy sector, and more particularly on wind farms and the Government's proposal to proceed with providing 1,000 single turbines to generate wind energy in the midlands. We have now learned that...

Seanad: Building Control (Carbon Monoxide Detection) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Seanadóir Feargal Quinn as an mBille tábhachtach seo a chur chun tosaigh inniu. Aithním go bhfuil an tAire ag gabháil buíochas as an obair sin agus ag glacadh leis an mBille. Cuirim fáilte roimh sin. This Bill represents an important step in the context of protecting citizens in their homes. As previous speakers...

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (2 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----who can afford to pay €64 per month to watch 14 of our national games on television is going down the wrong road.

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (2 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Much has been said this evening about sport and be it in respect of participation levels or elite athletes, sport is an international phenomenon here in Ireland. Ireland can be described as a sporting nation. People here probably are sporting mad with regard to athletics, soccer, Gaelic games such as hurling or football, horse racing and any and many sports. In recent years, the...

Seanad: Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister for his attendance this afternoon to provide an overview of the legislation, namely, the Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013. I very much welcome the legislation, as do my colleagues in Fianna Fáil, and we will be supporting it. It streamlines existing legislation, reduces bureaucracy and amends regulatory...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I second the amendment to the Order of Business put forward by my colleague, Senator Marc MacSharry, requesting that, under Standing Order 56, the Attorney General be questioned in the House and provide an explanation for the Oireachtas of the details pertaining to the Shatter debacle, as it is now being referred to in the media. This forum, being constitutionally established, is the correct...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom fosta cur leis na focail chomhbhróin a cuireadh in iúl don Seanadóir Ó Ceallaigh ar bhás a athair. I also acknowledge an excellent contributor here, the late former Senator from Athlone, Nicky McFadden, who was a distinguished Member of this House. I will raise two issues. The first is the haulage charge introduced as of midnight last evening for...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: By then it will be too late so we should have the discussions now.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: A large percentage of the national budget is going on it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Sinn Féin takes the Queen's shilling, but it will not challenge it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Perhaps the Senator will familiarise himself with the facts.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: While Fianna Fáil supports it within the general scheme of this motion, we wish to distance ourselves from the Sinn Féin position in the North in respect of fracking, because it has split communities-----

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Through the Chair, I had not intended to raise this issue at all, but Sinn Féin colleagues began to have a go at me when I rose to speak. If the Senator is trying to justify his remarks then so be it, but our position is crystal clear. Fianna Fáil is opposed to the development of wind turbines in the manner in which-----

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: My party leader, Deputy Martin, visited Denmark recently, where he examined the issue of pylons and the damaging effects on local communities of wind turbines in particular. Within the constituency in County Donegal in which I live, I was involved in a campaign in the Glen of Glenties, where a major investment of wind turbines was being developed. Planning permission had been granted by...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I commend Sinn Féin on its introduction of this Private Members’ motion, and Fianna Fáil is delighted to be able to support it.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am glad Senator Cullinane raised an important point, because partitionism is alive and well in Sinn Féin, unfortunately. In Leitrim, one of Senator Cullinane's Sinn Féin colleagues is not opposed to fracking north of the Border but, because it is politically opportunistic, he is opposed to fracking south of the Border.

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: My colleague Senator Mooney raised the concerns of the local communities in County Leitrim who, along with the Sinn Féin Deputy in the area, are against fracking. What is the unified policy of Sinn Féin on this particular topic and on wind energy? Sinn Féin has let down rural communities. Members of its own party have left Sinn Féin because of its inaction in opposing...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: If Senator Cullinane wants to have a go at my colleague Senator Mooney-----