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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I support his call for a debate on Northern Ireland. I am glad he raised this issue because it has concerned me, as well the general public, for quite some time. With all due deference to my colleagues, Senators Mary White and Mark Daly, among others, doing great work on the Good Friday Agreement committee, we are sleepwalking through the situation in Northern Ireland. I have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Commission for Energy Regulation is before the environment committee today on water tariff principles and proposals. The Government has made a hames of Irish Water. I met a number of the workers who are installing water meters over the weekend. They are not getting bonuses, nor did they draw up this crazy scheme. They are paid to install meters and have thus far installed 450,000 of...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I commend the Minister and wish him well.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I smiled when I heard the Minister, Deputy Noonan, quoting Robert Frost about the road less travelled. The budget is on a very old familiar highway, or should I say autobahn, of election budgets. This is what has framed it. Another big black hole in the budget is the health Estimate. Minuscule percentages have been built into the health budget over the next three years, which we all know...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I congratulate our new colleague, Senator Craughwell, and wish him well in his term here. I also congratulate his family, who are justifiably proud of his great achievement. He showed great courage in contesting an election which 90% of the public expected to be a foregone conclusion and there are probably many people who are sorry they did not do the same. I am from Listowel and we had a...

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: As a teller, under Standing Order 62(3), I propose that the vote be taken other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Order of Business - Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I second Senator Crown's amendment to the Order of Business. People in our business are advised not to question the media because it is akin to putting one's head in the lion's mouth and the media, of its very nature, will always have the last word. I ask for a debate on the online newspaper business, in particular, the manner in which online newspapers provide a facility for nameless,...

Seanad: Appointments to Board of Irish Museum of Modern Art: Statements (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister and congratulate her on her appointment. She is very well thought of on all sides of the House. So far she has performed, in my view, quite well in her portfolio following on from the very good work of my fellow county man, Jimmy Deenihan, in his time in the Department. I find this situation puzzling, confusing and somewhat disturbing. I wish Mr. McNulty well in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is 37.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will be somewhat parochial at the beginning. Obviously, it has been a great week for Kerry, with the dual win in both the minor and senior football championships. There was also a hugely successful racing festival in Listowel. I wish to refer in particular to the latter, because I have a bee in my bonnet about it. Racegoers will know that festival meetings such as Galway, Listowel,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is. However, I wish to ask the Leader to invite the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the House to talk about Horse Racing Ireland. Perhaps we might also get the Minister for Justice and Equality to reappraise the kind of holiday break or weekend arrangement that I mentioned. It is exacerbated by the huge cutbacks in Garda overtime. It does not make sense to me that if a garda is working on...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I second Senator Mooney's amendment to the Order of Business. I join him in commending David Begg, who has announced his imminent retirement. As a Senator from the Labour Panel, I have had considerable dealings with him. He has played a major role in industrial relations in this country. He was always a voice of reason and one of the main movers in the huge positive contribution that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I also welcome everybody back to this term.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am sure the Leader, like many others, will have seen an article in Monday's Irish Independent- a front page and a two-page spread exposé-type article within - on the redundancy arrangements for retiring county, city and town councillors. The journalist in question described these payments as controversial, and he anticipated that there would be a public outcry about them. I fear that...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator can speak for herself.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is the last day. Give me wings. They are very raucous and are keeping people awake. They are getting so cheeky now that they attack young children and dispossess them of their lollipops and stuff like that. It might be funny to many people but it is a serious issue in the city. They really are vermin. They are scavenger gulls and dump gulls. They do not look for fish anymore; they...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: The celebrated American humorist Robert Benchley wrote a hilarious essay called "Down With Pigeons" in which he imagines that the pigeon population has an attitude towards him and is always out to get him. When he goes to Trafalgar Square or St. Mark's Square, he imagines that all the pigeons have gathered there on purpose just to do him in. Where is this leading? I have nothing against...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I want to stress my deep surprise and disappointment at the attitude of some of our MEPs to the appointment of the former Minister, Mr. Phil Hogan, as Commissioner. It is very unusual to see Irish people bad-mouthing their own when they are away from home. It is not done. As we say at home, you do not talk badly about your own when you are out of town. Mr. Hogan has come through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (9 Jul 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Chairman for the promotion.