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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: European Health Insurance Card (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Minister for his response, which was fairly comprehensive in one sense. I am not trying to catch anybody out or trip anybody up because I believe the Minister is committed to this. As he correctly acknowledged, we are 57 days out from the end of the transition period. People need to start hearing detail and have this issue explained to them so they understand it clearly. I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (5 Nov 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Silim gurb é seo a chéad seal ag plé ábhair linn ina ról nua. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. Before I speak to the Bill, I touch on an issue that may appear a bit awkward. I am sure it will not be lost on people that today the Government is bringing through legislation that aims to protect the EU's financial interest...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Maoiniú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta agus Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2019: Conradh na Gaeilge (4 Nov 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom an coiste a chur ar an eolas go gcaithfidh mé sleamhnú amach go dtí cruinniú eile anois ar an drochuair. Sula imím agus an seal agam, déanfaidh mé roinnt pointí. Mhol Julian de Spáinn cúpla uair go dtiocfaí rún ón choiste seo maidir le cuid de na moltaí atá déanta againn. Tréaslaím leis...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Maoiniú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta agus Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2019: Conradh na Gaeilge (4 Nov 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Má tá sé sin chun tarlú, sin an rud is tábhachtaí le comhaltaí a chur ar an eolas.

Seanad: Ireland-China Relations: Motion (8 Oct 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ar dtús báire, gabhaim leithscéal le moltóirí an rúin, an Seanadóir Mullen agus an Seanadóir McDowell. Bhí mé gafa ag vóta thíos staighre sa Choiste um Fhorfheidhmiú Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta. Tá ábhar agam os comhair an choiste sin. Cé go bhfuil mé ag fágáil roimh an gcuid eile den...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Mac Lochlainn as ucht mé a ainmniú agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Teachta Lawless. I wish him every success and look forward to working with him. I promise the committee I am not staging a walk-out but I have to speak on a Private Members' Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am not taking the huff with anyone and want to make that clear for the record. In all sincerity, I have a great deal of investment in this committee and in the Agreement and its institutions. As such, I look forward to supporting Deputy Lawless in his role, as well as the Chairman and all of our colleagues going forward because, as was rightly acknowledged last week, this is a really...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ireland works best when it works together. We can see that is the case in many aspects of our lives such as sport, research and development, movements and campaigns for societal change, academia and many other fields. When it comes to the health crisis and Covid-19, it is imperative that we continue to work in unison on our planning, approaches, responses and communications. We should do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I second the amendment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am sure, like many of us, the Leader will have been deeply concerned and troubled by the news from Bus Éireann this week that it proposes to suspend a number of crucial and vital Expressway bus services from Dublin to a number of key locations throughout the rest of the country. As announced this week, the organisation is minded to cut services from Dublin to Belfast, Galway, Limerick...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am sure many Senators across the House will join me in expressing anger, deep disappointment and sadness at the demolition of The O'Rahilly House yesterday at 6.30 a.m. It is an assault of grave vandalism on our architectural and revolutionary history and heritage that we should proud of, utilise, share, develop and promote to the maximum extent possible. It is an absolute travesty that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I heard the breadth of support for this amendment, and the Cathaoirleach has heard the breadth of concern expressed about this issue, including from Government Senators. It is an issue of major importance. I appreciate what the Leader is saying but what I always try to do in this House is light a candle rather than curse the dark. This issue is of such urgency and priority that, with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Niall Ó Donnghaile, Seanadóir de chuid Shinn Féin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not wish to pre-empt any decision of the committee, and we may not need to take a decision on it today, but I am sure that those who were members of the committee during the previous Dáil will agree that 2 p.m. on Thursday is not an ideal time for the work of the committee. It very often clashed with the voting block in the Dáil, although I realise that will be moved around in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Chair summed it up very well. We must ensure we are available for the MPs who attend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Even they would probably agree that Thursday is not great. To return to the Chairman's point on having the Chambers available to the committee, a Monday or Friday would be ideal because it would tick all the boxes. I endorse fully what the Chairman has proposed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I raise again the case of Emma DeSouza, which I raised consistently in the previous Seanad and will be familiar to many Members of the House. Without going into the complexities of the case, and trying to put it as succinctly as I can, Emma DeSouza was brought to court by the British Home Office for asserting her right under the Good Friday Agreement to identify and be accepted as an Irish...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Island Unit (23 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta Chambers. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a cheapachán. Táim ag dúil go mór le bheith ag obair leis as seo amach, go háirithe i dtaca le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus cúrsaí Gaeltachta de. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Jack Chambers, and thank him for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Island Unit (23 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: On Tuesday, 20 July, in a response to a written question, the Taoiseach stated, "Work on its [the shared island unit's] structure, staffing and work programme is under way and I hope the unit will start this work in the coming weeks." In all of that, we have not been provided with an actual start date. We are all very familiar with the sentiment and the objectives of the Good Friday...

Seanad: Withdrawal Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the European Union: Motion (23 Sep 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes, we will take four minutes each. I thank the Minister of State for representing the Minister here today and I thank the Fianna Fáil Senators for bringing this important motion before us. We are at a rare moment in the evolving political history of our nation, one which encompasses centuries of history, centuries of injustice, centuries of interference in the affairs of our people,...