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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Aontaím leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir Sherlock. I agree with pretty much everything Senator Sherlock said when expressing her concerns about some of the specifics announced, or rather not announced, in the July stimulus package. I am concerned about the way we are doing and are expected to do our business in this House over the next while. While none of us...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Last year over 900,000 passport applications were made to the Irish Passport Office. Over 94,000 of them came from the North and Britain. In one day in 2018 the office received over 10,000 applications. I acknowledge that currently restrictions are being placed on people and we know about the advice regarding international travel, albeit it is confused and calamitous at times. However, as...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I will be sharing time with Senator McCallion. Mar a dúirt mo chomghleacaithe, guím gach rath ar an Aire Stáit ina théarma nua. Sinn Féin will be opposing this legislation, although we do not run contrary to any of the valiant views outlined by speakers thus far. All of what has been articulated up to this point by...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am not afraid to say mea culpawhen it is required. I was not clear enough in my Second Stage contribution. I probably jumped ahead of myself to this Stage. We oppose the amendments, as I made clear. Our opposition to the legislation is based on those amendments being taken as part of this Bill. Although I posed a series of questions regarding the Department and its functions, I hope...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome yesterday's announcement by the Taoiseach that the North-South Ministerial Council will meet at the end of this month. That is a positive and necessary step forward, and I wish all concerned well in their work. I also welcome the apology issued this week by the Chief Constable of the PSNI to investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey. Some colleagues might...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I want to express my solidarity and support, given the very bad news announced this morning in regard to Eason’s in the North. Eason’s is reviewing its stores throughout the Six Counties, where it employs 144 staff members. Within the context of Covid as outlined by Senator Chambers for other sectors, it is a very stark reminder of the real threat posed to our economy by the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom ár gcomhionannas agus ionadaíocht a ardú ar an Ord Gnó inniu. Technically this Chamber is the Seanad but I appreciate and recognise the important symbolic significance of us being here. In particular, I am very conscious of the significance, personally and politically, for myself as a Belfast man and Senator Elisha McCallion as a proud Derry woman to be...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree with and echo the words of previous Senators, in particular on today's launch of the Covid-19 tracking app. It will be a vital tool in keeping people safe. One of the glaring issues about the Covid-19 crisis, and preceding crises, has been the merit in the assertion that we work best when we work collaboratively together, and when we take a united and joined-up approach. Given its...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (7 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move: "That Senator Fintan Warfield be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." I intend to propose that Senator Fintan Warfield be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach. I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte mhór mhaith a chur roimh ár gcara, an iar-Sheanadóir Paul Coghlan ón ríocht, atá linn inniu. I always feel much better and more assured in my Seanad place when...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (7 Jul 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Chair for that advice. Certainly, however, what I found most about Senator Buttimer was that as passionate and committed to the role of Leader as he was, that did not always put him against us in Sinn Féin or members of other parties. It sometimes put him up against members of his own party, so he treated us all equally in that role. I know he will bring, hopefully, that...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Having known the previous Seanad, and certainly looking at the current Seanad, I may speak now before the vote is taken because I certainly do not want to take away from anyone's achievement thereafter. With the permission of Senator Norris, I will dedicate my remarks to my late friend Bobby Storey, who will be buried in Belfast tomorrow. We are thinking of Teresa, his partner, and all of...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Cathaoirleach just pipped me to the post.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Not today. As the Cathaoirleach said, many of us have come a long way and we have waited a long few months to get back to the Seanad Chamber and into our roles. As I said to the Cathaoirleach just before the vote, he has big shoes to fill but I know he will do so effectively and very willingly. The Sinn Féin team and I will work with him as collaboratively and as positively as...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (29 Jun 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus beidh mé chomh gasta agus is féidir liom. Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire as a ceapachán agus a hainmniú mar Aire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais. I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. Like other colleagues, I followed with great admiration her work in her previous role during a very challenging and...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach agus leis an Chathaoirleach. Ba phribhléid é a bheith faoi cheannasaíocht, faoi stiúir, faoi threoir agus, ó am go chéile, faoi smacht acu sa Seanad seo nuair a bhí sé de dhíth. I want to extend a word of thanks to the Leas-Cathaoirleach, the Cathaoirleach and all of those mentioned by colleagues...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----but I will say it anyway. I suppose that has been my mantra since coming to this House. Sometimes I have got it right and I acknowledge and appreciate that sometimes I have got it wrong. We all need to be big enough to recognise our own failings in life, whether they are political or otherwise. It has been a great privilege to come into this institution and to be a bit of a "Nordie"...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Dec 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will be voting tomorrow.

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus a chuid oifigigh don phlé ar an mBille seo. Tacaíonn Sinn Féin leis an reachtaíocht atá os ár gcomhair inniu. I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House for this debate.Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill and is strongly supportive of its enactment. As colleagues have said, the Bill establishes a regulator for...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are here to talk about the Bill. What does the Senator want me to talk about?