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Seanad: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 5: In page 13, line 12, to delete "and accountability" and substitute "accountability and consistency".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What is the final date on which the Commission needs the final agreement from member states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I mean the final agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The point I was making in respect of greening was that if one compared someone on a single farm payment of €40,000 or even €50,000 with someone with a payment of €3,000, one can see that the person with a payment of €3,000 is more restricted with his land. If he is on the lowest possible payment, which is around €150 per hectare, he is very restricted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Secretary General and his officials for the presentation. The trade agreement between the EU and Canada has been hailed in Canada as a win-win for its agriculture sector, particularly for the Canadian beef and pork industry. The only benefit for the Irish sector, according to the industry, will be in the dairy sector. There is a challenge to the Irish beef and pork sector from...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank all the Senators who contributed to the debate. The fishing industry at times is not overly represented in either House and by bringing the Bill forward, we are trying to highlight an anomaly that is undermining the industry and that needs to be rectified and legally clarified. I fully acknowledge, as do my colleagues, that most sections in the 2006 legislation were accepted by the...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister, who is always accommodating in the Seanad, and his officials. I am glad we have the opportunity to discuss the Bill, which concerns the criminal sanctions imposed upon our fishermen. Sea fisheries offences in Ireland are predominantly criminal in nature in terms of the sanctions that apply. That leaves Ireland as...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá lúcháir orm go bhfuil deis againn ómós a chur in iúl don obair agus don saothar a chur Bernard McGlinchey ar fáil ní hamháin i gContae Dhún na nGall agus ina bhaile dúchais, Leitir Ceanainn, ach fosta go náisiúnta ina ról mar Seanadóir sa Teach seo, mar a dúirt Ceannaire an tSeanaid. Duine díograiseach ab...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Go raibh maith agat. Bernard McGlinchey was born in a different era and in the first year that Éamon de Valera led a Government into power, which is a coincidence as Fianna Fáil political blood ran through his veins. The Cumann na nGaedheal Government had been in power for a number of years, but in 1932 Fianna Fáil won the general election and a coalition Government was...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Last night I was looking at some speeches on the Oireachtas website going back to the 1970s, when Bernard McGlinchey's contributions were being made in the House. On one occasion, when Fianna Fáil were in opposition, there was a confrontation with the then Leas-Chathaoirleach and Bernard was asked to leave the Chamber. A vote was taken and passed, but Bernard still would not leave the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I agree with Senator Conway in regard to the difficulties being experienced as a result of the decision taken by the European Commission and notified to the Irish authorities last Friday in regard to the fishing quotas. These will affect the pelagic fishing stocks and the white fish sector and will cost, according to BIM figures, approximately €70 million in lost revenue. It will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the committee again. I am sorry I was delayed but we had two votes in the Seanad. I have read the Minister's contribution and the attached documentation. The most worrying aspects, which are outside our control, are the European Commission's proposals on horse mackerel and mackerel quotas. The Commission seems to be using that quota as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Does this affect the quorum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am sorry, I refer to the 2012 report. In effect, it is a horse racing fund and a greyhound racing fund. Is the purpose of the fund to promote horse racing meetings and to try to get more punters through the gate to attend them, and the same on the greyhound side? Could we have clarification on the average number of people attending horse racing meetings in Ireland and whether the number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I was never a member of government. I was never a Cabinet Minister. I am trying to question an issue of public policy about which I feel strongly whether in Government or in opposition. I happen to be in opposition now. I have not played party politics with the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Perhaps some members have closer connections to the racing industry and therefore have conflicts of interest. I do not have any.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I did not name anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is that a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Deputy Heydon raised a question. If the Minister was aware of the revenue generated by sport in general, apart from horse racing, in the Irish economy, he would know that revenue from sport in general is worth more to the Irish economy than is revenue from the horse racing industry. That is a fact based on figures from the Irish Sports Federation. It is worth €1.8 billion in GNP...