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Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the continued progress in the negotiations on a successor to the Croke Park agreement with the public sector unions. I join colleagues, including Senator Terry Brennan yesterday, in commending the efforts of Mr. Kieran Mulvey, chief executive officer of the Labour Relations Commission, who is chairing the talks and the commitment shown both by union leaders and the Government side...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Why is the Senator smiling?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I must join the senior Senator from County Kerry in congratulating the Kerry Group, as well as the Senator himself and all those who have invested so wisely. Members will be aware that talks are ongoing at present under the auspices of Mr. Kieran Mulvey to try to rescue the Croke Park agreement. It is the fervent wish of everyone in this House that these talks will come to fruition because...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Irish Times has indicated today that a Bill on the abolition of the Seanad will be before the Cabinet in the coming two to three weeks. According to the media, the question presented to the people will be on abolition. There will be no option to reform. The axe is being well sharpened. Last week, I invoked Grattan and Flood. I re-invoke them in addressing my comments to the Senators...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: All politics is local.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: We have heard mention of nine-seat and 11-seat constituencies. Somebody in the Cabinet or the Government knows the outline of the constituencies.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I call on that person to publish the information. Senator Bacik referred rather fatuously to the forthcoming deliberations of the Fianna Fáil Party on the protection of human life during pregnancy Bill. Her comments were a little rich given the lengthy period of hand-wringing and conscience-wrestling by Members on the Government side, much of which took place on the Plinth. We have...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: When the British Government decided to close down the Irish Parliament in College Green, its first move was to try to ignore it, make it irrelevant and reduce its business. In many ways, what is happening in the Seanad is reminiscent of that. The British Government did not succeed initially because of politicians of the stature of Grattan and Flood who resisted and made it impossible to...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I support the call by Senator David Cullinane for a proper commemoration of the 1913 Lock-out, a seminal event in our history. In particular, I commend the Senator's excellent proposal that the leaders of the trade union movement and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions address the House as a fitting way to commemorate the event. I have highlighted on many occasions the responsible role...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I interrupt Mr. Kelly to advise him that time is passing and that he will have an opportunity to speak again at the end of questions. If he will now conclude, we will bring him in again at the end. As I am being replaced in the Chair by Senator Paul Coghlan, I call him first to put his questions.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is easier to take questions from the remaining three speakers together.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I call Senator Barrett.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thought the debate would go back and forth.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I apologise to both Senators.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Seán Kelly, MEP (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I call Senator Susan O'Keeffe and she has five minutes as leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: I would like to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the families of the bereaved ex-Members. I did not know Dick Barry personally but I certainly know Myra Barry. As a Munster colleague, I found her to be an exceptionally good and forward-thinking politician. I express my sympathy to the Blaney family on the death of Harry Blaney, particularly to his sons Niall, a loyal...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Senator White is next on the roster, but she is unavailable, so I will take Senator Barrett, who has five minutes.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.