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Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----I commend our recent report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. I believe that Senator Conway is the only other member of that committee currently in the Chamber. We carried out a comprehensive series of hearings into community policing and rural crime.

Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is an excellent report and I commend it to Members. I am sure the Minister is familiar with it. In some ways we have already done that work, so let it be a guide and a tool for gardaí and for the Department of Justice and Equality in policing rural areas more effectively and for listening to the needs of people on the ground. Many of my colleagues have raised the issue of the Garda...

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, atá anseo chun an t-ábhar seo a phlé linn inniu. Is ábhar thar a bheith tábhachtach é. Beidh an tAire sásta a chluinstin go mbeidh muidne ag tacú leis an mBillle ag an bpointe seo. On the whole, Sinn Féin supports the Bill. It is right to create uniformity in this area and to set out in clear terms the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I echo the words of thanks to the Tánaiste for his commitment in engaging with this House, listening to our views and hopefully taking them on board. We appreciate the opportunity to air our views and engage with the Tánaiste and through the officials who are working very diligently on what is a complicated and challenging time for all of us. The Tánaiste alluded to the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is the Senator going to give way?

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Well said.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear. Hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear. Hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It became the backstop.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Come on.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Senator Ruane got in ahead of me, but I also want to respond to Senator Craughwell's remarks.The Senator is entitled to say what he thinks. I have heard some patriarchal and patronising comment in this Chamber over the years, but I raise the Senator's contribution in particular because he lauds his previous role as a representative of a teaching union. What does he think we should be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I accept the Chair's point but if I might clarify my own remarks, that may well be a view-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I appreciate the Chair's clarity and I see colleagues nodding in agreement with his assessment. While that may well be the case, the claim that this child is being exploited because she is active is an entirely different issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree that we should all follow Greta Thunberg's example. That is my point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ceart go leor.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Senator should be concerned about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the delegates for the presentation so far. It has been very informative and useful. I also commend the delegates on the nomination which is quite the achievement. I have every confidence in them. I had a brilliant visit to Lagan College when I was Lord Mayor of Belfast. I went to Malone College and a few others also. It was great. One knows as soon as one walks into a school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion (26 Sep 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes, and I will give an example. The last thing I want to do is pit sector against sector. I am, however, talking in a frank way because it is important that a committee like this functions in that manner. I went through non-denominational education. The religious sacraments were available to people if they chose them. People from Jewish and Protestant backgrounds also attended the...