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Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is relevant to the Bill. In any event, I am of the view that this is far too modest, and that we should be aiming for in excess of 16,000 gardaí. In the last four months of 2018 there was an embargo on overtime in the Garda. We have seen a 40% reduction in community policing. The South has one of the lowest police-to-population ratios in Europe with 278 gardaí per 100,000...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I support that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an scéal aréir faoin reifreann ar chúrsaí vótála i dtoghchán na huachtaránachta. The Leader is always encouraging us to be positive so I will start by being positive in welcoming the Cabinet approval for a referendum Bill to provide for presidential voting rights to be extended to citizens outside the State....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: He is very welcome.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá fáilte romhat a Aire.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, surely you will not call me out on that.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I was just about to deliver my greatest address in the Chamber but you have called me out on it. I welcome the Minister and everyone in the Public Gallery who has been mentioned. There is no legal, technical or legislative impediment to supporting the legislation for the Government's colleagues in this House or in the other one. The strength and beauty of the legislation is its simplicity....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I have what I hope is a very succinct question to round off. I am conscious this has been a busy engagement for the witnesses. In the context of a report, let me home in on Ms Hurley's point on the Refugee Advisory Board. I am keen to tease it out, making reference to what we should be focusing on and how we should be referring to it in the report. Ms Hurley mentioned the legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That does not always translate into the best form.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The last thing one wants or needs in this context is another layer of bureaucracy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We need to get the right people around that table and to determine the terms of reference around functions, powers and remit. I am not across the detail of that. It was news to me this morning. I want to get a broad view on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am happy enough with that response.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not have a particular ask of the Leader today, per se, but I have set out a job of work for myself and I hope for other colleagues as well. I wish to talk briefly about reconciliation within the context of competing narratives, in particular as we continue to navigate our way through these most crucial years of the decade of centenaries, as they have become known. I think back to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Reconciliation is very appropriate, go easy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I reiterate everyone's gratitude for the presentation. It has been a tough meeting. I have been a member of this committee for almost three years and Mr. Sibanda made probably one of the most insightful and thoughtful contributions I have heard to it. To then see him in the condition he is in now and to hear some of these stories is a bit of a wake-up call and a dose of reality for us. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Absolutely

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I take the opportunity to reflect on proceedings at the inquiry into the Ballymurphy massacre in the High Court in Belfast over recent months. I have commented on this, as have other Members, over the last number of months and, indeed, years and have indicated support for the families' campaign for the inquiry. What has come to pass as a result - which has been both expected and, in some...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I, too, thank the Social Democrats for introducing the Bill. I commend those who have driven it through the Seanad, including the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, whose understanding of the issue is important. As stated, there are issues that are more important than economic competitiveness. This is one of them. Legislation such as this does not only provide for the practical benefits...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Citizenship Rights (8 May 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: This committee will feed its contributions and its findings to the Government. Jurisdictional issues pertain to citizens in the North, which we have seen in Ms De Souza's case in terms of the legislative requirements and obligations that must be fulfilled. Have today's contributors reached a view as to what the Irish Government should ask for? We understand the jurisdictional contexts that...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Seanadóir Mac Lochlainn. I will give Senator Mac Lochlainn a minute of my time because I am very good-natured like that. Tá fáilte is fiche roimh an Taoiseach agus gabhaim buíochas leis as a bheith linn, mar a dúirt mo chomhghleacaithe, as comhrá a dhéanamh linn agus as éisteacht leis na cuir i...