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Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We do not have to do it just because the Brits do it.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: At least the Senator is being honest.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We have not had that many hours of debate on housing or health.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The Minister is welcome. Like Senator Craughwell, I would have much preferred a debate that allowed for a broad, appropriate and necessary scrutiny of these amendments and this legislation as it moves forward. As has rightly been acknowledged, that has nothing to do with the Minister and he does not set the clár for this House.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will come to the amendments very rapidly. Given the importance of the issue, this debate will be watched and all of the amendments will be followed and scrutinised closely, as will the positions of the various groupings in the Seanad. It became clear earlier this afternoon, when we sought to have the appropriate timescale given to this debate, what some of them have chosen to do, and I am...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree with Senator Craughwell on the votes which transpired today and the shameful stance from Fianna Fáil. I also agree that some of its Members’ faces will be reddened when they face communities in that area. This goes beyond electoral politics, however. We are talking about children in their beds. Senator Norris outlined the instance of a young family. These are...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Would the Senator like to try to sleep with that noise?

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: At least the Senator is talking about his intentions.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Will Senator Reilly state his sources for the record?

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I sense from the contributions from Senators Craughwell and Humphreys that there is a desire to try to get a resolution to this, given the political reality in the Chamber tonight. We would certainly not veer from trying to get the best result for residents in those circumstances. I still think it is important that these amendments are teased out. If that was done, I reiterate that it...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Like Senator Humphreys, I do not intend to prolong this group of amendments any further. The Minister made a point and I agree with him. I do not want to lure colleagues into a false sense of security that we will just wrap up on this. I do not think anyone would expect us not to have votes where they are required, not least the residents impacted. We have got to the point where I think...

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“ “Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation;”.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 21:In page 47, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(8) The competent authority shall direct the airport authority to ensure that average noise exposure at night is reduced below 40dB Lnight, such levels to be revised in accordance with WHO guidelines.”.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 29:In page 53, after line 15, to insert the following: “Independent valuations under voluntary purchase scheme of relevant local properties 32. That an independent valuer be appointed to carry out valuations of all relevant properties under the voluntary purchase scheme.”.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Thar ceann an grúpa Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom cás Emma DeSouza agus cúrsaí saoránachta ó Thuaidh a ardú arís. I draw Senators' attention to a motion in my name and the names of my Sinn Féin colleagues on the ongoing concerns about citizenship and citizenship rights in the North under the Good Friday Agreement, not least in the context of...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Property Services (Advertisement of Unfit Lettings) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Cuirim fáilte roimhe chuig an diaspóireacht anocht. I thank and commend Senator Warfield on the legislation before us for discussion tonight. In doing so, I also want to thank Members who have contributed thus far to this important debate. I also take the opportunity, because it is glaringly obvious in the Chamber tonight, to...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Sinn Féin supports the passage of this Bill and the referendum being put to the people of the State. We welcome the Bill and the referendum more broadly to reduce the waiting period that a separated couple must undergo before a couple may be granted a divorce. We recognise, as we did during the original divorce referendum in 1995, the reality that some marriages break down over time...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Northern Ireland (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank her for being here and appreciate her attendance at this very busy time. I am glad that she has come to take my Commencement matter. Let me outline what moved me to ask this question again. I have raised it consistently since I entered the House. I am sure the Minister of State and her officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and...