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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I do not want to make the Minister of State's life any more difficult than it is. While I understand and appreciate this is a complex issue and a trying time for the Government, this is really high-wire stuff. With the greatest of respect, the answer the Minister of State has given me is, more or less, the one I have been hearing for the past two years about this process. What we are not...

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile: For the Government, does that ultimately mean legislative codification?

Seanad: Forbairtí maidir leis an Ghaeilge: Ráitis (3 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. B'fhearr liom i bhfad dá mbeimis ag baint úsáide as ár gcuid ama chun reachtaíocht cheart a bhaineann leis an Ghaeilge agus le staid na Gaeltachta a phlé inniu. Ar dtús báire caithfidh mé tagairt a dhéanamh don chlár reachtaíochta don téarma amach romhainn a foilsíodh le...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, line 22, to delete “Sentencing Information Committee” and substitute “Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee”. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire tar éis an phíosa reachtaíochta seo a lua. I welcome the Minister to discuss Committee Stage. I indicate my intention to withdraw a series of amendments,...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will withdraw my amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Táim ag glacadh leis sin.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: An rud céanna arís.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 40:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Sentencing Ranges 19. (1) When exercising its functions under section 19#, the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee shall have regard to the desirability of sentencing guidelines which relate to a particular offence being structured in the way described in subsections (2) to (5). (2)...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tuigim an Cathaoirleach. I appreciate the guidance of the Chair.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 41:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Proposals by the Minister or Court of Appeal19. (1) The Minister may propose to the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee that sentencing guidelines, prepared under section 19 be prepared or revised by the Committee under section 7—(a) in relation to a particular offence, particular...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will do that, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 43:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Monitoring of Sentencing Guidelines 19.(1) The Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee must—(a) monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines, under section 19, and (b) consider what conclusions can be drawn from the information obtained by virtue of paragraph (a).(2)...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I move amendment No. 44:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Duty to assess impact of policy and legislative proposals 19.(1) This section applies where the Minister refers to the Sentencing Information and Guidelines Committee any Government policy proposal, or Government proposal for legislation, which the Minister considers may have a significant effect on...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: On amendment No. 56 in my name, as the Minister has acknowledged, it is similar to amendments he has subsequently submitted which we will be supporting but there is obviously the issue of concern being expressed about the existent provision as secrecy was involved. Obviously in these proceedings and in such hearings they should, where appropriate, happen in public in order to instil that...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will not be moving my amendment as what it seeks to deal with is covered by other amendments.

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is hard not to think that there is an element of truth in what Senator Clifford-Lee outlined but it is important to take the Bill as presented to us. There certainly will be different views on its intent and its constitutionality, and on whether better and more effective and practical proposals could be brought to this House. I wonder about that but we are where we are. It is no mean...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Senator is easily distracted.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá mé sásta go bhfuil an deis agam cúpla focal a rá ar an Bhille seo inniu. Like Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin will not be opposing the passage of the Bill on Second Stage. However, there are several points which I wish to put to the Minister of State and which it is important to put on the record of the House. The...

Seanad: Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Leader for facilitating our request for these important statements. The importance of the legacy of conflict in Ireland did not come to pass 50 years ago. It goes back much further and runs much deeper. Senator Ned O'Sullivan posed the question earlier of what started it in the North all those decades ago. There is not one simple answer to that. It is complex and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Mar 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I formally second Senator Conway-Walsh's amendment that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade come to the House today. I heard what Senator Wilson said and I will listen intently to what the Leader will say in this regard. It does warrant that level of response from the Irish Government. With the greatest respect, I cannot nor would I dare speak on behalf of the...