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Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Senator is mixing me up with the other Ned.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I have two points to make about the household charge. I am reasonably computer literate but when I paid online recently I found it tough going. That is part of what is wrong -----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: ----- with the dissemination of information, which leaves a lot to be desired. I also fault county councils for their slowness in getting the message out to the public. The entire affair has been disappointing. However, disappointing as the dissemination of information might have been, the position adopted by certain elected Oireachtas Members is reprehensible. They have the privilege of...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: These people need to look at themselves. What is their position in regard to representative democracy? Are they trying to impose their minority views on the majority of the elected people of this country? I find what is being said on the airwaves reprehensible.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Deenihan, to the House to address the ongoing problems experienced by the Moore Street project, which is sponsored by the families of the 1916 leaders. Representatives of the project presented their case to an Oireachtas committee this morning. An area of Moore Street is designated as a national...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: Shameful.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: We have too many looking to get in.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: It did not work with the posters.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: The coverage of the recent Presidential election left an awful lot to be desired. Not a single sector of the media emerged with much credit from it. I commend the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, for having the courage to raise a significant issue, as Senator Mullen said earlier. I wish his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, would show the same seriousness in dealing with the complaints...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: They are not as good at confessing their own sins and facing reality. The treatment of Mr. Gallagher on the programme in question not only cast a cloud over him and over the whole election, but it probably cast a spell over the Presidency itself.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I would like the Leader to add his voice to the call for a public inquiry into the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: In light of the reference to the forthcoming Fianna Fáil Party Ard-Fheis, I take this opportunity to congratulate our colleague, Senator Mary White, on her elevation to the position of vice president of our party, which is a prestigious role for her. As someone who believes the fiscal compact is a no-brainer that must be passed, I am beginning to worry about the forthcoming referendum. If...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: We will more than likely have ranged against it all the various strands of independents, the extreme right and looney left, the Judean liberation front, Uncle Tom Cobley and all. Those of us who occupy the middle ground must be sensible. This is not a time for point scoring but for taking a national government type of approach. I hope it will work because if we do not achieve this type of...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: There are extreme leftists and lunatics everywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am happy to withdraw it. I sought to secure some form of consensus in the House and do not wish to offend anybody.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: I do not want to offend anybody and I have withdrawn the remark as requested, which I am happy to do. I ask the Leader to take every opportunity to enable this House to be seen as a shining example of how proper debate can take place. Let Senators provide an example to the nation. If we do not stick together on this issue, it will be a disaster.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: We have heard a fair amount of classical allusions so I shall top them off with a quotation from ancient Greece. There is a little aphorism "meden agen" which loosely translates into "enough already" or "we have had enough". The employers of Ireland have had "meden agen" from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton. I warmly support Senator Mary Ann O'Brien's...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: Last week it was flagged by me that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government was to attend in Cavan the annual conference of town councillors. I attended the conference at which I took part in a panel discussion with Senator Denis Landy. There were more than 400 delegates in attendance. If they had attended in the hope the Government's position on the system of...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----but I am confident the Leader will be in a position to relay the concerns of councillors of all parties, the majority of whom are supporters of the Government. The Minister is supposed to bring an action plan to the Cabinet in six to eight weeks. He made it clear, however, that he was not bringing forward a White Paper or a consultation document, all of which bodes ill. There is,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: He has won a good few races.