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Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fishery Management Plan: Discussion with Iascarí Intíre Cois Cladach na hÉireann (25 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Uasal Ó Corcora as an cur i láthair iontach atá déanta aige. Chuir na hiascairí cóip den doiciméid atá foilsithe acu ar aghaidh chugainn roimh ré fosta. Caithfidh me a rá go luíonn gach rud atá ráite ag an Uasal Ó Corcora le ciall agus le réasún. Go minic, ní raibh...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is the biggest offender. It might not go down well in Dublin 4.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I did. I will clarify that.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No, the Leader was not.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Leader should check his facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I was very clear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It went from 300 SNAs to 10,000. The Government inherited this and now it is destroying it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I also wish to raise the issue of special needs education. We all subscribe to the fact that we are in stringent times and that money is not as readily available to the Exchequer as it was previously. That is a fact. However, the Government must govern and make decisions on how money is spent. The decisions being taken are not protecting the most vulnerable in our society. Two specialist...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: On the Government's watch, that is not happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is not true.

Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I also commend Senator Quinn on this legislation, which is welcome and very much warranted, given that many thousands of people lose their lives each year due to heart attacks or sudden cardiac death. If the necessary equipment and assistance were more widely available, according to all the expert reports, including that of the task force on sudden cardiac death in 2006, survival rates would...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: In Kilkenny, in the Minister's constituency.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I support Senator Rónán Mullen's amendment to the Order of Business on what could be described as a national scandal. Some €3 million is made available by the HSE each year to the crisis pregnancy counselling service. As previously reported, the information being provided, particularly through the Irish Family Planning Association, appears to be putting women's lives at...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am. Second Stage of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill is to be taken in the Dáil tomorrow. A reply to a parliamentary question last evening showed that the HSE was proposing that the findings of any report carried out on the misinformation provided and the threat to women's lives being facilitated by the Irish Family Planning Association would not be available for at least...

Seanad: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator Mary White outlined our position on this short Bill, which has been brought forward to amend the 2009 legislation. This was introduced to tidy up legislation that spanned 1966 to 2004. In any local authority, there is a housing waiting list but at the moment the lists are getting longer. We talk about local authority housing in respect of this Bill but there is a wider housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Management of Upland Habitats in County Wicklow: Discussion with Wicklow Uplands Council (18 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the delegation and thank them for the very comprehensive presentation. There has been much work and research done on the area. I come from Donegal, which is also a county of hills with lots of commonage grazing and hill grazing areas. We have had our own difficulties, particularly with destocking on the hills and the dreadful fires in May 2011, when large parts of the county were...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this legislation on Second Stage. There are major anomalies in the entire social welfare budget, particularly with regard to self-employed people. The legislation proposes changes that will not address any of the difficulties being faced by people in self-employment. In the past ten years this country has seen an exodus of people who were formerly...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh ar maidin faoi chinneadh An Bord Pleanála an tseachtain seo caite i dtaca le feirm mhuileann gaoithe i nDún na nGall. Dhiúltaigh An Bord Pleanála cead pleanála a chur ar fáil don fheirm mhuileann gaoithe sin, tar éis do Chomairle Chontae Dhún na gGall cinneadh a dhéanamh tacaíocht a thabhairt don togra...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is very calculated and smacks of spin, and we know the Government is exceptionally talented in that respect. It is trying to muddy the waters between now and the summer recess by bringing in various pieces of legislation to try to disguise the fact-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----that the ultimate legislation will kill the unborn child.