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Seanad: Climate Change: Statements (10 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Finneran. He is a regular attender here and always shows great support for the Seanad. I welcome also the statement made by the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, at the outset of the debate in which she reaffirmed the EU commitment to meeting the targets of the Kyoto Agreement about which there has been some doubt. Her affirmation was...

Seanad: Farming and Agrifood Sector: Statements (9 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----and if they borrowed money the farmers paid it back. There is no question but that they should be prioritised for additional credit in these times. Before leaving the topic of the flooding I want to tell a story about it because it is receding from the headlines already and with the budget I am sure it will not be spoken about for a while to come. We had an experience in north Kerry,...

Seanad: Farming and Agrifood Sector: Statements (9 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh mo shean-chara, an tAire Stáit, an Teachta Killeen. Tréaslaím freisin leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Sargent, atá díreach imithe. As my colleague, Senator John Carty, said earlier, the background is glum in terms of debating any part of the country's economy but particularly agriculture when we consider what farmers have gone through in recent weeks....

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am very disappointed at the reaction from the Opposition and from various commentators over the weekend to the intervention by the Taoiseach on the public service pay talks. As a former trade union activist, I have always subscribed to the idea of partnership. Where an acceptable deal cannot be agreed, somebody needs to lead. On this occasion the Taoiseach showed the kind of leadership...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I tend not to stray into the moral field because I have enough problems with legislating for my own morality. However, I share the disappointment of Senator O'Donovan and others at the outcome of the report. Like many Catholics in this country, I feel let down. We will not have closure until we conduct a nationwide audit of every diocese in Ireland. I concur with Senator Ó Murchú on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: No more than Senator Norris, I will not be specific. Turning to good news for change, I remind Senators that I have on several occasions spoken about the introduction of the go safe programme for introducing speed cameras nationally, a matter on which I have received the full support of Senators, especially the Leader. I am glad to report that contracts for the programme were signed last...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I commend Senator O'Toole on his remarks today and yesterday on the current pay negotiations. If we have learned anything in the past ten years, it is that partnership works and no one has all the wisdom or answers. It is ridiculous for the Government and congress to demonise each other. I am confident that if they work together and reach an agreement in the coming days, it will help us...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: This is my first term in the Seanad but I knew Tony Kett for many years. I had the pleasure of voting for him regularly on his panel when I was a county councillor. He enjoyed tremendous support from the councillors of Kerry, partly because of his association with Bertie Ahern but also because of his great personality. People used to say he was a sure bet for the Seanad because of his...

Seanad: National Marine Mapping Programme: Motion (21 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank Senator O'Brien for sharing his time with me. I am glad to have an opportunity to make a few brief remarks in the debate. I agree with Senator Mullen who picked up on what Senator Joe O'Reilly stated on how relevant the debate is in the context of the overall depressed economy. I accept the point but this is a useful forum for such a discussion. I cannot imagine this discussion...

Seanad: National Marine Mapping Programme: Motion (21 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is Senator Buttimer all upset now?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Government and the main Opposition parties on working so well together for the good of the country and on putting aside normal politics during the past couple of weeks to deliver a resoundingly successful result in the referendum. I wish to congratulate the Taoiseach in particular because the buck stopped with him. It was a major achievement for him to preside over this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Business people and the self-employed are not the sole repository of wisdom and prudence. County councillors are the salt of the earth; they are good and decent people who show good judgment.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: They should be included in the new set-up.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Recent speculative newspaper articles have suggested that the an bord snip nua report recommends that Shannon Development, the enterprise body for the mid-west region, should be wound up or, at best, amalgamated with some other organisation. This has been greeted with dismay in the region, where Shannon Development has delivered a fantastic service for decades. It has pioneered broadband...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: Local authority members are very much in touch with local opinion. It is important to bear in mind that Shannon Development, unlike some organisations and quangos of which there are so many in the State, is self-financing, generating income from its own activities. It is not too late to do something about the recommendation in the report of an bord snip nua, if what we have heard is...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: In the same song he said that one should know the song well before one starts singing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: An bord snip nua must know what it is about before closing such an important body. Will the Leader raise this issue with the Minister as a matter of urgency before the report is published?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Leader remembers that I raised the matter of the Go Safe programme and the installation of speed cameras nationally. I expressed concern that this aspect of Government policy was being dragged out. I spoke to the line Ministers in the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Transport. There is a turf war between the mandarins in these Departments. This important programme,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Leader and colleagues are aware of the Go Safe programme which concerns the setting up and monitoring of speed cameras nationally. This programme was to have been in operation by now, but that is not the case. I understand that responsibility for the programme lies between the Departments of Transport and Justice, Equality and Law Reform. As a result of the changed economic situation,...