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Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are a high-tech Chamber. It goes to show how busy we were this afternoon that I had so many notes to print and discuss. For the past 15 years we in Sinn Féin have been urging the Government, and have supported previous attempts, to introduce such safeguards into the workplace, including in the form of a corporate manslaughter Bill tabled by my colleague, Deputy Jonathan...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I echo the remarks of Senators Feighan and Boyhan regarding yesterday's Brexit amendment vote in the British House of Lords. It is a strange experience, almost like something from "The Twilight Zone", when one looks to the House of Lords to show a bit of sense in respect of this matter. I do not say that to be provocative. I say it as someone who-----

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I note that.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: One never knows who will finish up there. Senator Marshall is now a Member of this House, so one never knows. I note it and despite the bit of craic we have had, it is a very significant amendment and an important process, one that stands in stark contrast to the approach of Theresa May and her Government with their reckless position regarding the progress that has been made in respect of...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will speak very briefly to add my words commending all those who have been mentioned, including the Minister and his predecessors and their officials, who have brought a very positive and co-operative frame of mind to this process, which predates my own involvement. I echo the remarks made by Senators Buttimer and Conway-Walsh that this is an issue which also impacts on men, and there must...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Or how to throw across a few votes.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an fáilte a fuair an beirt Seanadóir úrnua inniu agus cur leis fosta. I want to welcome and add to the words of welcome to our two new Seanadóirí. It is particularly good to hear another Northern accent in the Chamber from Senator Marshall, albeit a very different and diverse one from me I am sure. He is from Markethill and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is very nuanced.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is very nuanced Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: To more serious matters a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I have written to the Cathaoirleach seeking that he convey our dismay, disgust and offence at remarks published online last night by a Member of the British House of Lords, Lord Kilclooney, on An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. I do not do this either to be a cheerleader for the Taoiseach or to elevate Lord Kilclooney to any position within the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: He should write to his colleagues in the House of Lords, many of whom we have worked with very positively through the House of Lords Brexit committee and indeed our own Brexit committee in the Seanad, to convey our horror at what seems to be an ongoing litany of insults with a racist undertone, sometimes more overt than that, directed by Lord Kilclooney to the Taoiseach. I hope with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are not the only ones who see it.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá an ceart ag an Seanadóir Buttimer.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat a Aire as a bheith linn arís don plé tábhachtach seo agus tréaslaím leis an méid a dúirt an Seanadóir Black. Tá moladh tuillte ag an Aire ó thaobh teacht os ár gcomhair go mion minic chun na hábhar seo a phlé. I agree with Senator Black's assertion that the Seanad welcomes the Minister's sustained...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is a perfectly legitimate and democratic aspiration, and one that is laid out in the Good Friday Agreement, which the Senator lauded, and Bunreacht na hÉireann, but sin scéal eile. I hope that we will have that debate on another day. I wish to focus on citizens' rights in a post-Brexit scenario. I will raise a number of questions as well as a number of points in that regard....

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táimíd buíoch go bhfuil an t-ádh agam labhairt ar an ábhar seo and tá sé i gconaí tábhachtach. Mar atá sé ráite ag cainteiorí eile, ár mbuíochas a ghabhaíl lena fir agus na mná sna Forsaí Slandála. I always welcome the opportunity not only to welcome...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit le haghaidh an díospóireacht seo. Mar a deirtear i nGaeilge, "is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte". The equivalent English-language phrase is "your health is your wealth". I think that is a good guiding ethos as we make our way through this debate and, I hope, as we take action on foot of it. I commend Senator Reilly on...