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Seanad: Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Agreed.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: A Chathaoirligh, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an díospóireacht thábhachtach seo. I welcome the Minister and extend a particular welcome to the Palestinian ambassador, H.E. Ahmad Abdelrazek, and to Dr. Barghouti, who are with us in the Visitors Gallery. I want to commend the Senators who have brought forward this extremely important legislation in their Private...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Senator Norris made a really worthwhile and valuable contribution and then he says nonsense like that. Ahed’s arrest and trial in a military court shows that two separate legal systems exist, depending on whether one is a Palestinian or an Israeli settler, and this goes to the heart of Israel’s enforced apartheid regime. Ahed is one of at least 1,400 Palestinian children who...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Nelson Mandela, who is not here any more, rightly praised Dunnes workers for their solidarity and action, and their boycott. That goes to show that practical political solidarity and tangible action such as boycotts can have an effect against unjust apartheid, and in this case illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Now is the time for action, and I will conclude on this final point. It is...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the commission members and thank them for their presentation. For many of us, the hearings into victims and legacy issues have thrown up many of the awful instances that happened during the conflict. There is no question that this is a particularly awful situation and it continues to be awful for the families with the remains of their loved ones still not found. It should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I ask the Vice Chairman to ask the Oireachtas social media to share the postal box number and telephone details following this committee meeting today, if appropriate.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Gabhaim mo bhuíochas agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Seanadóir Gavan as an Bhille seo a leagadh os ár gcomhair anocht agus le Barry Kearney agus a oifig as a gcuidiú leis an reachtaíocht seo a dhreachtú. Gabhaim buíochas freisin as an obair a bhí curtha isteach ag an Seanadóir Ó...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will not go the full ten minutes.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I want to bring it back to the workers. Some of them are represented in the Gallery while others are following via social media and on the web. The workers have to be front and centre in our minds as we progress the Bill. It is bad enough when the State asks the people to pay for bad banking debt and dips into their pockets to pay for that. It is worse that we would not even consider at...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The proceeds from fines should be given to the workers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU (Resumed): Department of Health (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise for missing the first part of the presentation but I was next door at the meeting of the Committee on Justice and Equality. I have read over it and a couple of my questions have already been asked. I will not engage in repetition but I will make a couple of observations and ask quick questions. They are probably well-rehearsed observations. We all know and appreciate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU (Resumed): Department of Health (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Or a horror movie.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU (Resumed): Department of Health (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That would be helpful, even if it was a recommitment to the aims set out. A question in that regard was asked by the Chairman. There are people in counties Donegal and Derry and further afield who could be affected. There is no doubt that the services provided in Altnagelvin hospital are first class. I appreciate that there is a resource element involved. but there would be merit in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implications for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU (Resumed): Department of Health (24 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Talks are starting in the North today because we had written, concrete commitments from the British Government 20 years ago that remain unimplemented. I would not be an overtly cynical person. Does the agreement include the air ambulance network?

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Passport Services (23 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith linn don phlé seo inniu. 'Sé an fáth a chuirim an cheist ná go bhfuil ráchairt agus feachtasaíocht ollmhór ag dul ar aghaidh uirthi, go háirithe ó Thuaidh. I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to come to speak to me about my request. I refer to the concerted call made by...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Passport Services (23 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá sé sin iontach spéisiúil. I do not disagree with most of what the Minister of State said. The passport service is first class. The staff in the post office network and in the passport office provide an immensely worthwhile service for citizens right across the State. I am disappointed that the associated cost is seen as a reason for not locating the service in the...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an tAire as an deis an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé inniu. I welcome the motion before the House and the opportunity to speak to it, although we have reservations and concerns about how the Government may interpret obligations it is required to meet in line with the directive. The recast reception conditions directive introduces several changes...

Seanad: Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ní fadhb ar bith é sin.