Results 1-20 of 436 for long speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...;80,000 in revenue and that their standing in European basketball will be downgraded. Mr. Donaghy made a interesting point that if they started a GoFundMe set-up for this situation they would not be long recouping the €80,000, but sometimes we must take a stance on these issues. Our country, under the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...were a little imagination, innovation and thinking outside the box, or some tweaking of the existing set-up by either BIM or the Department to give fishermen a little break or leeway, it would go a long way to resolving the issues they have. It will not resolve everything but it seems the tide is against them. A bit of innovation or imagination from the Department is needed to say,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...into the House sometimes swimming against the tide. In that regard, it reminds me an aguisín a lady living close to where I grew up said to my mother: you were the lily among the briars for a long time. In fairness, you stood out and the lily survived. Looking back over approximately 50 years or more, when you came out openly as gay, which at that time was very courageous and, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Denis O'Donovan: ...this committee, back in my old days as a councillor - it seems the share of the pie for Irish fishers is narrowing. My colleague mentioned the massive factory ships from eastern Europe that are 140 m long. They are extraordinary. How are those massive trawlers monitored? These vessels can go out in force 8 or force 10 storms and are not impacted. Most other vessels would pull into...

Seanad: New Innovations for People with Disabilities (Digital Assistive Technology): Statements (22 Sep 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...getting to Cork to a central service was not applicable at the time in question. Digital and assistive technology can do tremendous work for the affected people. CoAction has been immersed in the community for as long as I can remember. When it was established, it opened a little workshop close to the house in which I lived at the time. It has developed since. It has several houses,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...the facts from letters I received. Cork University Hospital, CUH, is the south-west region's centre for neurology but is short of neurology nurse specialists. Patients are unnecessarily waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment. Based on the catchment area, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be 20 neurology nurse specialists, but there are only four in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...have a problem I ring him and he makes sure he has fresh cod, hake or whatever is on the menu. Even though the fishmonger is Lithuanian, the fish are Irish. I wish the ambassador well. There are long-standing good relations with his country and I am sure they will continue. I rise on three issues. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on an excellent occasion yesterday. It was historic...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...own but others are being policed? Maybe that is for the Minister for Defence. In the past year during a particular storm, there were approximately 40 nearly-ocean going trawlers, some of them 40 m long, sheltering in Bantry Bay, which is known as the best bay in the whole of Europe. It boasted of containing the entire British fleet in the past. My worry is that this accusation has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...back historically to 1973, has been an issue. I was elected a councillor in Cork in 1985 and I worked with others to set up a coastal management committee. Seán O'Donoghue and myself go back a long way. What I am hearing today from the POs is something similar, except it is more sophisticated now. Unfortunately, the fishing industry has contracted. I hate to see more damage done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Independent Mink Farms: Discussion (15 Jul 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...and close the industry down or prohibit it. Please correct me if I am wrong about the three aspects I see here. The most important thing is the compensation for the workers who have been there a long time. Second is the compensation for farmers. The third issue relates to the demolition of the mink farm buildings, which are very specific. They cannot be used for pigs, bonhams or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...were known. There are many myths associated with epilepsy. Some people say that one is born with it but that is not correct. Some people say the condition is inherited. I am the youngest of a long tailed family of 11 and there has been no evidence of any epilepsy in my family. I have been in touch with the epilepsy association of Ireland, Epilepsy Ireland, which does wonderful...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...that there is an influx of approximately 50 or 60 camper vans that come and park on the pier with little regard for fishermen. These fishermen fish from boats that are approximately 18 ft to 30 ft long; I am not sure what that is in metres. They are inshore fishermen whose guidelines and parameters for fishing are in accordance with the weather available to them. They may have to fish...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (1 Mar 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...weather alarm, and this combines with high tides, which we call spring tides, it creates a perfect storm and is a very serious issue. Bantry is a relatively low-lying coastal town and, in the long term, will be exposed to future tidal increases and extreme storm weather. I opened a little business there in 1981 and I have noticed, decade by decade, that the rainfall seems to have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: ...at-risk person. The last time I was able to come into this Chamber was when I served in Dáil Éireann. It is nice to be back here again. It brings back fond memories. I am probably one of the longest here. I was here in 1989. I am not sure how many Members other than Senator Norris have a longer record of penance and public service. I am not sure how well it was received or...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: ...the Seanad for many years. I am also glad that I was on the same side as him when the attempt to abolish one arm of our Oireachtas under the Constitution, the Seanad, was put to the people not too long ago. I wish him luck as ever. He is effervescent and a great asset to Seanad Éireann with his wit, wisdom, passion and very sharp brain.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: I remind Members that there will be a full debate when the Bill is being debated. I do not want people to spend too long giving elaborate speeches at the outset. I am not trying to cut the Senator short but I remind her that there will be ample time for debating the substantive issues before us today.

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 Mar 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask Senators, the Minister and all of his staff to stay safe and healthy. To those seeking re-election, I wish you well. To those not seeking re-election, I wish you a long and happy life outside of politics.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: I call a very resolute and long-time Member, Senator Joe O'Reilly. Everybody will be allowed in. Sometimes the best wine is kept until the last.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: I do not think I would ever exclude the Senator. We know each other a long time.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: As long as I was not the Senator's sugar daddy.