Results 41-60 of 1,658 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: A lot done; more to do.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Mar 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: Kit Ahern was a cousin of mine. She was a person I greatly admired and whom I was proud to support during her long and successful political career. She was an individual of great vision and with a strong sense of duty to serve her country and community. She was driven primarily by a desire to ensure women received political equality at a time when that principle was not universally...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the Leader if possible to arrange for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come to the House and to initiative a debate on the question of energy security. This is an issue which is becoming more critical every day both nationally and globally. I ask that the Minister outline the Government's position in the growing debate on the pros...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects: Motion (23 Apr 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank Senator Ormonde for sharing time. I support the amendment to the motion but I cannot pretend that I fail to understand from where Senator O'Toole and his Independent colleagues are coming. Anybody in the real world or anybody who comes from an education background like myself will be aware of the immense frustration of school authorities at primary and secondary level regarding...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I agree with my fellow Kerrymen, Senators Joe O'Toole and Paul Coghlan, in their welcoming of the decision by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, on the Dingle-Daingean Uí Chúis issue. He has shown the wisdom of Solomon on the matter and I hope both sides will be satisfied with his verdict. I know I will be. I commend the Minister of State...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: Bring back the days when we had the beefy matrons and the Reverend Mothers in hospitals with carbolic soap, Jeyes fluid and proper hygiene.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: At the outset I welcome back to the Chamber the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Deputy Seán Haughey. I congratulate him on his re-appointment as Minister of State and on his retention of his previous brief. This is not a surprise because he is doing an outstanding job there, particularly in respect of lifelong learning. I will be brief because much of what I...

Seanad: Prison Building Programme: Motion. (29 May 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minster of State for outlining the current position so lucidly. I welcome in particular the flexibility he has indicated will apply. It is very important. Kilsallaghan is one of the very few parts of the greater Dublin with which I am familiar. It is in a most beautiful rural setting and is well known to those who follow the horse races, including the Cathaoirleach. It was for...

Seanad: County Development Plans (30 Sep 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House. In this motion I refer to the County Mayo development plan which was adopted unanimously in County Mayo on 6 May. Subsequently a ministerial directive of 11 July effectively stopped the plan in its tracks by asking Mayo County Council to vary the plan under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. I respect...

Seanad: County Development Plans (30 Sep 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, for his comprehensive reply. I accept that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, is well-intentioned in all he is doing and is trying to protect the interests of the people of the county. Although there always has been a healthy tension between planners and councillors, which is as it always...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I ask the Leader to put a question to the Taoiseach as to whether it is Government policy that county councillors are untrustworthy or inferior in some way as a species. Is it the settled opinion of Ministers and Departments that county councillors are not suitable for consideration for appointment to State bodies and semi-State boards? This has been mentioned previously by me and a number...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: Women too. They are entrusted with the task of electing more than two-thirds of the membership of this House. Many members of the Cabinet should remember that they started on the greasy pole as councillors themselves. I raise the matter because in the past couple of days a particular example has come to light. A number of appointments had to be made to Shannon Foynes Port Company, a body...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I raised a matter on the Adjournment last week concerning difficulties which have arisen in Mayo about finalising the draft development plan in the county, as well as the ongoing exchanges between the council and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Since then, I have been inundated with correspondence from councillors in other counties, predominantly but not all...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: On the Order of Business, I would like the Leader to convey to TG4 the appreciation of the House for responding to public demand and for having a sense of community. There was more money and more bets made at the Listowel Races than at some of the classic meetings in the Curragh this year, which were given blanket coverage by RTE. There was the hardest betting and the hardest racing.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: He is yet to come here.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am the last speaker in this debate so I will try to pick out some items that have not been so well covered. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Devins, to the House. He is such a nice, popular gentleman that I will find it difficult to say to him some of what I have to say about the Bill.

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the presence in the Visitors Gallery of a great friend of ours and a former Deputy, Mr. Eddie Wade, with whom I had the pleasure of serving on the Shannon Foynes Port Company for several years. It is fortuitous that he has arrived during this debate. The issues most debated appear to be those of rationalisation of boards, mergers, the number of directors and, especially,...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: ——this situation before he tackles the Bantry gang. I have no difficulty with the reduction in the number of board members. Everything is getting leaner and tighter nowadays and this makes some sense. I have two comments on the matter. It is not fair to have only one worker director. In my experience, worker directors made a very important contribution on the board of which I was a...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am afraid so.

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.