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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: I asked to be allowed to speak first because I will have to leave this meeting shortly for another equally important committee meeting. I welcome our guests. I missed some of the earlier presentations, unfortunately. I will be brief as I am sure other members have questions to ask and points to make. I will focus my first remarks on what Mr. Collins had to say. I empathise with him. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: Sorry. I did not mean-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: We live and learn.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am sure the Leader will join me in wishing our retailers, shopkeepers and small businesses well on their reopening after a long close-down. My family were in the business of the provision and retail of menswear for 150 years and I know exactly how big a day this is for small shopkeepers. It is a time when we must give them support. The Government, in fairness, gave those businesses and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will conclude shortly. I have not spoken in the Chamber for a while.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Some of these people are well meaning. Some of them are academics, others are journalists and politicians. They may very well want to be helpful. However, former EU ambassador to the United States, Mr. David O'Sullivan, recently addressed the Pat & John Hume Foundation and stated that heightening tensions in regard to a border poll is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: Quite a number of the issues and questions I had have been raised already by Senator Joe O'Reilly and well answered by Ms Mullen and Mr. Crowley and Ms Corcoran. I will try to pick out one or two other issues. It is very timely we are having this conversation because in the car coming up this morning I heard about a report which indicated that unemployment levels will reduce to 10% in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: Yesterday we learned of the sad passing of Mr. David Cornwell, the famous writer who was better known, of course, as John le Carré, who gave great joy to many people over long periods writing about spies in the Cold War setting, such as, for instance, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spyand Smiley's People. Many of those novels have been turned into films and series on television. He followed a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome all of our guests. I will direct my questions specifically to the CEO of the Shannon Foynes Port Company, Mr. Pat Keating. I spent 16 years involved with projects on the Shannon Estuary as a director and as a commissioner. I worked with Mr. Keating and I congratulate him and all of his team at Shannon Foynes Port for the outstanding work they are doing. I have a couple of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: This is my first time addressing the Minister in the House so I warmly welcome him here. I commend him on the outstanding job he is doing in health which, in fairness, is something that has been acknowledged by all sides of the House. I am sure the Minister is familiar with the very sad situation that obtains at Oaklands nursing home in Listowel, which is about two miles from my home. It...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State's answer. I acknowledge that she cannot talk about particular instances and I am reluctant to bring up an individual case. I normally would not do so but as the Minister of State said, this is a rapidly evolving situation. There is concern about it as Listowel has consistently had very high rates of Covid per capitaand was one of the highest local electoral...

Seanad: Political Donations: Motion (11 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will resist the temptation to use this debate as an opportunity to vent my views on Sinn Féin. I will not do that. My views on Sinn Féin are well known and I am sure their views on me are also well known. This is a serious motion and I am surprised that the Chamber is less peopled not only by Sinn Féin but also one or two other groups that are vocal on most issues. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome our witnesses. My questions are more specific to Kerry Airport but they may be of general interest. I am old enough to remember when Farranfore airstrip was a little playground for amateur aviators. Who would have thought it would become the success story it is today and how important a part of the great infrastructure of Kerry and Munster it would become? I note that prior to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I do not have a question for the Leader but I commend the Cathaoirleach and the Ceann Comhairle for the speed with which they invited President-elect Biden to visit Ireland. As he is aware, there is an army of genealogists working in Kerry to establish an undoubted connection. We will depend on the Cathaoirleach to make sure that when he does come, he visits the kingdom as well. I also...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I think this is my first time speaking in the Chamber since we were re-elected. It feels nice to be back. The programme for Government, as set out, was a great one, and one to which we all subscribed. However, as the Cathaoirleach is aware, there was one huge disappointment for the people of Kerry, insofar as the liquid natural gas project in the Shannon Estuary was effectively dumped. My...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am glad the Cathaoirleach clarified that. I thought I had been promoted.

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State. It is nice to have her back in the room with us.

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: The next speaker is Senator Lynn Boylan. She has eight minutes.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Sep 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: It appears that the Minister is running late and will not be available until 5.30 p.m. I ask the acting leader to propose a suspension of the House.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Sep 2020)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.