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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Good man. It is the last race of the day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: It is a race of great interest to the punter. They did not show it because there was some Mickey Mouse race on over in Uttoxeter or somewhere. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine should be asked to come in here to assure the Irish viewers that there will be fair play for them. They should be able to watch racing without being charged an arm and a leg and should be assured...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the delegation. I find this very interesting. Until I joined this committee I did not know much about the reserves. I used to be a member of the Forsa Cosanta Áitiuil, FCA, when I was a young man, and I am interested in what the correspondence is between the FCA and the Reserve in terms of numbers. Almost every town had an FCA group when I was growing up, and I know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: There has been a huge shrinkage in numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I understand that. I thank Mr. Richardson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: The association has not liaised with the Permanent Defence Force on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: The association is speaking to its members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Is that consistent with the regular Army?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Very good.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (31 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: When is it proposed so sit again?

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (31 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. John Horan (29 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Cuirim fáilte is fiche roimh uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, an tUasal Seán Ó hÓráin, agus a chlann. Tréaslaím leis ar an óráid shuimiúil a thug sé dúinn um thráthnóna. It is a great privilege to welcome the president of Cumann Lúthcleas Gael to the Seanad. It is an historic day. I congratulate the...

Seanad: First Aid and Mental Health in Schools (Initial Teacher Training) Bill 2018: Second Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: I formally second the motion. I commend all of my colleagues, particularly Senators Gallagher, Wilson and Swanick, on putting this Bill together. It will have appeal across the floor of the House. I hope the Minister will be able to give a positive response. For the sake of clarification, I would like to reiterate what my colleague has said about the hybrid nature of this legislation. The...

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Tánaiste back to the House and I join him in condemning the car bomb in Derry at the weekend. Most of us lived through decades of violence in the North. We saw the futility of that violence, how useless it is and how it put many obstacles in the way of people of both traditions trying to work together. Thanks be to God, we thought we had put it...

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: Indeed not. However, the longer the current impasse goes on the more the public realise how irresponsible it would have been to destabilise the Government and add even further confusion to an already fraught situation. I believe the electorate, in due course, will adjudicate on the courageous decision Deputy Micheál Martin and Fianna Fáil have made in this regard. At the same...

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: -----but apart from the unfortunate ballistic analogy, flip answers such as that will not suffice. Sinn Féin was very opposed to Europe at all stages. Let them come up now with proper alternatives and show real cause in this regard. We have to make the best of the situation in which we find ourselves. We must prepare for the worst, and we have a great deal of work to do in that regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I join in the expressions of goodwill to the Cathaoirleach, staff and Members and express my sincere condolences to our Clerk, Mr. Martin Groves. I was not present yesterday to do so. I thank the Clerk, Mr. Groves, the Clerk Assistant, Ms Bridget Doody, the staff and the ushers for their kindness during the year. I listened to the contributions of Senators. I also attended the joint...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Yes. I come late to the case in Roscommon as I was not in the Chamber yesterday. I join Members who have condemned utterly the lawless behaviour of a bunch of vigilantes who acted in a paramilitary way to inflict serious injuries on other persons. Thank God, there was no loss of life, but it is nevertheless one of the most serious incidents of lawlessness in this country. Even though...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House in a week where we heard very good news for the Shannon Foynes Port Company, which is in his constituency, and of which I was a commissioner and director for 16 years. I am sure the Minister of State and myself are on the one word there. Fianna Fáil supports this technical legislation. The Bill gives statutory authority for the amounts...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, which is technical legislation that must be passed every three years to provide for expenditure incurred by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. Without it, staff salaries would not be paid in 2019. This Bill permits money to be provided by the Central Fund. The commission is an independent body but it needs a budget. This Bill will give the...