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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...my mother would kill me if she heard that remark. It was a different world anyway. I want to pick up on a few points that were raised. By the way, I was a teacher for about 20 years, in both Kerry and in Dublin and at primary and secondary levels at different stages. Where are our guests from, by the way? I hope and pray they are not all Dublin people, although perhaps that would be...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...to remember what the event was and I am the indebted to Senator Gavan who reminded me of John being the Minister responsible for industry and energy at one time. There was a local issue in County Kerry in which were involved. He gave us a very fair hearing and we came out of the meeting convinced that this guy wanted to do something. I do not know if he ever did but I felt he wanted to...

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

Ned O'Sullivan: ...had visitors to the Houses, they would naturally want to see the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste, but the next person they would always want to see was David Norris, which they brought back to counties Kerry or Cork or wherever they came from. Senator Norris's contribution to society, especially in freeing the lives of homosexual people, will be his testimony for all time. I have heard...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...what I wanted to know was covered in the question from Senator Clonan and answered very well by Ms Fleming. I would like to make an observation. We had a family retail business in a small town in Kerry for five generations. I ran it myself for 20 years. We had a small number of staff and we made a good living out of it. The biggest problem we had was the red tape with Revenue. Things...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...we can attach conditions to private enterprises to make sure they operate within proper constraints. As I have mentioned here umpteen times, New Fortress Energy, which is based in my area of north Kerry, has huge expertise in this business. The company has installed gas storage facilities all over the world. It recently installed such a facility in Holland which took 60 days from start...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ..., Senator Maria Byrne. I enjoyed my time very much. Mary was always involved in the future of the Shannon Estuary. In that, we had common cause. The Shannon Estuary is as important to us in north Kerry, as it is to Limerick city. We found common cause there. There was a fair old battle going on at the time to try to form a single estuarial authority. The redoubtable Michael Finucane...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (21 Feb 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...representative for 40 years. The only thing I have experienced quite like this in my whole time was approximately 40 years ago when I was first elected. There was constant trouble in my county of Kerry with people who were opposing the housing of Travellers. The Travelling community was treated abominably. I attended public meetings where individuals said they would get their shotguns...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Feb 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: There is a very good article in today's edition of The Kerrymannewspaper by a top journalist, Dónal Nolan, highlighting the plight of local communities trying to get by with the help of community employment, CE, schemes. This has been raised many times and we all know the CE schemes are a vital part of the social fabric of rural Ireland in particular. They keep local development and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am in my office in Leinster House. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming before the committee. They have come from various distances; the people from west Cork, like me, and County Kerry have the longest-distance journey to make. The witnesses are all very committed. I am full of admiration for them and the calm, dispassionate way in which they have brought the situation...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ..., as Cathaoirleach, will take that position. Senator Daly put a huge amount of work into that behind the scenes. It seems he is now going to be Leas-Chathaoirleach, so I will be overshadowed in Kerry for yet another term. More luck to Mark. He managed to do an awful lot in two-and-a-half years. Covid-19 was a big setback for him. If there had been no Covid, I imagine he would have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...of recent referendums on the eighth amendment and equality in marriage, there was a majority in Listowel for those motions. I say to the LGBT community to have no fears of our community in north Kerry. We are with you and we support you. I spoke in this Chamber a couple of years ago about another incident in the same church, St. Mary's in Listowel. It had to do with the tragic story...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: The Deputy Leader does not need me to extol the praises of greenways, coming, as she does, from Mayo where they were ahead of the posse. I welcome the new north Kerry greenway, which will be opened by the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, on Friday. It is something we in north Kerry are particularly pleased with. I want to acknowledge that and pay tribute to the many people who made this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: I give a belated welcome to the establishment of the Shannon Estuary task force, which was put together in recent weeks. We in Kerry were somewhat disappointed that there is only one Kerry person on it. After all, it was set up to somewhat alleviate the disappointment we suffered when liquefied natural gas, LNG, was parked in the programme for Government.Thankfully, that programme is up and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ukrainian Crisis: Discussion (17 May 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Minister in every way they can but it is important that the matter be clarified so I am glad to hear that today. We have a significant population of people from eastern Europe. Where I live in Kerry it is particularly people from Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and so on. I am sure it is the same around the country. Is that cohort being helpful in any way? Is there any way...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...has indicated that it will accept An Bord Pleanála's decision. When it comes to the objectors, 99% do not reside in my community. There is 99% support for that project in the community in north Kerry. I hope that if and when permission is given, these objectors will accept that and let us get on with creating jobs and creating new infrastructure and giving a whole new lease of life...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...green light is given nobody will try to stop it again. It is 20 years in process. I was there for the start of it. It has been highly blackguarded. It has 99% support in the community of north Kerry. The objectors-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...area and the greater Dublin area would be the first point of entry for immigrants. Are there support services that her organisation supplies or offers on a nationwide basis? Given I am a Kerry man, perhaps the south west is an example. I take on board that language difficulties must be a very serious problem. There are so many languages. We all know who the main immigrant groups are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Technological Universities (3 Nov 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: Senator Cummins will not mind me coming in on this but as a former vice chairman of County Kerry vocational educational committee, VEC, as it was, it would be remiss of me not to compliment the Minister on his work in bringing to fruition our Munster Technological University. He has a very happy event coming up on Monday. It is a consummation joyful to behold and the Minister has played a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...a diplomat. Máire Mhac an tSaoi was the wife of Conor Cruise O'Brien, and what a contrast there must have been there and what great debates they must have had. It is extraordinary that on the same day she died we lost our great Kerry poet and the most beautiful voice of Brendan Kennelly. I did not know Máire Mhac an tSaoi personally, but I am privileged to say that Brendan...