Results 321-340 of 566 for speaker:Niall Ó Brolcháin

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: Is this in order?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I will try to show the Cathaoirleach a bit of respect. I ask the Leader for a debate on political reform, which is important here. I note there is a number of very unrepresentative debates in this House and, indeed, in the other House, and that political lobbying is what is running riot. We need to be very careful. There are rules in relation to referenda in terms of the funding for...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: We discussed in the programme for Government the issue of corporate donations to political parties and that is an important matter for us to work on in a debate in this House. We need a good debate on exactly what is influencing Members in this House, not only the influences of their constituents but the influences of strong lobbying. There are obvious instances on the other side of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: ------of strong lobbying which has caused an unrepresentative view to be portrayed.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: That debate is crucially important here in the coming term and I hope the Leader will take on the debate on political reform.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I do not think we will be going into labour in that way.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I assure Senator Prendergast that I will not spontaneously erupt into labour any day soon. That is an important point to make.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I was not. I believe in equality of the sexes.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: Home birthing is very important, as I have mentioned to the Minister in the past. I recently watched an episode of the medical drama "House". I do not know if anyone else has seen it. It is an America series, with the actor Hugh Laurie, and quite interesting.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I know. Sometimes it is important to look at what people are watching on television. The episode in question was interesting. The doctor was talking to a patient for whom he did not have much time and with whose views he did not agree. He went to the canteen to get sweets from a sweet dispensing machine which he gave to the patient in a bag. The patient went away extremely happy. The...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: It is related, therefore, in a roundabout way. There is much waste in the health care sector. In these difficult times we should consider ways to reduce costs. That is one possible way. We could improve the provision of wheelchairs. The issue of prosthetics was raised with me recently. It is my understanding there is a possibility that prosthetics will be imported from now on. Work in...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: They are coming.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: They are coming.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: Stop it.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: What?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: Go on.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: I very much support the views of other Senators that we must debate the integrity of the Seanad vis-À-vis the Dáil. Many issues have been mentioned such as the Civil Partnership Bill and the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill, as have many others during the years. The former leader of the Progressive Democrats, Mr. Michael McDowell, announced a few nights ago that he had changed his view on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: -----is calling for the Seanad to be abolished. That is the wrong way to do business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Niall Ó Brolcháin: If I could proceed without interruption, I would be very grateful.