Results 221-240 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----the work of the Garda-----

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----in tackling some of the issues in Border areas of Donegal at present.

Seanad: Health Services (4 Mar 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Glenties primary care centre is much awaited in the local area and is urgently required. When complete, it will provide a number of services for the people of the area within the town and surrounding areas, such as general practitioner services, public health nursing services, community welfare services, community physiotherapy services, social work services, occupational therapy...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I listened to the debate with keen interest and I commend Senator Harris on bringing forward this motion before the House. Obviously, 1969 is quite few years ago given that I was not born then. Having read through some of the information available on-line and in the Library on this case in recent days, I noted that this issue must have been a cause of great of concern to Mr. Dónal de...

Seanad: Rural Transport Services. (10 Mar 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I raise an issue that has emerged in my constituency of Donegal South West with regard to the use of the rural transport service in transporting people to day centres within the area. The service is currently operated by Seirbhís Iompair Tuaithe Teoranta, or SITT, as it is commonly known. SITT and the HSE have been working together on a pilot project for an integrated transport service to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I want to raise two issues. First, I welcome this morning the launch of the credit review process which has been initiated by the Government to review the credit lending facilities available from Bank of Ireland and AIB. Where individuals have been refused credit or it has been withdrawn from them, they will be allowed to make a submission as part of the credit review process in which the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I asked the previous Minister to attend the House, but that did not happen. I am now asking the Leader to arrange for the new Minister to come as quickly as possible to outline the steps that could be taken to capitalise on that opportunity.

Seanad: Head Shops. (1 Apr 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: This important issue relates to the ongoing difficulties created by head shops. There are a number of such shops in operation in the constituency in which I live. Two of these establishments, which are a cause of major concern to parents and the authorities at various schools, are located in Donegal town and there is another in Ballybofey. It is completely unacceptable that head shops are...

Seanad: Head Shops. (1 Apr 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister of State for his response which I very much welcome. It is clear that the Department is considering the matter very seriously. Will the Minister of State convey the urgency of dealing with it to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government? I appreciate the response and the action being taken. However, it is incumbent on all of us, as public...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: First, I take the opportunity to call for a debate on the Common Fisheries Policy. The Minister of State, Deputy Connick, was in Spain earlier this week where he discussed the Common Fisheries Policy review with other fisheries Ministers. With the submission made by the Irish Government in February of this year to the European Commission, it would be timely now to discuss the common...

Seanad: Bóithre Straitéiseacha. (6 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá lúcháir orm an Aire, an Teachta Pat Carey, a fheiceáil anseo sa Teach, tar éis dó bheith ceaptha mar Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. Is onóir mór é sin. Tá tábhacht faoi leith ag baint leis an Aireacht sin, go háirithe i gceantracha Gaeltachta ar nós an cheantar i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall ina bhfuil mé i mó chónaí. Tá...

Seanad: Bóithre Straitéiseacha. (6 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the two-pronged approach being taken by the Government against head shops. Overnight and today the approach taken is being welcomed up and down the country in general, and certainly in my constituency, where we were not alien to the difficulties of head shops and the menace they pose to society. There was a recent case of a schoolchild being exposed to the dangers of those...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Consumer spending is increasing, according to figures, and Davy Stockbrokers has indicated that there was economic growth in this country in the first quarter. The ESRI is predicting almost 3% growth this year and that will develop to approximately 5% in 2012. We have to take the austerity measures that have been outlined. The Greeks did not take those measures and as a result they are...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is the Opposition, and Senator Buttimer in particular, saying that the right approach would have been not to take such measures because they were unpopular? Governance is not about being popular but it is about delivering and turning the country around. That is what is happening and I fully support that approach.

Seanad: Health Services (19 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I wish to raise the issue of the Glenties primary care centre. I raised this issue quite recently with the Minister in the House, given the concern that has been expressed locally about the lack of development in the provision of the Glenties primary care centre. The current facilities available include a GP surgery which could be described as cramped, out-dated and in very poor condition....

Seanad: Health Services (19 May 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I appreciate he is not in the Department of Health and Children. However, I must put it on the record of the House that I am very disappointed at the Department's response on this issue. The lack of progress is annoying, to say the least. This is exactly the same response I received when I raised the issue on 4 March and it does not come close...

Seanad: Planning Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: This issue relates to access onto national secondary routes, one of which, the N56, goes through a large part of south-west Donegal. There are other such routes in Galway, Kerry and other parts of the country. There is a distinct difficulty in Donegal for individuals seeking to obtain planning permission for one-off houses along that road, which stretches from Letterkenny in the centre of...

Seanad: Fisheries Protection (16 Jun 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The issue I want to raise relates to lobster fishing, which essentially is a licensed fishing activity. In County Donegal, I understand there are between 250 and 300 licensed boats associated with lobster fishing. It is a commercial activity undertaken as such by fishermen. It adds to their livelihood and essentially is an activity that has been undertaken through the generations. The...

Seanad: Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2010)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Tá lúcháir orm deis a bheith agam labhairt ar an Bhille seo. Is duine de na comhaltaí mé a toghadh do bhord Údaras na Gaeltachta dhá uair, in 1999 agus arís in 2005. Gabhaim buíochas fosta do chomhaltaí Údarás na Gaeltachta, 17 acu atá tofa ag pobal na Gaeltachta agus tríúr ainmnithe ag an Aire, an cathaoirleach Liam Ó Cuinneagáin san áireamh. Gabhaim buíochas fosta...