Results 341-360 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill

Seanad: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (26 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Senator will get higher preferences there in the next election.

Seanad: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: While I was not anxious to bring this social welfare case before the House, I have exhausted every available avenue to deal with a young lady's social welfare entitlement. She is an Irish citizen who took up employment in the UK. She had a young family and, as she was no longer able to work in the UK, she returned home in 2010. She applied for what she felt was her social welfare...

Seanad: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister for his reply. However, an appeal was lodged because I have acknowledgments from the Department of Social Protection indicating the appeal is being processed. The confusion may relate to the appeal for the supplementary welfare allowance. The appeal which has been lodged is the appeal to the original decision by the Department of Social Protection to refuse social...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom cur leis na focail a dúirt na Seanadóirí eile agus briseadh deas a ghuí ar gach éinne. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh foireann an Tí agus na Seanadóirí go léir taitneamh as an aimsir mhaith atá againn faoi láthair. Tá súil agam go mbeidh aimsir níos fearr againn i mí Lúnasa. I wish all Senators a good summer recess. I thank the staff of the House for their...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I do. This was a missed opportunity. Yesterday the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, presented us with his proposals for the introduction of a €100 household charge from next January, an increase in refuse charges and a new charge for sewerage services to apply to the 440,000 people in rural areas who have their own septic tanks. Where will...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I hope that as the Leader enjoys the Irish sunshine over the summer, he will reflect on the practice of guillotining Bills in this House. It should be a distant memory rather than protocol when we return in the autumn.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: He has a great memory.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I refer to the baffling news that HSE west is about to write off approximately €6 million because consultants employed within the health service did not take the opportunity to fill in and submit the appropriate paperwork to private insurance firms. This merits a serious investigation and I hope the Committee of Public Accounts will investigate this matter. If €6 million has to be...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am pleased to see the Minister in the Chamber this evening to bring forward the legislation which will standardise qualifications in the third level sector. We must be mindful that it will also save the taxpayer money. The anecdotal figure is that savings in the region of €1 million will be made through the amalgamations. I very much welcome the Bill. The previous Government supported...

Seanad: Hospital Services (21 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I want to raise the provision of X-ray services at two community care hospitals in my constituency, Donegal South-West. I raise this in a week in which there was much controversy surrounding the €6 million in debt being written off by HSE west as a result of not making a claim for insurance money available from private companies. That is a separate issue. Up to the summer of this year,...

Seanad: Hospital Services (21 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is a move in the right direction that at least X-ray services will be restored to the level to which they were available during the summer, which is one day per week in each centre. I ask the Minister of State to ensure the HSE and the Department make every effort to try to fully restore X-ray services to Donegal and Killybegs. I am delighted...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom roínnt poíntí a ardú. I would like to refer to a number of issues of major concern, not only in Ireland but also across Europe. They stem from the comments of the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, on the need for European leaders to grapple with the issue of debt in Europe, an issue referred to by the Taoiseach last Friday when he stated at a public event...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I appeal to the Leader, given this is an issue of national importance to rural Ireland and as many people in rural Ireland voted for Fine Gael and the Labour Party at the last general election. As it would be unacceptable not to have this debate today, I appeal for common sense to prevail and for the Leader to request the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to come...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Fianna Fáil did not make promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The promises were disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What about its social welfare record?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We never attacked the household benefits package.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are not blocking anyone either.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes.