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Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: This debate on abortion is unlike any other on any issue being debated today. Abortion is an emotive and complex issue, stacked with distressing circumstances that elicit our sympathy and compassion. I acknowledge the deep pain and human tragedies with which we are concerned in addressing the issue. Many women and their families will find the ongoing discussion very difficult owing to the...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (8 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Bhí mé ag smaoineamh ansin go bhfuil scoil amháin ó Bhaile Átha Cliath - cathair Bhaile Átha Cliath - againn anseo agus scoileanna ó na hoileáin, agus go bhfuil difríocht mór idir an dá scoil agus difríocht mór idir a bheith i gcónaí i gcathair agus a bheith i gcónaí ar oileán amuigh ón chósta...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ceisteanna Óige: Díospóireacht (8 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Sin an Acht atá ag teacht agus táimid ag déanamh réamh-machnamh ar an Acht sin faoi láthair. Thart ar an ceist, cén fáth go bhfuil sé chomh íseal sin, 1.6%, sin ceist maith. Deireann na feidhmeannaí ón Rialtas linn a bhí istigh os comhair an coiste, tá sé chomh íseal sin mar nach bhfuil an éileamh ann. Níl...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will make some general remarks rather than speaking about specific projects. I could speak about a number of particular projects in the west and the north west, but I will not do so because time is short. Other Senators have referred to the Government's strategic communications unit when speaking about last month's announcement. While that may be linked to the national planning...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We could be facing the Dubs.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Scéim Ghinearálta Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2017: Plé (6 Mar 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ag éisteacht leis an díospóireacht, táim ag piocadh suas go bhfuil na finnéithe ag tabhairt tacaíocht don 20% atá molta sa Bhille, agus cuirim fáilte roimhe sin. Is ceann de na ceannteidil is tábhachtaí sa Bhille é ceannteideal 9. Faoi láthair tá slad iomlán á dhéanamh ag an Státchóras ar an nGaeilge....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Financial Services Regulation (22 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. This Commencement debate relates to a call to consider separating the investment and retail, or customer-driven, arms of our banking model. Only full separation will constitute the safety valve required for the ordinary consumer and ordinary taxpayer in Ireland. As long as retail and investment banking continue in the same groups, the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Financial Services Regulation (22 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I accept the Minister of State's response but I disagree that there is no significant risk in terms of investment banking in the Irish economy. All the banks are engaged in investment activity and they were all engaged in that activity during the crash. They were exposed internationally. The contagion that started with Lehman Brothers in the US indirectly affected all the pillar banks in...

Seanad: Sale of Permanent TSB Loan Book: Statements (22 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: If there is to be a resolution to this issue, I can assure the previous speaker that it will not be found by political point-scoring. There is a need to deal with this issue urgently. If we take the case of Permanent TSB, the State was a 99.2% shareholder. That was reduced in 2015 to 74.92%. The State is the substantial shareholder of the organisation but it finds itself with a conflict of...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is hard to follow such a tiff.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I saw Senators Murnane O'Connor and Norris embrace each other only 25 minutes ago.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Therefore, I know it is only a temporary little tiff and nothing more serious than that.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I wholeheartedly support the spirit of the amendment.It goes to the foundation and principle of our educational system. The word ethos is a Greek word. It comes from the meaning of belief and the ideology of something. A belief system or an ideological educational system should foster the educational spirit and advancement of the individual, not just the business ideals of IBEC and these...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The amendment put forward by Senator Grace O'Sullivan is also very important and it goes to the heart of the Government's own 20 year Irish language strategy. It is a strategy aimed at-----

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----promoting and developing the Irish language among all citizens of the country. The Irish language should be recognised specifically in this legislation so that there can be advancement of the language and that there can be collaboration between technological universities and Irish language organisations in each region, including Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na Gaeltachta, the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: This amendment is not about that.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I come from Donegal, where students can no longer afford to come to live in Dublin. That is why we want to make sure that these technological universities can provide for those students and not just be left as economic hubs where people can go simply to advance the region economically. It is not about that. This is about the individual, not just the region, so it is important to make that...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I would like to comment on the debate taking place around Permanent TSB and vulture funds. I agree with Senator McDowell that the public deserves to know the full extent of non-performing loans across all of the banks, not just those which were bailed out but also those which are regulated by the Central Bank. Many issues around banking have failed to be resolved. The problems we are...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom inniu an cheist faoin bád farantóireachta, nó an tseirbhís, go Toraigh a ardú. I wish to raise the issue of the ferry service to Tory Island, an island 9 miles off the north-west Donegal coast. The King of Tory Island, Ireland's last remaining king-----