Results 461-480 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Thank you, professor. May I make my point?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: On this issue, which will come before the Oireachtas-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----we should appreciate all views, regardless of whether we agree with them, and not castigate people and block their opinions. All opinions matter. That is why we are here and why we have a Parliament-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----in this country and why we are not under British rule-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----as we were-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Senator would make a great lord in the House of Lords.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services Funding: Statements (24 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am deputising today for our health spokesperson, Senator Keith Swanick. I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this debate which, as she rightly said, should be had above the political discourse. An important element of a functioning society is that we can deal with the issue of mental health in an adult and structured manner. Having a healthy mind is as important as having a...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Maybe I should have been here, but I was at another important meeting. I was told according to the-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Through the Chair, the Order of Business was set that the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 would resume at 6.30 p.m. On that basis-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----I made sure I was back in the House for 6.30 p.m. I am not casting any aspersions and I am not criticising the fact that the Minister was available earlier. That is great and I wish to acknowledge the Minister's presence-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Okay. I accept that.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We can come back in on our own amendment, absolutely.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We have not pressed our amendment. We have not said that we are going to press it.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We were not asked, but we were precluded from speaking.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I would like to share my time with my colleague, Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We do.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will keep my remarks brief. I want to highlight a massacre that occurred in Iran in 1988, when tens of thousands of people were summarily and extrajudicially executed because of their political or religious beliefs. Approximately 30,000 people, including women and children, were murdered under the fatwa or leadership of the supreme leader of the time.The vast majority of the victims were...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights Investigations (22 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister of State for the response from the Department. At least there is an acknowledgement that these atrocities happened. However, I would like to see the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Irish Government take a stronger stand against what happened back in 1988 and acknowledge that these atrocities continue to take place today, as Senator Norris has indicated....
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I refer to the disgraceful situation in emergency departments in hospitals across the country. Yesterday there were 416 individuals on trolleys in hospital emergency departments, the two worst culprits being Letterkenny University Hospital and Cork University Hospital. In the case of the former, 26 of the 45 individuals who were awaiting an impatient bed were on trolleys. The HSE system...