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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The process will have commenced in the Parliament when the Ministers decided their position. The two groups will engage in tandem, although I cannot see them ever coming to agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is taking the lead on this matter. After next Wednesday, 16 June when the Ministers meet, could the officials give us an update on the policy and what way it will look from the perspective of each member state? It would help us in our work.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Fianna Fáil stripped Aer Lingus first.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Leader for allowing the debate. It would have been nice if the Minister was here but the Opposition was not agreeable to accepting a 5 p.m. time for him to be here and we have to discuss this.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: No. The decision has to be taken in the other House yet. We do not know what way the vote is going to go. This is a correct decision for Aer Lingus and for the country. We are a small island nation and connectivity to mainland Europe, the UK and the US is one of the most important things we have. The Government's decision to sell its share in Aer Lingus and the takeover by IAG of the Aer...

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: That was part of a tourism package the Government put together, bringing in the 9% VAT rate and dropping the travel tax which Fianna Fáil imposed-----

Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: We have been given commitments on connectivity and the Heathrow slots from IAG. Those slots are the most important part of the Aer Lingus package, as Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe. They give us connectivity to the rest of the world. The vision is that rather than Heathrow being used as a hub for the north Atlantic, Dublin and Shannon Airports will be part of the overall view of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Before I ask for a debate, I congratulate Senator O'Donovan and the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on the farm safety report, which will be very useful. We look forward to debating it in the House. It is less than 100 years since this country gained independence. The momentous decision at the weekend shows how much we have moved on in that 100 years. It has vindicated the work done...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Other speakers were given liberty today because it is a momentous day for this country. The elimination of the Sinn Féin candidate resulted in 9,990 non-transferable votes. Is that the party's policy, or were people voting-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I am looking for a debate about educating our young people on how the system works. We should also have a debate on the electoral register. The fact that 65,000 people had to register-----

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I will conclude. I called for this debate previously. People should not need to register themselves because a PPS number should be a means of automatic inclusion on the electoral register.If that were the case, we would not have this situation where 65,000 people were obliged to apply to go on the supplementary register. As I said, the number of spoiled votes, at 2,066, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Withdraw that charge.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thought a person had to be in the House to defend himself or herself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome Mr. O'Driscoll and his officials, and I congratulate him on his appointment as Secretary General. He has always been very informative when he appeared before the committee with Mr. Moran on other occasions. Deputy Ó Cuív has dealt with many of the issues I intended to raise, one of which was the Russian ban. The other matter is trade agreements. The TTIP and South...

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Appointment of Receivers: Motion (6 May 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Daly will have his chance.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: They felt sympathetic towards Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Leyden did not bring a clamp around with him on the Seanad campaign.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator did not bring a clamp around with him to get sympathy.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister for guiding this Bill, which I welcome, through both Houses of the Oireachtas and his officials for bringing it forward. As stated in the contributions in this House, it is the regulation which is the most important part of this in that there is now a set standard in the way the law is enforced. We all get frustrated. I suppose one of the most frustrating experiences...