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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: In the spirit that this is a very swift, pragmatic and important Bill I refer to the case of Godsil v. the Attorney General. The citizens of this city require and need to be directly involved as to whether they should have a directly-elected mayor.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I am endeavouring to widen the scope of the Bill and I am trying to set out my argument under section 1.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: How can I make my point if I have not put forward the full argument? The Minister needs to hear the whole argument.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I wish to make the argument that the scope of this Bill should be widened. We have both Committee Stage and Report Stage to deal with it.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: In my Second Stage contribution I referred to the Local Government Reform Act among many other Acts. I have no issue with the pragmatic and swift response to the Godsil case and we should look at a pragmatic and swift response to the fact that the citizens of Dublin are being denied the right to have a direct say on whether-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: -----they wish to have a directly-elected mayor. I would like to continue to make my argument and to hear the Minister's response.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I thank the Minister for his courteous response. There is a sense that he is disappointed with the vote. I do not wish to single out one council over another but the combined vote in all four council areas is 98% to 19%, which is significant. I do not wish to put words in the Minister's mouth but there may be a legislative opportunity for the plebiscite to happen in the lifetime of this...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Seanad. I support this common-sense Bill. It is a perfect example of the Government being practical and reasonably swift in dealing with a historical anomaly and out-of-date prohibition on citizens standing for election in European and general elections. It also proposes to remove the clause to allow Members who might become bankrupt from...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I congratulate everyone involved in the recent presidential state visit to the United Kingdom, which was an extraordinary success. I had the privilege of being a guest of the Lord Mayor of London at the Guildhall banquet and accompanied the President to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon on Friday morning. It was extraordinary and for everyone, the big winners were the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: ----- and by proposing that the citizens of the Dublin metropolitan area should have a direct say in whether they should have a directly-elected mayor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I welcome everybody and thank them for their perspectives but I cannot help but feel even more despondent now that I have heard them. In the previous session we talked about the crisis and in this session we have talked about the crisis bordering on a disaster, particularly the statistics on families from Focus Ireland and the image that last night, between Jervis Street, Amiens Street and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Who are the winners if the Bill is passed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I am not an elected politician and, as such, do not have the same level of experience as some colleagues of dealing with constituents on this issue. What are the delegates' macro views on the recently published legislative proposals? It is unfortunate that we have not had more time to deliberate on those proposals. We might have to invite the...

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit.

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Fiche nóiméad agamsa, a Leas Chathaoirligh? Níl mé ach ag magadh.

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Cé méid nóiméad atá agam?

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Bhuel, ní úsáidfidh mé an ocht nóiméad. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus fáilte roimh agus muid ag comóradh agus ag ceiliúradh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Go minic, is dócha bíonn sé ina raic eadrainn ar fad agus muid ag plé cúrsaí na Gaeilge agus cúrsaí na Gaeltachta ach rud amháin a...

Seanad: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: Gabh mo leithscéal. Just mar phointe eolais, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, agus níl mé droch-mhúinte, ach an bhfuil cóip de léacht an Aire le fáil? Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council: Chairman Designate (25 Feb 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I welcome Ms Pratschke as chairman designate. I wish to acknowledge that I am the director of the Abbey Theatre and as such receive State funding which is delivered through the Arts Council. I mention this fact in case there is a potential conflict of interest with my questioning but the post does not mean that I cannot ask questions. I acknowledge that Ms Pratschke is only starting her...