Results 201-220 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: If Senator McDowell would let me speak-----

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I agree.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Where does one start? I will tell the House who I feel sorry for in this instance. It is Senator Conway. The Fine Gael team voted to allow that drivel we just heard and then ran away and left the poor Senator and the rest of us to sit here and endure it.It is not as disrespectful, however, as what we heard in the first contribution.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is certainly not a point of order.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will tell you what-----

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will make this point through the Chair. I note I have been asked to speak through the Chair while others have not.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will afford the Acting Chairman that courtesy while I am being shouted at from a number of positions.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It takes a lot for me to be flabbergasted. As other colleagues alluded to, some of what we heard during the first contribution really did that, if not go beyond that. It was supreme in not just its ignorance of many of the issues pertinent to this question but in its nuanced divergence from many of the issues relating to this legislation. While admitting I do not have the wily legal,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I join with other speakers in welcoming this Bill. As with everything that Deputy O'Callaghan does, it is clear that a mammoth amount of work has been put into it. I am also in concert with other speakers because I am not as familiar as I probably should be with some aspects of the Bill. We will get to that stage, but at this early point we need to discuss the broader themes. While Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the work. I too like Deputy Daly have an ideological view but also a very practical technical view as to why solitary confinement is a significantly negative process, not just for the individual concerned but also for the penal system we want to achieve. Solitary confinement does not benefit anybody at any level. It is a real stain on society that we would think it acceptable or...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I noted with interest some of the remarks from Senator Feighan. I do not disagree with what he proposed or suggested on the role the Government can play in supporting and helping to develop other peace processes around the world. However, I would contest that it should probably focus more of its attention on our indigenous peace process and the outstanding commitments before it starts to...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Why did we do that?

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will not even need the eight minutes allowed because, like other speakers, I commend both the proposer and seconder of the Bill. This is important legislation. While I will probably indulge in some repetition of what has been said already, it is important that I put on the record the position of my party because the legislation we are seeking to progress today is so significant. Sinn...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am flattered, but I am actually named Ó Donnghaile. I appreciate the Senator's point however.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are grateful for them.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Beidh mé díreach agus go dtí an pointe sa chás seo. The election campaign continues in the north east of the country and the Leader has rightly and wisely advised us to steer clear of partisan statements or engagements in that regard. I will take his advice and guidance on that but it is important that I draw Members' attention to an incident that occurred last night and...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is okay for the Senator to name them.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: He should tell us who they are.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Before I raise an important issue, I want to make reference to a growing trend I have noted in this Chamber over recent days and weeks. When this side of the House, in particular, these benches, raise the chaos and the shambles in the Government, particularly manifested in transportation links in Bus Éireann, we are dismissed as opportunists, cynical, reckless and negative, but when...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Has been.