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Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes.

Seanad: Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Please do not worry at all about it. We shall not fall out over it. It is always a great pleasure to follow Senator Kelleher, especially on an issue such as this where she is engaged in a very sincere and passionate way. The Minister of State is very welcome. Much of what I had intended to say has been said already, so I will avoid overt or unnecessary repetition on some of the sentiments...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Energy Matters (1 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am curious to hear some more about the nature of the interconnector, particularly the proposed Celtic interconnector. If that was to come online tomorrow, I presume it would be providing for and servicing the all-Ireland market as it stands currently. If, as a result of Brexit, there is a change in the current interconnector proposals and the energy provision across the entire island, how...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with European Movement Ireland (1 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank Ms O'Connell for a comprehensive, forthright and frank contribution. Politics is politics but it is refreshing to hear the reality of what Brexit is going to do and the impact it will have on our people. In the vast majority of instances, the effects will be negative and sometimes we just need to call a spade a spade and not dance around the issue. We have political responsibility...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Beidh orm cúlú siar chun an leathanach ceart. Irish politics faces two highly significant and unprecedented moments involving far-reaching change in the State. Earlier we witnessed the resignation of the Taoiseach. I endorse the remarks made by my party leader, Deputy Gerry Adams, in wishing the outgoing Taoiseach well. To give 40 years service in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise - the other House - this Oireachtas, I should say. That is no mean feat. He could end up here yet; one never knows. I wish him and his family well. It is an important time for them. Deputy Varadkar will be elected as the new Taoiseach tomorrow and I too wish him well. I hope his term of office will be notable for a more direct and hands-on involvement in the North, bringing...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is a principled position.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I may perhaps come to that, Cathaoirleach, during the course of my remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am glad to say that for the first time since partition, nationalists have rejected Westminster and turned their backs on it. They have said they want no part in Westminster and, of course, that Westminster should have no part with them. That would be a more appropriate response than the comments we have heard from Deputy Micheál Martin and other regional party leaders such as Fine...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: What they have to do is to listen to the expressed will of the people that they look to Dublin for leadership and political advance in the situation across the North, and not to Westminster, which has not proven-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Perhaps I will be allowed get through my remarks, a Chathaoirligh. This is not just a position for the sake of it, this is a principled position that has been significantly endorsed now by the people of the North. Almost a quarter of a million have stated clearly that abstentionism is their favoured position. It may not be the favoured position of everyone in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----but the nationalist people have spoken.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I know it because of the results last week. Despite the interruptions, I have more on which I would have liked to have touched and will finish with this point. We have an opportunity to implement the outstanding agreements and to restore the institutions in the North that I believe everyone, North, South, east and west wishes to see implemented. My party and I are up for engaging with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: You are very good, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is why they voted for us.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No, they do not get salaries from Westminster.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Would the Senator rather that we were not?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: They were elected not to go to Westminster.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is not what the people want.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: That is what they voted for.