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Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We cannot seek to argue sincerely. It is not credible to tell people that we are bringing legislation recognising Irish Sign Language, ISL, as an official language of the State through the House when we cannot ask for it to be resourced. No one has gone into the specifics. Everyone appreciates that the legislation has a resource cost, but the decision ties the Seanad's hands behind its...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is the Senator opposing the amendment?

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Now, Senator.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Maidin maith agaibh. I was not sure this fell within the Minister's remit but I am glad to see him back and I congratulate him on his new appointment. Perhaps he hoped he would get away from the issue of Brexit and the North for a wee bit. A bit like the Corleones, as soon as he thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Here we are and I appreciate the Minister coming before us,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the offer and I appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is new in to the post and that he will bring his own nuances and expertise as he moves ahead. This issue merits us looking at it and I appreciate the complexities of the matter. We have an obligation to look at it given that there are citizens in the North who very much identify as Irish. They have lived in the North...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I apologise to the Minister for Justice and Equality for not being present and am glad my colleague, Senator Devine, was here to cover for me. This is important legislation. By and large Sinn Féin has supported its passage through the Oireachtas. We have had some concerns on the issue of bail, and in particular the potential privatisation of tagging. We have flagged this in good...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim leis an chomhghairdeachas atá seolta chuig an Cheannaire ar dea-scéal s'aige go bhfuil sé anois idir geall agus pósadh. I echo the sentiments of congratulations to the Leader on his recent announcement. I echo the remarks by my colleague, Senator Boyhan, about the Seanad special committee's report on Brexit being published today. I commend the report to other...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Up Down.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will be brief. I do not disregard what Senator Conway has said but I share Senator Kelleher's sentiment. It is not even a case of concern as we are all on the same page here. We all seek to have the best legislation passed because, as Senator Conway-Walsh said during her contribution, this is about helping people and supporting existing and future victims. I wish to hone in, first, on...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I, too, commend amendments Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive. A lot of what I was going to say has been said so I will not rehearse it. Amendment No. 3 contains an important addition in the context of the phrase "that it regards as relevant to the applicant concerned and his or her family". Senator Norris has eloquently outlined the reasons the provision is necessary. The new section 5(1)(f) to be...

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a bheith linn fosta. I thank the Minister for joining us for this important discussion. I am very happy to support the Bill and I commend Senator Swanick on it. I apologise to him for missing his contribution at the start of the debate as well as that of the seconder, Senator Wilson. I am happy to support the Bill because it recognises a seminal...

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----not just to show them to visitors and guests, be they from schools, community groups or other countries around the world, but as a visible reminder to us of the ethos and responsibility that has been handed down to us from that great and truly national gathering in 1919. It is a positive reminder of what we should do as elected representatives and of the work and challenges that lie...

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: And mothers.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: He also has responsibility for sport.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I regret bringing us down from such high culture to a much more unfortunate topic. I want to draw the Leader’s and colleagues’ attention to the monstrosities being inflicted on communities across the North, quite substantially focused in and around the greater Belfast area. These monstrosities I refer to are often referred to as bonfires. They are more often than not referred...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It will all be fully costed.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is just for the many not the few.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Up the Rebels.

Seanad: Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, agus go raibh maith agat a Aire as ucht bheith linn chun an díospóireacht a phlé inniu. I am torn over this Bill on a number of fronts. The first thing that struck me is that my old primary school headmaster, Diarmuid Ó Tuama, would be horrified to hear me coming in here to say nice things about rugby. I will overcome that fear...