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Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. Gabhaim beannachtaí na Féile Bríde air. As the Taoiseach delivered his address, I received a text message from my friend who is a rang a ceathair teacher in Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagáin in Béal Feirste, stating his class was making crossanna Bríde today and they want to send the Taoiseach one to put up above the door in his...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir Ó Domhnaill as a tacaíocht. Ba mhaith liom tús a chur le mo chuid le comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le muintir Ghradam Ceoil TG4. Bhí an imeacht i mBéal Feirste don chéad uair oíche Dé Domhnaigh agus beidh sé ann don trí bliana atá amach romhainn fosta. Ba imeacht ceolmhar agus spleodrach...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ceart.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Talk about-----

Seanad: Primary Care Steering Group: Motion (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I second the motion.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad. Last week the Seanad debated a Bill on banning goods from illegal colonial settlements entering Ireland. Then I laid out my deep concerns about Israel's continued illegal occupation of Palestine, including in the settlements and the apartheid system it enforces there. I also raised the case of Ahed Tamimi who remains...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Irish language groups in the North in the context of the talks in which the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is taking part have made an appeal in recent days to the party leaders, the British Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, and the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to meet the groups and organisations in the Irish language sector who live their lives, work and contribute to society day in day out, to...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Senator is spot on, yes.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is right.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I welcome the Minister to the House and assure him we will try to work constructively and positively with him and his officials on what is at its heart very important legislation. We will table a number of amendments on Committee Stage. The Minister will expect me to reiterate comments made by colleagues on the speed with which the legislation has come to Second Stage. There has only been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: With regard to the broader issue of truth one is always in a bit of difficulty when raising specific cases but there are responsibilities and an onus resting on the Irish Government also. Last week, for example, in the Seanad I raised the issue of the Crowley report into the murder of Aidan McAnespie. This report was carried out by the then Deputy Garda Commissioner Eugene Crowley. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom cás Emma De Souza a thógáil arís. The Leader will be familiar with the case of Emma De Souza whose battle to assert her Irish citizenship rights has gained wide coverage on various media platforms, North and South, not least in The Irish Times, because I have raised it previously. Emma De Souza is an Irish citizen from Magherafelt. She currently lives in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It will.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus gabhaim buíochas leis as an reachtaíocht seo a lagadh os ár gcomhair. Tacaím leis an mBille ach, mar a bheadh an tAire Stáit ag dúil leis, tá roinnt ceisteanna agam ina thaobh agus cuirfidh mé iad anois. We welcome the Bill and I have to ask why we are only now discussing using existing infrastructure...