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Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Go raibh maith agat a Aire, an Teachta Harris, chomh maith as ucht a bheith linn. Tá fearadh na fáilte roimh an t-Aire chun an cheist, suntasach, tábhachtach, stairiúil seo a phlé anocht. I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for being here. In doing that, I want to acknowledge the role undertaken in regard to the eighth amendment committee by Senator...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Declaration of Independence Day Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: This Bill makes an important proposal because this would not just be an act of remembrance and celebration but also would be a reminder of the work, promise and vision yet to be fulfilled. The Declaration of Independence and the democratic programme of the First Dáil are northern stars or beacons of what we as a society, and those of us involved in political activism and life should...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Scéim Ghinearálta Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2017: Plé (Atógáil) (17 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach. Bhí Gaeilge Uladh le cloisteáil sa chaoi inar bhfuaimnigh an Cathaoirleach "Ó Donnghaile". Gabhaim buíochas léi.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: If the Senator is concerned, her party can always put them out of power and go to the people and see how that goes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an leasú atá moltha ag an Seanadóir Warfield don Ord Gnó. I formally second the amendment to the Order of Business moved by Senator Warfield. As we are having statements from the Minister later, I will not dwell too much on the theme of the Good Friday Agreement but I wish to respond to some of the remarks made earlier. I was somewhat...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----or it would be as simple as going in and sorting it out.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is not quite that simple, and the Minister, Deputy Coveney, who is a very nuanced, considered and thoughtful man when it comes to the North, unlike some of the Members here, conceded that it was much bigger and broader than that and much more complex. As we mark 20 years of the Good Friday Agreement, it lays out the path of what should happen in instances such as this, namely, for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: -----I wonder what exactly that means, when we had an agreement only a few months ago. Two parties did not walk away from that agreement; only one party did so. It is easy for people to fall into the lazy narrative of playing politics in here but sometimes we must deal with the facts. That draft agreement was a compromise agreement. Republicans in Sinn Féin compromised in respect of...

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Boy were we sorry. They will know what to do the next time.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. Tá lúcháir orm go bhfuil deis agam cúpla focal gairid a rá i gcuimhne go bhfuil 20 bliain caite ó síníodh Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta. I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for attending and speaking at the community event organised by Féile an Phobail in St. Mary's University...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Issues Facing Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners: Discussion (19 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Tá brón orm nach raibh mé anseo don chur i láthair. Bhí mé ag cruinniú eile. I apologise for not being hear for the witnesses' presentation. My question is very much in the same vein as those put by Mr. Francie Molloy and Senator Frances Black, namely, what are the witnesses' requests of us? I also have a few other questions. As a member of this...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit le haghaidh an díospóireacht seo. Mar a deirtear i nGaeilge, "is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte". The equivalent English-language phrase is "your health is your wealth". I think that is a good guiding ethos as we make our way through this debate and, I hope, as we take action on foot of it. I commend Senator Reilly on...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Or how to throw across a few votes.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an fáilte a fuair an beirt Seanadóir úrnua inniu agus cur leis fosta. I want to welcome and add to the words of welcome to our two new Seanadóirí. It is particularly good to hear another Northern accent in the Chamber from Senator Marshall, albeit a very different and diverse one from me I am sure. He is from Markethill and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is very nuanced.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: It is very nuanced Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: To more serious matters a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I have written to the Cathaoirleach seeking that he convey our dismay, disgust and offence at remarks published online last night by a Member of the British House of Lords, Lord Kilclooney, on An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. I do not do this either to be a cheerleader for the Taoiseach or to elevate Lord Kilclooney to any position within the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: He should write to his colleagues in the House of Lords, many of whom we have worked with very positively through the House of Lords Brexit committee and indeed our own Brexit committee in the Seanad, to convey our horror at what seems to be an ongoing litany of insults with a racist undertone, sometimes more overt than that, directed by Lord Kilclooney to the Taoiseach. I hope with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.