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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. Like colleagues, I commend the report. It is timely, useful and informative for this committee in particular. Many issues have been raised at this meeting in what has been a worthwhile and comprehensive discussion, which has been reflective of the ongoing, evolving and organic nature of these conversations. I wish to discuss something that,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank Mr. D'Arcy. That is useful. I appreciate that we are operating in the unknown on this. Senator Currie, Chair of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly's committee A, which deals with sovereign matters, led a delegation to London where we tried to get some clarity but it was not particularly forthcoming I must say. We know the one thing that businesses want is certainty. We hear...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom labhairt faoin mbreithiúnas a tháinig amach ón gCúirt Uachtarach i Londain inniu. I welcome today's UK Supreme Court judgment, which unanimously rejected the appeal that had argued the Northern Ireland protocol was in breach of both the law and the Good Friday Agreement. We know clearly from the judgments of the high court, the court of appeal and now the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Senator Clonan might need to add a fada to his name.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (2 Feb 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Is Bille thar a bheith tábhachtach é seo agus, mar atá ráite ag comhghleacaithe eile, ceann a bhfuil ag déileáil le cásanna nuair atá daoine faoin a lán struis agus a lán brú. Cibé rud gur féidir linn a dhéanamh a laghdaíonn an strus agus an brú sin agus a chruthaíonn...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an gCeannaire chomh maith. There are a couple of issues I wish to get through today and the first is that in the past week, we saw another day of quite severe disruption on the Belfast to Dublin rail line. There was a day of miscommunication and delays. We know of the economic and societal importance of that connection between the two...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. I apologise at the outset for missing the Minister's contribution, but I was following it in the office. I hope he does not mind me beginning on a slightly different subject, and then I will return to the substantive point we are discussing here today. Yesterday in the Seanad I raised the case of young Dáithi MacGabhann from Belfast....

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Minister of State is welcome. I also welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. I will not rehearse all the points because there is pretty much universal agreement on the salient point and the intention of the legislation. I commend Senator Malcolm Byrne and his Fianna Fáil colleagues for introducing it. The first point I want to make, which is probably the most important...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Comhghairdeas.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: The Leader seems shocked.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I want to begin by speaking about the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022. I have raised this Bill a number of times in the House and welcomed it. Each time I spoke about the legislation and welcomed and encouraged its progress through the Oireachtas, I always referenced with great pride and great affection, young Dáithi...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Crazy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear. Well said.m

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Not yet.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo leithscéal a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit agus leis na moltóirí as tús na díospóireachta a chailliúint. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I apologise to the proposers and the Minister of State for missing the first part of this debate but welcome...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Get it done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Is minic a tharla sin ag céilí san ardscoil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Wally Kirwan, H.E. Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Martin Mansergh (19 Jan 2023)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe. I thank our guests for the useful exchange we have had so far. Gabhaim buíochas le Wally Kirwan as an méid a dúirt sé faoi Bhéal Feirste. I am always amazed by the number of people I meet who can trace the trajectory of their marriage back to a céilí in the ard scoil. Mr. Kirwan is one of a number of proud...