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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...conclude soon. I have outlined an alternative mechanism that could be used. It would at least not force individuals who conscientiously object to abortion to pay for the service. More than 1 million people agree that this is a serious issue. The abortion service is being packaged here as healthcare but I have yet to see where the practice of healthcare can be packaged by killing an...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Report Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...semen is that there are dogs that have been dead for years and yet their semen continues to be used. That is despite the fact that a death limit was applied under regulations brought in in 2005 by the then Department of Agriculture and Food. I read a copy of the statutory instrument which said that there was a two-year death limit. That was revoked in 2014 but the revocation did not...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...amendment on Report Stage. There is a cartel operating within the industry. As I understand it, one centre in the North is flaunting the fact that it has in cold storage and available for use €5 million worth of AI seed from male greyhounds. How can the ordinary punter deal with this? Most owners and breeders cannot afford the AI fees which range from €2,000 to...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...his contributions, a lasting imprint in the House for years to come. My colleague, Senator McDowell, mentioned the Government information unit that is based in the Department of An Taoiseach. The €5 million spending there is additional to the €170 million already spent by the Government and State agencies in promoting Government services. That is €175 million being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (3 Nov 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...markets. It is very difficult to deal with both. We can take Tesco Ireland as an example. Its financial statements for last year indicate that it is working on a net margin of approximately 1.5% overall of what is turned over in the supermarket. It makes money in that regard, but it and many other multinational supermarkets make their money when paying for the goods. They pay after 90...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...nothing to deal with the issue of personal debt that cripples this country. For example, only 1,000 debt solutions have been approved since the legislation was initiated in 2013. This number comprises 547 alternatives to bankruptcy and 448 bankruptcy cases. This is in stark contrast to what the then Minister, Deputy Shatter, said in this House when he was overseeing the passage of the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sheepmeat Sector (8 Jul 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...sheep sector's importance in many rural parts of the country where the land may not be as good as in the major agricultural areas. According to the national sheep register there are more than 3.5 million sheep in the country. Most sheep flocks are located along the western seaboard. My county has 12.5% of the national sheep stock with approximately 450,000 sheep in County Donegal - more...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...staff of the Houses and members of An Garda Síochána. I ask the Leader to bring the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine before the House. The report on the future of agriculture, Food Wise 2025, was launched today in the RDS. It is a template which follows the strategy introduced by the former Minister, Deputy Brendan Smith, known as Food Harvest 2020. It is a...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...State. The horse racing and greyhound sectors are very important for the economy, jobs, inward investment and our reputation abroad. This year the Horse and Greyhound Fund is valued at around €54 million, but only 47% of that is being raised through the betting tax. That means that taxpayers are effectively providing the other 53% this year, which I think is wrong. The industry's...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...Regulation, ComReg, regarding the public service obligation, PSO, levy on every electricity customer in the country, domestic and non-domestic, whose closing date for submissions is tomorrow at 5 p.m. ComReg proposes an increase of 56% in the PSO levy, which would bring the total collected from customers to approximately €327 million, an average of €63 per customer per year....

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (2 Apr 2014)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...years, the participation levels in sports certainly have increased. Anecdotally, one can perceive this on any street or town nationwide where people are involved in triathlons, duathlons and in 5 km or 10 km events to raise money for a local GAA club or simply for charity. This must be welcomed. I certainly welcome some of the initiatives being taken by the Government on the development...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...quota. In monetary terms, the reductions proposed to the mackerel quota on the pelagic side and the prawn and whitefish quotas would cost the fishing and processing sector approximately €70 million. If implemented, these outrageous proposals will result in the direct loss of between 400 and 500 jobs, according to Bord Iascaigh Mhara. I wish the Minister well next week and do not...

Seanad: Report on Grocery Goods Sector: Motion (20 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...is one of those products. I fully appreciate the retail sector's reluctance to go down the road of a code of conduct, an ombudsman, etc. I also appreciate the retail sector in Ireland has lost 50,000 jobs over the past five or six years and that it is the largest employer, with 250,000 people working in it. It is a profitable sector because the retail price of food in a supermarket in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh don fhadhb mhór atá sa tír seo i dtaca le daoine óga, idir 18 agus 25, a bhfuil dífhostaithe agus nach bhfuil deiseanna fostaíochta ar bith acu. Níl obair ar bith ar fáil dóibh agus níl aon tacaíocht ar fáil dóibh ó thaobh structhúir de ón Rialtas ach oiread. Some 62,580...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: My comments on foreign aid are well documented. Most of the ¤623 million that will be borrowed to provide such aid next year and for which taxpayers will be liable will be paid to the United Nations, the European Union, world banks and regional banks in Africa. Ireland is sending ¤43 million to a country which purchased fighter jets. An article appeared in yesterday's edition of The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with ICSA and IFA (15 Nov 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...within the Department versus the cuts to the schemes. Reference was made to the Croke Park agreement. According to figures, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has an excess of 185 full-time equivalent staff. Issues must be addressed with regard to staffing costs and whether there can be reductions. By 2014, the staff ceiling in the Department must be cut by 433 based on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...young farmers. What work is being done by the Government to introduce a retirement scheme in tandem with the proposals for young farmers? This is particularly relevant in view of the fact that 5 million farmers across Europe will retire during the lifetime of the new CAP. Incentives must be created to enable young people to get involved in farming. It is not enough to have a programme...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Coast Guard Stations (4 Oct 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ..., Noel Dempsey, announced that the Government planned to keep Malin Head and Valentia open. He also pledged to upgrade all three centres, including the centre in Dublin, to the tune of ¤2.5 million. The Dublin station has now been fully upgraded, as has the Malin Head station, following an investment of approximately ¤721,000. I understand that Valentia is also to be upgraded. In...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...-using the land but we must encourage small farmers to stay in the sector. The proposed supports in the CAP for younger farmers are very welcome but unfortunately there are no proposals for the 5 million farmers who are retiring across Europe or who anticipate leaving agriculture in the coming months and years. We should fight for a retirement package for some of the older farmers who...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...real issues. It will ensure estates that deserve some funding are ineligible to apply for it or to draw it down. That estate in Donegal, St. Jude's Court, should be available to apply for the €5 million fund. The Minister of State mentioned that local authorities did not apply for the €5 million fund.