Results 1-20 of 41 for cork speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...to the Houses, they would naturally want to see the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste, but the next person they would always want to see was David Norris, which they brought back to counties Kerry or Cork or wherever they came from. Senator Norris's contribution to society, especially in freeing the lives of homosexual people, will be his testimony for all time. I have heard him speak in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: I am in my office in Leinster House. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming before the committee. They have come from various distances; the people from west Cork, like me, and County Kerry have the longest-distance journey to make. The witnesses are all very committed. I am full of admiration for them and the calm, dispassionate way in which they have brought the situation...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...him very much. He also has a good sense of humour, and that is something he will want badly. There are only two things wrong with the Cathaoirleach. Naturally, the first is that he is from Cork; he cannot help that. We cannot all be born lucky. The second is that he is also on the labour panel, which happens to be my panel. He has been an inveterate poll topper on the panel and feeds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... Do they think this is typical? Is this standard procedure? Can we imply and take forward from this report that this type of thing is going on all over the country, in the cities of Dublin, Galway and Cork, and in our rural towns and communities as well? Perhaps there is a much bigger scandal to be gone into. Again, I welcome both witnesses and I congratulate them. I regret that I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...at a time when so much money will be spent. I am not saying that I am opposed to online shopping; we live in the real world. People from the country like to have their big days out in Dublin, Cork or wherever they go. I was in the drapery trade for many years, however, and we all know that Christmas shopping is the lifeblood of the small or medium retailer. Such retailers need a good...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Ireland. It is an art form that does not get the same exposure as literature, for instance. Professor Ó Súilleabháin was part of a long tradition of Munster pioneers like Seán Ó Ríada and Aloys Fleischmann in Cork and has left behind a proud record. I wish to advise the Leader and Members of the House that I have taken on new responsibilities as party...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Ned O'Sullivan: Thank you for your indulgence, Vice Chairman, and I apologise for being late. I have a question for Mr. Mullins about Cork port. Does his board have plans to develop a liquefied natural gas, LNG, project, which was originally mooted to be established in my constituency of Kerry North?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: ..., healthiest, cleanest and most natural beaches in the world. We have them right around the country, from Ballybunion to Salthill, from Bundoran to Skerries and right down to the Leader's native Cork. A debate on this matter is long overdue. For a long time Irish people regarded the local beach as a holiday venue. We are now in the era of cheap flights, however, and there is nothing we...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Minister of State on his reappointment as Minister of State. It was well earned. As a neighbour in Cork, I am delighted for him. Fianna Fáil will support the measures because they are necessary and because we still have the threat of dissident republicanism, organised crime and organised terror all over this island and throughout Europe. It is important to note...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: There is bad news and good news today about the Cork-Limerick M20 route, with which the Leader and everybody else will be familiar. It is probably the most badly-needed piece of motorway in the whole country. Shock and anger is being expressed by councillors of all descriptions today at the paltry €1 million that has been granted. That sum might knock out another 100 m of road. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: That was generously acknowledged by players past and present from all over the country, not least Dublin and the Leader's county of Cork, against which Mr. Cooper put on some of his best performances in Munster finals. It is not a Kerry matter but it should be acknowledged and tributes to him are well deserved. I hope he will continue to play a part in Gaelic football because we need people...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...blow to rural Ireland if we cannot support and maintain the basic rail infrastructure that has been in place since Victorian times. It looks as if no rail line is making money apart from Dublin to Cork and, possibly, Dublin to Limerick, with all the branch lines in serious trouble. Anyone who uses the train regularly will have known for some time that people are just not using the rail...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...standing in Leinster House, both formerly as a Deputy, latterly as a Senator and today as Cathaoirleach. As Senator Mark Daly said, he has proved himself in the arena. He and I were elected to local government in June 1985 - he was elected in County Cork, while I was elected in County Kerry. He has fought a great fight for his party and his beliefs in the council, the Dáil and the...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...east coast have their views on what are to be designated regional harbours on the east coast. The only ones I am reasonably familiar with on my own side of the coast - apart, naturally, from Shannon - is Cork and Dublin. Shannon, Cork and Dublin are responsible for 80% of all cargo handling in this country. The Shannon Estuary is the biggest bulk cargo handling port in Ireland. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...important industry. Despite the presence of a Minister from my county at the Cabinet table for the past three years, IDA Ireland has not even arranged any site visit to most of County Kerry, north Cork, west Limerick and so on. It is too soon to comment on the Government's announcement on Aer Lingus. We have not had a chance to study the proposal, but it does seem to have put a...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... The suggestion is a very good one and I hope it will be carried forward. It is wonderful to look forward to next week and the prospect of driving from the Red Cow roundabout to Limerick city or Cork without encountering a set of traffic lights. It shows the progress we have made. People often ask what the previous Fianna Fáil-led Government did with the boom but I tell them to...

Seanad: Immigration (Reform) (Regularisation of Residency Status) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Oct 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: It happens with Cork fellas in particular.

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: This is about the signal going out to the people Cork. I accept the Minister’s point that the situation at the airport is not correct and it is somewhat anomalous to have a company in place where there is no effective work for it to do. That is, however, what should be addressed rather than winding up the company. We should also equalise arrangements between Dublin, Shannon and...

Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: We are opposing this section on the grounds that it is unfair, in the main, to the future of Cork Airport. It does not in any way answer the major uncertainty hanging over the future of the Cork facility. As it is so vague, it has added to the anxieties that the business community and the people of the south west have about the future of their airport. It seems as if continuing to have the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...we have so many Sinn Féin councillors and anti-austerity candidates - fair play to them for being elected fairly and squarely - I challenge them to step up to the mark. They should not sit back in Kerry, Cork, Dublin or Galway and wait for Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour to put together a majority group with the responsibility of running a council for the next five years. It...