Results 1-20 of 173 for long speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...sinister that is going to change their lives not for the better but for the worse. I have some personal experience of dealing with that kind of "deep fake" stuff. I am an addict and in long-term recovery, thank God, and I do a lot of work with young addicts. I have seen the harmful influence of AI and these weird platforms on young people who are struggling with early recovery. If the...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...stood with him which is a quality I like in any politician. He of course came from the Redmondite tradition and was very proud of that. When I was young, John Redmond did not enjoy great press for a long time. The Irish Parliamentary Party endeavour was rubbished to a certain extent in the excitement of the War of Independence and all that followed. However, it was a very proud and...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...are misbehaving and blackguarding because they are from the extreme right. I do not care about the extreme right or the extreme left: they are all equal to me. I believe that most of them have their own long-term policy of subverting our State, but that is a whole new argument and we will not go there now. I have confidence in the Minister and I have confidence in the Garda Commissioner.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... I am appealing to everybody. I think we have had enough of protests of one sort or the other. It is pretty one-sided, and we know that. We know who is winning the propaganda war but, in the long term, what we need is peace - a peace that will last and a peace that will attain the security of the people of Israel, to which they are entitled.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: I will not detain everyone for too long. First, I must apologise for being late. The Seanad ran late and I did not have an opportunity to put my ear to the proceedings. Basically, what I wanted to know was covered in the question from Senator Clonan and answered very well by Ms Fleming. I would like to make an observation. We had a family retail business in a small town in Kerry for five...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Cabinet today regarding gas energy security and that the Government has agreed to move towards the installation of a gas storage facility. This is to be welcomed, even though it took an awfully long time for a very obvious measure to be put in place. Unfortunately, I hear the recommendation is that this gas facility be constructed, owned and run by the State. This flies in the face of...

Seanad: The Political Situation in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State. I will put a few brief points on record. The Good Friday Agreement was a watershed in the long and troubled history of our country. We have failed to deliver on the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement and that is highly regrettable and frustrating for those of us who invested heavily in a peaceful way forward and in new relations between...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ..., politics is not easy for anyone. I am almost 40 years a public representative now. After what Senator Boylan said earlier on, I am about to empty out my office and clear out of here. I am here too long. I had come to that conclusion myself. The thing is that we have to get elected. Very few Deputies, Senators or county councillors get it handed to them on a plate. Some do. I...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Motion (30 May 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: .... I apologise for being out of breath. I was stuck at another meeting and could not get away. I also left my notes behind, but I will do the best I can. It is great to see the Tánaiste here. Along with his Cabinet colleagues at the time, he certainly played a major role when the Good Friday Agreement was being drawn up. Everybody who played his or her part in bringing the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...yesterday. Khader Adnan is presented as a martyr. Any man who is prepared to die for his principles must be admired to a certain extent, but I wish to point out that Khader Adnan was a man with a long history of terrorist and incitement to activity. He was a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the EU. There are documented videos...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...again in the British Labour Party and it is a reminder of the bad days of Jeremy Corbyn when Jewish people were constantly being harassed by so-called left-wing liberal people. A debate is long overdue, which I hope will be balanced and logical.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...close to where I live. This contract is for construction of two new power plants between now and 2027. Hopefully, this will come to fruition. The problem is that New Fortress Energy is waiting a long time for a planning decision on its major project, which is the liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal. I know the Green Party has serious difficulties with this. It is one of its major...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...this project and give it the same full support that the current Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, has given it. He deserves full credit as the man who has initiated a new way of looking at the problem for the first time in a long time. We are sick of the old rhetoric and methods. We are sick of green versus orange and the tribalism and sectarianism involved. We are sick of it. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...chains, opening the church and making sure the body was received as was right and proper. My town is a proud and open town. We welcome everybody and condemn nobody. The age of Peggy McCarthy is long over and it is time that other people woke up and realised that.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...level and obtain a qualification are no more entitled or qualified to vote than people who, unfortunately, had to drop out at primary level, maybe halfway through secondary level or otherwise. As long as that stands, the whole composition of the Seanad is questionable. We already have provided that the electoral college for the university six can, without further ado, be increased to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...friends divided and took up arms against each other, and that great unity of purpose, which had existed during the War of Independence, was fractured. Fortunately, the Civil War did not last very long. I think that was because the participants on both sides did not want to fight. It is important to note that the losing side, and I would be a descendent of some of those people, very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: I join with others in honouring the memory of Councillor Noel Collins. I knew him a long time. He was one of the last of that generation of hard-working councillors who did all their work with a pencil and notebook and delivered a great service to their constituents. He was a very hard man to canvass because he was never at home. He was always out working for the people. Ar dheis Dé...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...up offers of employment as examination markers or correctors, whatever the term is. It is easy to see why. This is extremely difficult work. I speak from experience. Markers have to put in very long hours at the height of the summer holidays when they should be with their family. In my time the remuneration was appalling but I am glad it has improved significantly, in some cases by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...here. It is also important to remember that yesterday was the 96th anniversary of the founding of my party. The first Fianna Fáil meeting was held in the La Scala Theatre in Dublin. We did not wait too long after the Civil War to condemn and move away from futile violence. We turned our backs on violence and played our part to try to keep the gun out of Irish politics. Some...