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

Ned O'Sullivan: ...or neuro consultancy and that kind of thing. I have a fair idea of the general picture in Munster. To what extent are people disadvantaged in areas like west Cork or perhaps counties Donegal or Sligo, as opposed to major urban centres? I had sympathy for the spokeswoman for the west Cork area because on top of all the other difficulties there is the distance factor, which, as a rural...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (31 May 2017)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...south west are next at approximately 18% and the west gets 13% but the poor north west gets 5% or 6%. I do not understand this disparity because there is no more beautiful countryside in the world than Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo. We have spoken of the price of hotels in Dublin and I did a little survey this week. I challenge anyone to find a hotel within a half mile from Leinster House...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...be granted this licence? Did talks take place in advance at Government level to copperfasten this deal? If that happened as part of this process, it should be made quite clear. I am worried about the Sligo experience. Mr. Melvin, who has been harvesting for many years, told the committee earlier about the difficulty he is having in getting his licence renewed. Is that something we...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...roads because they consider them too expensive. I am indebted to my colleague, Senator MacSharry, for the information that all toll roads are toll free for November as an incentive. The one exception is the M4 to Sligo. That is quite discriminatory as there should be one rule for everybody. In that context, this country has acquired a great network of motorways in recent years. It is...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...for investors and potential investors. Second, much as we are in favour of Shannon Airport being developed, we are not in favour of any further downgrading of our regional airports such as Knock, Sligo and Kerry. Robbing Peter to pay Paul never worked and will not work here either. Representatives of the executive of Knock Airport, who appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...House, and is a good attender here, and we have had debates with him about the regional airports but, at no time, did he lead us to understand he had so little regard for the airports in Donegal, Sligo right down along the coast to Waterford. I want to make it clear to the Minister, and I ask the Leader to convey to him, that the regional airports and the major infrastructures which the...