Results 261-280 of 2,412 for speaker:Niall Ó Donnghaile

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: No, one will be told what to do by Fine Gael.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Come on up and stand in the North then.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I doubt, if a Fianna Fáil Deputy was in the competition, that he or she would get it.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I am only saying.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Correct.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Well said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Simon Communities of Ireland (29 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. It has been a very informative session. Unfortunately, many of us have ended up stating the obvious. While there are many complex societal and economical issues involved, it strikes me listening to the contributions back and forward that the crux of what we are discussing today is a lack of housing. I share some of the concerns raised by...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a bheith linn inniu, go háirithe ag an am tábhachtach agus criticiúil seo fá choinne ní hamháin na sé chontae ach an t-oileán ina iomlán. I thank the Minister for joining us today. We all acknowledge that this is a critical time not just for the North but, given the triggering of Article 50, for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his guidance as always. I thank the Commissioner and her team for attending. A number of colleagues have tried to tease out with limited success through no fault of their own the mechanics and timelines around the disastrous controversies that the Commissioner has outlined. I want to home in primarily but not exclusively on the rather short statement the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: What about the Commissioner's engagement with the Minister? She is accountable to the Minister. Would she not have thought it was far more appropriate to engage the Minister and indeed the Dáil, and even this committee, dare I say it, before this was released into the public domain? What steps did she take over the past couple of days and weeks in respect of this controversy and her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I want to be clear in my own head in terms of my earlier remark because much of that did not cover what I asked. The witnesses had a press conference on Friday, is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: They met the Minister on Monday. When did they receive the information that they presented at the press conference? When was it collated and when was it given to the Department and the Minister? I presume it was not presented to the Minister retrospectively, after the press conference on Thursday. I want to clarify that timeframe. Then I want to make one more brief, final point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: When?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: To whom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Finally, an area we have not really covered in terms of the statement today was the Commissioner's final point to ensure that people responsible at all levels will be held to account. The Commissioner might elaborate on the protocol in terms of what is currently happening, not just in terms of investigation but where problems, wrongdoing and negligence has been identified, the next steps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: Has the Commissioner initiated any kind of protocol, given the fears she expressed about other data and this not being confined simply to traffic data? Has she initiated any protocol to investigate those fears, given the scale of this controversy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent Controversies Concerning An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: I will wait and see.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: As the Leader will know, the process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union is now under way as Article 50 has been triggered by the British Government. Despite the honey-coated words used by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, her Government is only interested in Britain's interests. The impact of Brexit on the economies of the North and the South has not seriously...