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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)

“As my Fianna Fáil colleague has done, I welcome the decision of the UK Government to introduce an abortion regime in the North of Ireland and also its gay rights initiative on marriage equality. It is significant because Jeff Dudgeon, for example, won a historic case - before I won mine - in the European Court of Human Rights. The North was in advance of us at that stage and it is...”

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

“I move amendment No. 103b:In page 36, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“54.Where the Procedures Committee prepares a statement of procedures for submission to the Commission under this Part and where the statement so prepared sets out different procedures in respect of any particular judicial office in cases where some or all of the applicants already hold judicial...”

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

“I am quite sure the Minister did, and his broad smile indicates that he has told a little fib.”

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• Has spoken in 145 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• People have made 12 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 3110 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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