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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Deputy himself included.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Before Tesco took over.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There are some invasive species around here too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Council Strategy 2018-2022: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senators did not leave the committee room to vote in the Seanad because we cancel each other out. I would have been voting against the Government and Sinn Féin would have been voting with it. When I mentioned a separate Department, I meant it in a more ethereal sense and that the Heritage Council would have more money and decision-making power. I understand there can only be 15...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to point out to my colleague, Senator Mulherin, that I am not an outsider when it comes to human rights. I did not come in here to be an outsider regarding human rights; I came in here to be a speaker for human rights.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator should never stand up and accuse me of being an outsider. That is not what I am. This House is a legislative House and a House of human rights so the Senator should never speak like that about her fellow Senators again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Blanch. I am very confused, not because of what I have heard but because the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Government agreed to the designation on 30 April 2018. Now I am told it is being questioned in a sense. There is an obfuscation given the heightened sensitivity of the North and military issues. I do not know where I am. The first thing I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: So where do matters stand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know that. What happens now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will this happen regardless of whether we get the Department's approval?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I argued against that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: May I make a point beforehand, since Deputy Ó Cuív has been speaking for quite a long time? I was very taken with what Professor Cooke had to say about how the interfaith element has now taken over to the point of artistry getting left behind. I wonder whether all the artistic, creative, literary and historical aspects of this could not be incorporated somewhere in the Bill as a...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Like Senator Norris, I thank the people on this momentous occasion. They are most sensitive and sensible when they have to be. They have decided to provide choice, protection and freedom to women. They have been outstanding. I also want to thank the Citizen's Assembly, the Minister and the team in the Department who handled the brief, which concerned life and the end of life, brilliantly....

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----as I called it at the time, from people on the other side of the House when the majesty and privilege of a woman's body and the autonomy she had once she was over 18 were discussed. It is a momentous day in the Seanad. There are privileged days in here, and this is one of them. It is great that this can be argued across the House, with respect for all opinions. Pro-life and...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Exactly.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: And others.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not intend to speak for long. I want to ask the Minister a few questions around the use of the word "serious" in section 9 and the words "serious harm" in section 10.How is "serious harm" defined in the guidelines? Can the Minister answer that? Must the predicted harm be permanent? Must the harm have materialised or is it enough that it is predicted? Will a small risk of serious...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Minister talked about serious harm, and that raises a simple but profound question. Will the pregnant woman's subjective assessment of the harm coming to her be taken into account and how much weight will it carry? It is important because it concerns the balance between being told and being listened to. Will the Minister respond to that?

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: No, no.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I do not necessarily agree with my colleagues. I would nonetheless like to repeat a question I already asked about the words "serious", "serious harm" or "appropriate". Language is extremely important in this context.Nobody has told me how "appropriate" will be defined. Will it merely be a synonym for the exercise of a doctor's clinical judgment? What...