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Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator will not be here to hear his answer.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It was not a snide comment, I just said-----

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator should stop all that moralising.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If he asks a question of the Minister, the Senator should be here to receive the answer.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am fascinated that the House is so empty regarding such an extraordinary Bill , one which is terribly needed. This is the most prominent aspect of what is going on in the country and there are four of us present. Some Members did not even bother to wait for the Minister's answers. I feel it is a privilege that I can say what I need to, to the Minister, personally, outside of a Senate...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Balance is not in the Bill.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The fellow next door might be paying much more. I thank the Senator for explaining what I was trying to explain when I spoke about rent pressure zones. He is explaining it very well. I mean it.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I think he was.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I want to say something positive. It is about St. Vincent’s hospital, where I have spent the last two days for family reasons, not my own but other family members. I cannot begin to stress how wonderful the staff were.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is packed - it is a city of the frail, the feeble and the very unwell - and accident and emergency departments are like that. A man called Stephen Wilson, who is an advanced paramedic within the ambulance service, was outstanding. Another man called Thomas Chirayath from Kerala, a healthcare assistant, was also outstanding, as was a man called David Kelly, who was given an award for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: A sudden swing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I went on to talk about the healthcare assistants at a very real political level.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not about positivity. That is actually determined negativity regarding their work.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I understand the English language. I am just wondering what is the Leader's opinion on healthcare assistants.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Leader is putting me in that context after I made a speech about how marvellous the healthcare system was.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I said two or three days ago that I found the Bill to be one of the most unbalanced Bills. I think the Minister actually admitted that. There is a kind of rush here. We are all rightly in a panic that people have nowhere to live, or cannot find a place to live, but blaming landlords for the crisis is not the way to go. The Minister might have three, four or five prongs to try to solve the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I have listened to Senator Ruane many times here and I have agreed with her on many occasions. If one wants to talk about balance, I am trying to get balance on both sides, not only because somebody happens to have an investment property. I am talking generally across the Bill. Balance is both sides of an argument.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Ruane has argued about herself on many occasions on different issues.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am just a bit late. The Order of Business is for one hour.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It has not because I have not said what I want to say.