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- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Go raibh maith agat. There is a common theme among all the presentations. Members will be invited to ask further questions. Before I call Mr. Paul O'Hara of Ashoka Ireland, who I understand is sharing his time slot with Ms Caroline Casey from Kanchi and Mr. James Whelton of CoderDojo, I must reiterate the ruling on privilege. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Each group was to be given 15 minutes, but we will try to facilitate him. When ten minutes elapse, I will remind Mr. O'Hara of the time.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Mr. O'Hara has used almost 11 minutes.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: My advice is that it was supposed to be 15 minutes between the three speakers. If Mr. O'Hara wants to go a bit longer, I will have to cut the others.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I will give Mr. O'Hara a minute to wind up.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: We have a very captive audience. We will move on to Mr. James Whelton of CoderDojo. I will be obliged to give him ten minutes as well.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I must take the members of the committee first. I noted interest from Senators Daly, O'Keeffe and O'Donnell but I ask them to indicate to whom the questions are directed if possible.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator's point is well made. We will have to be brief if everybody is to get the opportunity to ask questions. If all Senators' questions are answered directly problems may arise later on because I will be leaving at 3 p.m. at the latest.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Ms Casey is next to pick up the slack.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Sometimes I give out to Senator Healy Eames but she has been very instrumental in driving this particular model for today's programme. She pestered me for a long time but we are here now. There is some gratitude towards her. I am just the Chairman. I call Senator Conway. I do not want a full rundown of what happened in Vienna but I will allow the Senator to ask questions.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is why I have to keep an eye on the Senator.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Rather than lose momentum - we only have one group left - I am prepared to drive on, if that is acceptable to members. Is that agreed? Agreed. I have already administered the warning to the next group of delegates.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I call finally on Niamh Gallagher of Women for Election.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The next speaker is Senator Noone. I ask Members to ask questions rather than make speeches. When Members speak for four minutes and then finally ask a question, that frustrates me as Chairman.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: No. Three quarters of the Members of this House do not know how to ask a question, which is unfortunate. They make a speech and then ask a question.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I will give Senator Maurice Cummins, Leader of the Seanad, an opportunity to speak. He has been very patient.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is how a question is asked. It was very concise for which I thank the Senator. I have a question on the gender balance and focus. The party to which I belong has a new policy trying to encourage gender balance and I am sure almost all parties have the same idea. There is a practical difficulty. When I was in college there were no females in the engineering class and when I studied...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: We will move on because we are under time pressure. If we have time, we will get to that. I have been in the Chamber since 10.20 a.m. without a break. If you like, we can break for half an hour and resume, but there will not be many Members here. There were some questions for Ms Gallagher and if there is time later, we can return to it.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: To conclude, do you wish to say a final word, Ms Mortell?
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: We will conclude with that.