Results 2,681-2,700 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I might apply for the position.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The woman is only three days in the job; will the Senator whisht until she gets to grips with it? It is some Department to get to grips with.
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have no doubt that her style, acumen and manner of dealing with people will stand her in good stead. Speaking from five years' experience in that Department, I know it requires partnership with people. It is apparent in every line of the Minister's script that that is the way she is setting out her agenda for her tenure in the Department of Education and...
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The numbers enrolling are small and the curriculum is being broadened to include nutrition, obesity, anorexia, bulimia and the other ills of modern Ireland that will be part of a comprehensive curriculum advance in the home economics debate. I remember having an interesting 8.30 a.m. meeting with the board and the then principal of St. Catherine's when those ideas were beginning to flower....
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I was back there lately with some of my colleagues on an historic occasion. There is no doubt that young people enrolling in the college will find it a happy environment for their studies. The Minister stated that she intends to work out the ramifications for the staff now that a year has passed with no intake and as there will be no students after next year, it is important that staff...
- Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: Staff considerations are important. People have partners, houses, children, mortgages or aged parents. All of those issues must be addressed to ensure a successful working through of the details. I urge the Department to put those considerations to the forefront of its decision making. Young people are adaptable, as I know from my own family, but teachers and lecturers are grown up and have a...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Land Bill 2004 â Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 2 p.m, with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 15 minutes, those of other Senators not to exceed ten minutes and the Minister to be called on to reply not later than five minutes before the conclusion of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator should not refer to absentees.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I was home late last night and watched "Oireachtas Report" which reported that the Seanad returned this week. That is not true. Perhaps whoever was responsible for that might correct it. The Seanad resumed business last week on the same day as the Dáil.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Norris is special. Senator Brian Hayes as Leader of the Opposition asked when we would take Committee Stage of the Garda SÃochána Bill 2004. That legislation was debated with great vigour and interest on Second Stage. I do not know the answer to that question but I will make a telephone call later to find out the up to date position. Senator Hayes also made the point, which was...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: We will certainly have a debate and I look forward to hearing what the Senator has to say on the matter. Senator Coghlan asked about the infrastructure Bill and who will decide what routes will receive priority and be raised to accelerated status. I will find out about that for him. I still have the report Senator Norris gave me. This morning another supposedly definitive report states there...
- Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."
- Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: On behalf of everyone in the House, I welcome the new Minister for Agriculture and Food. I know her personality and intelligence will be brought to bear on the changing face of agriculture.
- Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: On Tuesday, 12 October. Committee Stage ordered for Tuesday, 12 October 2004.
- Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 13 October 2004.
- Seanad: Public Transport. (7 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: We welcome Deputy Cowen to the House as Minister for Finance and congratulate him on his appointment. He will look after all of the nation but those of us from the midlands are particularly proud of him.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004 â all Stages to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 2 p.m, with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 15 minutes and those of other Senators not to exceed ten minutes. This Bill on passing also requires an early signature motion which will be introduced by way of a...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes, the Leader of the Opposition, asked if we were all shocked by the comments of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. We were not. Of all the Ministers, the Minister for Foreign Affairs is extremely precise in what he says. If one rereads or listens again to what he said, one will note what he said was that if Sinn Féin fulfilled the requirements â its democratic prowess has...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: The amendments to the Garda SÃochána Bill. We have taken Second Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)
Mary O'Rourke: I know, but many amendments have been tabled for Committee Stage and they are being processed.