Results 281-300 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Deputy Leader does not need to.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I object.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I object to that kind of language in regard to the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: He is not acting like a clown. How dare you?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If the Senator has to use -----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is a history in the making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: My thanks to the History Teachers Association of Ireland. I would know little about theatre, nothing about literature and I would know less about the poetry and drama of this country had it not been for history. I see it as a remarkable part of our lives. It should nearly be a compulsory subject, but I cannot really go that far. It should be available as a core subject to every child in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: A bit like here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have a question for the representatives of the Department of Education and Skills. We are arguing the point in regard to its document. If it argues that history is not a core, cohesive and central subject, we have nowhere to go. One has to argue it as a core, great, centralised, cohesive, extraordinary and major thought process in the education of young minds. If one argues that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was talking about subject matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I take Ms Naughton's point with absolute respect, but her answer is an absolute obfuscation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was not talking about that but about orality as a subject matter. I was not talking about it as something one engendered through other subjects. It is as important as numeracy and literacy. Our guests missed my point, but not to worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Has the history committee been formed or is it about to be formed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Obfuscating verbs. Verbs and more verbs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If it is not at the core then there is no argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is also a major educational debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is not what the Minister said. The Senator should not misquote him.