Results 3,161-3,180 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Cullinane has not spoken yet. He should try to avoid the suicide issue which is in section 9. There are a lot of other amendments on that issue.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Is Senator Mullen pressing the amendment?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Mullen has tabled this amendment. I accept that he has done so in good faith and he is entitled to expand on it. At the same time I think that it is unwise and foolish to-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: There is one issue on which I have ruled, and that is that the suicide clause is dealt with in section 9 and Senator Gilroy probably wandered into that section unintentionally or otherwise.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: For the merit of Senator Mullen's amendments, he is quite capable of dealing with them without going down the road of the suicide clause.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: The other amendments relate to different sections.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Does the Senator wish to press the amendment?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: As there are no tellers on the Níl side, the vote will not proceed, and so I declare the question carried.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I rise to support a comment made by the Leader and Senator Mullen regarding item No. 1 on the Order Paper. As Chairman of the Committee of Selection, I want to put on the record that we had no meeting; neither was I requested formally to have a meeting. Not alone should the Committee of Selection have met, but the Committee on Procedure and Privileges should have met. This particular...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: It is like a kangaroo court. There have been no meetings. There has been no attempt to do this in a fashion, as is normal, that complies with the Standing Orders that have applied in this and the other House for many years. I am disappointed at the way in which the power and duties of the select committee have been usurped. We have been sidelined. Maybe we should be disbanded. I am not...
- Seanad: Membership of Committees: Motion (19 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I have a brief point of order. I am usually brief anyway. I have been in this House for approximately 14 years. This is the first time I have stood up to raise a point of order. I am deeply concerned that what has been proposed is an abuse. I want to get the advice of the Leader and the Cathaoirleach. This Standing Order is usually used in emergency situations, such as severe economic...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I also wish to offer my congratulations to Senator Naughton and to welcome her to the House. I wish her every success and I hope she will enjoy many pleasant days here. As a former Taoiseach's appointee - I was first appointed in 1989 - I can inform her that have had many enjoyable years as a Member of the Seanad. I hope the Senator will be here for as long as I have been and that she will...
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Health to the House. Before we commence, I remind Members that on Report Stage a Senator may speak only once, except the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. Also, on Report Stage each amendment must be seconded.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Is it a point of order?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: With all due respect, that is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Hold on one second. Senator Marc MacSharry had the floor before Senator Colm Burke. Senators should stop interrupting proceedings when they are not raising points of order. Most times, it is not a point of order.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: I have ruled on the Senator's comment.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: Does the Senator have a point of order to raise?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a point of order, as the Senator knows.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (22 Jul 2013)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a point of order; it is a statement.