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Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I am sure the Senator would.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Is that a crime?

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Finucane, acting leader of the Opposition, raised the issue of the Supreme Court ruling which was given yesterday morning and led the calls for the Tánaiste to come to the House to debate the matter. We asked her office last night if she could come to the House next week, but a response is pending. On any occasion that she has been asked to come to the House she has never refused and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It happened in the earlier incidence of the Army deafness cases and we saw the huge amounts which various solicitors obtained.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It is hard to pick up comments when one is trying to collect one's mind to speak.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator is very funny. I picked up that comment. Senator McCarthy referred to the rushed legislation and asked why the advice was not passed on at senior level. That will be the conundrum in the whole matter. He referred also to the missing plutonium at Sellafield. In the report by Brian O'Connell this morning, British Nuclear Fuels said it is missing but it is not really missing. It has...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator certainly was here and he was not the noisiest at all. The time allocated for Private Members' business is decided by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. If the Senator wishes to have more time, the House will be delighted to give it to him. All Members received copies today of the report on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. I will ask the Taoiseach for permission to debate it...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I think there was to have been a Government Bill. As regards National Toll Roads, its representatives came to speak to me yesterday, in case the Senator was wondering what they were doing prowling around the house. We met in the front office so we did not prowl anywhere; I saw them to the door when they left. They made their case to me which I refuted very busily. It remains to be seen...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: That is a separate issue which is a Government taxation policy. To say that the Tánaiste would treat one group one way and another group in a different fashion when dealing with the same issue is certainly not correct. She has a strong sense of duty to the public. I am sure the mess she now has to deal with will require great stamina and resilience to resolve. Sometimes one can say things...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business today is No. 1, referral, without debate, of the subject matter of motion 21 on today's Order Paper to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food for discussion — this concerns the extension of section 17A of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 for a further 12 months, the provisions of which enhance the Minister's ability to deal with all disease situations and, in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Lest I be out of step with other Senators, I am also glad to see that the Cathaoirleach has returned to the House. Senator Brian Hayes raised the House's appreciation of the Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner, Noel Conroy. He particularly referred to the sterling North-South work in which the PSNI and Garda Síochána are engaged. In an odd way, it is sad that it is this area of...

Seanad: Diseases of Animals Act: Motion. (22 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann resolve that section 17A, inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001, (No. 3 of 2001), of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966, (No. 6 of 1966), shall continue in force for the period ending on 8 March 2006, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, in accordance with paragraph (2) of the orders of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, a motion, to be taken without debate, concerning the draft Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2005, which propose to amend the existing code for Údarás elections to take account of changes to the local election code, subsequent to the last Údarás elections in 1999 — some of the changes include the repeal of provisions relating to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Does the Senator mean to invite them all together?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: It is a Cork alliance.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Is the Senator referring to me?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Norris suggested we spend 90 minutes on the Order of Business. I am not that keen on the idea.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Mary O'Rourke: I simply wanted to say that to the Senator. I am not against the idea in principle, but I would be exhausted if I had to face a vista of 90 minutes. We will see how it goes.