Results 3,801-3,820 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: They could do so even if they had no professional expertise in a particular disability.
- Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Then there is the role of the liaison officer.
- Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: In using the word "independent", to which format is Senator Terry referring?
- Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I am sure it is not sympathy Senator Terry wants, but that the provision of the service is the pervasive issue of her amendment, which reverts to the thrust of an earlier one where she sought a timeframe for the completion of the assessment. She suggests that the service should be provided within a maximum period of six weeks after receipt of the assessment reports. I envisage all the energy...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I would like to propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I have been notified that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Michael McDowell, has been delayed at a meeting and will be unable to come to the House to discuss the Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 until 4.20 p.m. I propose that the House should suspend its business now for 20 minutes, rather than...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: That is okay.
- Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I applaud amendments Nos. 26 and 28. Senator Terry is also to be applauded for noticing that there was a need for such amendments. As the Minister of State has said, the provisions of the excellent amendments Nos. 26 and 28 exceed the requirements outlined by Senator Terry. It is clear that various sections of the Bill are related to each other.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I was not going to speak on this matter until I read the Minister's script. Unlike Senator O'Toole, I admire it very much and find it comprehensive in its scope. I was involved with DIT for over five years and later in the Department of Public Enterprise when this idea was set up. It started as a visionary idea and I recall the it being mooted during the five years while I was Minister for...
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Have we not got Senator Norris?
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: And Cathal Brugha Street.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator invited me there last year but I was unable to go.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I was.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: It is beautiful.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He is from the north side and we have kept him.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He will not be stripped either.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: It has now.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Thousands of them.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I was not doing that.
- Seanad: Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.