Results 4,141-4,160 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Like polls.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support my colleague, Senator Hayden, in her call for a debate on the matter of the Brexit. It is a serious matter and we should discuss it in the House. I also welcome Ireland's signing of the Istanbul convention on domestic violence. Domestic violence has been the poor relation of crime for far too long, but this is a step in the right direction and a sign that the Government is...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is tricky to resolve this issue in any reasonable way. Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has inadvertently put his finger on it. A group of people are drawn together through a process that is now public, which we all agree is an improvement on the way the system used to operate. The people concerned do not necessarily know each other and cannot decide to have six meetings before they...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: My meaning was to know of a person's capability to be a chairperson.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator should not say that in front of Senator Mooney.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support Senator Bacik's call for a debate on gender equality. When the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his new cabinet it was 50% male and 50% female. When he was asked why he had done that, he said, "because it's 2015".There could be no better answer than that and he is right. Moreover, others may soon follow his fine example. I am not familiar with his politics and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: And his intemperate language.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator is speaking now.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Please, Senator Walsh.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is a constitutional matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: As usual, the Senator degrades the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What about cronyism?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: There are great female authors.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am not suggesting that.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Exclusion is what the problem is. Exclusion is the problem-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----not a quota.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: As it is coming up to Christmas I draw attention to the plight of farmers, who have had a particularly difficult time. Other colleagues have raised the continuing flooding and, even though it has stopped raining, the damage that has been done around the countryside is very difficult for some farmers to bear. This comes on the heels of some of the revelations over the Irish Farmers...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Minister is welcome to the House and as my colleague, Senator Henry, has just stated, his commitment to this Bill also is welcome. I believe this really should be a day that Members recognise as marking the beginning of a change in people's entire attitude and culture of praising alcohol, welcoming alcohol, encouraging people to have another drink and of encouraging people to celebrate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Chairman. Ms Norrie Neary's petition is very detailed and interesting. It relates to the use of patient information and the risks of electronic health records. The recommendation from this committee is that this petition be forwarded to the Joint Committee on Health and Children so that it can consider the petition fully and report back to this committee on its recommendations...