Results 401-420 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is an uncalled-for accusation.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What does Senator Mullen know the IFPA has been up to?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is hearsay.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I hope the Senator will and that he will stop making generalisations. He should take his own advice.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is no hostility coming from me at all. Stick to the facts and stop making up stories.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Although I support this Bill, I believe Senators Healy Eames, Bradford, Mary Ann O'Brien and others have made a good point. I have a question for the Minister. In an abortion procedure where women are put asleep, would it not also be feasible to expect the foetus is also put asleep? Even if that expectation-----
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Even though some of my colleagues might think I am interruptive, in regard to this point I am not. I would just like to have that answered. Is it not feasible that the foetus would also be put asleep, as the woman is?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I accept that.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is very difficult for the unborn to do so.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We are on the planet. Seriously, it would be very difficult to legislate if we were not on the planet.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I was trying to point out something rather than ask a question.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Exactly.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator has been answered four times.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator may be right.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, is the House being given a law lesson or is Senator Mullen asking a question?
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am under the impression that since I entered the Chamber, all I have heard is the truth as defined by Senator Mullen.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not here to listen to the Senator's definition of the role of the Legislature. I know exactly what it is.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Put it down to the Senators not understanding the law lecture of Senator Rónán Mullen and we are not going to pass his exam and that we do not have to pass an exam and interpret the law the way he does.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: And he suggests the rest of us do not understand it.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: In comparison with Senator Mullen, I could not be accused of prolonging the debate. He has been speaking for hours.