Results 4,261-4,280 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He is a bootboy.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Except the Labour Party.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He is a rich pig.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I could not agree more. I heard our spokesman speak on this matter earlier. I take great umbrage that these comments are made about the Taoiseach. If Deputy Kenny were Taoiseach, and he never will beââ
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Burke will be very high up in that case.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: The next century. If Deputy Kenny or, perish the thought, Deputy Rabbitte were Taoiseach I would say the exact same thing. For an aviation bootboy, as I described him yesterday, to treat the legitimately elected Taoiseach in this way is obnoxious. Mr. O'Leary earns his money from the people of this land and I do not know why his treatment of a democratically elected Taoiseach does not spark a...
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Of course, it stops to let passengers off.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I am sure it does. Imagine, however, that a Minister in that coalition Government stood over the lack of repair of railways tracks around the country. It is a holy disgrace.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Of course there were, but I do not know how they lived with the job or managed to carry it out responsibly. The Senator is correct in stating that the trains stop at Athlone to let people off. I had a vision that a train would stop in the middle of the bridge at Athlone while crossing the Shannon. In my vision everybody would say, "This is as far as we are going". The Department of Finance's...
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: That is true.
- Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: It would be strange if I did not speak in favour of my own Bill.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He might get a drink.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: He might get a glass of wine.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, the Registration of Wills Bill 2005 â Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business until 5 p.m., the proposer of the Bill and spokespersons have 15 minutes and other Senators ten minutes; and No. 17, motion 24, to be taken from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: That is tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: We will not be able to help Senator Tuffy in that respect.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: I am very clever.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Mary O'Rourke: Dr. John Barton will report on the matter.