Results 421-440 of 1,338 for speaker:Kathleen O'Meara

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (13 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: I would also like to commend the Minister and his officials for the work they have done on this legislation. I look forward to the time when the fund will be up and running, so that I can see it in practice. I would like to pick up on the comments made by Senator Henry. I would support the establishment of a television channel to continually broadcast the proceedings of the Oireachtas in...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (13 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: We asked for a debate in the House on the advertising code for children. If the Minister has a spare few minutes in the next few weeks, perhaps he will come to the House to listen to Senators' views on this issue, which is being examined in detail by the BCI.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: I second the motion. If anything has demonstrated the philosophy of the Government, it is the Book of Estimates published last week. It demonstrates that the Progressive Democrats' agenda is running the Government and that it has lost touch with the people it claims to represent. This is particularly apt when the Fianna Fáil Party always claims to be the party of the people. It also...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: —and listened to people who need supplementary welfare allowance. The people whom I meet and who need supplementary welfare allowance are very vulnerable. They are not people who are ripping off the system. They do not want to ask for it but are in need of support. Clearly the Minister and her Government colleagues do not see it this way. The notion that if one partner in a couple is in...

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is the truth. Does the Senator not want to hear the truth?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: For those who live in Kildare I suppose.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is paid just before an election.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is not a fact.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is not a fact.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: It just displays the Senator's attitude.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator should join the Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: That is a joke.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: We are not up to scratching backs.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: Nice one. Who wrote that for Senator Wilson?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: What were Exchequer receipts then? What was the budget surplus?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: What was the budget surplus in 1997?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: Is the Senator referring to former Deputy Charles Haughey or former Deputy Ray Burke?

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator is moralising.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: In Punchestown.

Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)

Kathleen O'Meara: What would she say now?