Results 4,401-4,420 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I would like to ask the Leader for an urgent debate on the crisis facing farmers, in the beef industry in particular. It is mind-boggling to see our counterpart farmers in the UK getting a substantially greater price than that being obtained in this country. I raised this in the House several months ago. At that stage, I made the accusation that there is a cosy cartel giving the two...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: She is entitled to make a five-minute contribution.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Leyden.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator has left one minute for his colleague.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is way over time. I call Senator Kelly.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Please allow the Minister to speak without interruption.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Allow the Minister to speak, please.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Allow the Minister to speak without interruption, Senator Cullinane, please.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I support my leader's call for a referendum on protecting the right to water. The difficulty for the country and successive Governments is that the public does not trust Governments or what they do. According to Senator Paul Coghlan, it is already the law that we cannot sell Irish Water, but it is not sufficient merely to have a legislative provision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: A minimum requirement of two thirds of the Dáil and two thirds of the Seanad to override that provision should be enshrined in the Constitution. This should be our aim. I thank the Leader for his response yesterday - unfortunately, I was attending another meeting - to my call for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to attend the House to debate the farming...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, to the House for statements on Irish Water.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister. Each speaker has five minutes and as 19 Members are offering, I will be sticking to the clock quite rigidly. I call first Senator MacSharry, who has five minutes.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator, it is not appropriate to use the word "lie" in the House.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: Sorry, Senator, I think you should withdraw the word "lie".
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I think you are out of order in using that word. That is my ruling.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: You have one minute left.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
Denis O'Donovan: I have asked him and he has refused.