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Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: We could do with a bit of more fun and joy in here. Education is about joy and energy and igniting things. We are sitting around like old men like Methuselah discussing the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is very good to be here this morning and I am very informed by what I have just heard. I will address my questions to Ms Angela Edghill of the Irish Hospice Foundation. I am afraid of dying so having the group here is interesting; we cannot choose when we are born but all must die so it is a major part of our living lives, particularly if we can die well. The submission concerned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I accept that, but order is one thing and speeches are another.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: This is not a complaint, it is an observation. Of course we want questions to be answered, but we do not want to sit here listening to nine, 11 or 12 minute speeches from committee members. Ask questions so we can get answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: You did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I would like to focus on the Gateway initiatives. Like Deputy Daly, I believe this is a brilliant idea. I was not aware it was initiated by Deputy Daly. Currently, people are living in their heads and watching television, with no physicality, which is part of the problem. I do not believe it has been communicated well enough to the public that this initiative is about another way of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: So it has not really got off the ground yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: How is that being done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I understand the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have raised many issues. Who is in charge of the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is there a room with a sign saying "Gateway" over the door?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The only other question concerned the letters, and that has been partially answered. Nobody has refused the offer yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: What about the defeatist element of the three-year period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is this part of the youth guarantee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is the Department looking for funding within that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Department is not specifically targeting this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Some 62% of them are leaving voluntarily.