Results 5,101-5,120 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Not if one was bitten.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Senator is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes welcomed the announcement of the fruition of the partnership talks. He spoke about high-wire acts. However, it was never laid out that they would succeed. It was quite difficult and I understand there were quite a lot of hiccoughs in its passage. It certainly was not ordained that it would just happen. It was prolonged and difficult. The Senator is right to state the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Programme for National Recovery was truly such. The Fine Gael Party played its part through the Tallaght strategy of Alan Dukes on which I fully commend him. However, the idea that everything was hunky-dory in 1987——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I never challenged. I keep my eyes down when I make my points so I will not engage with people.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I try not to be confrontational. Senator Brian Hayes is correct to state we face different challenges now. It is a ten year framework which will require a great deal of monitoring. The Senator asked for a debate and then an ongoing monitoring role for the Seanad. I fully agree with that. Senator O'Toole echoed what Senator Hayes stated about partnership. He also raised the fact we will have a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The collections are wonderful. CIE offered sponsorship through the Arts Council, encouraged new artists and bought their paintings, many of which are now very famous and have accumulated great value over the years. Senator Ó Murchú pointed out, quite correctly, that there are two types of stem cell research, namely, embryonic and adult, and asked that there be another debate on the matter....

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Daly made the sensible suggestion that the Minister for Finance should brief the House on how the conclusions were arrived at and what will constitute the outcome. He would also like a debate on class sizes. I commend the INTO in this regard in that it is engaging in a proper campaign. I hope its representatives will come to Athlone. We did not hear from them yet on the matter but...

Seanad: Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion. (15 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the surrender procedure...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and No. 24, motion 21. No. 1, statements on adult and further education, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 1.30 p.m., spokespersons will have 12 minutes and other Senators eight minutes, and the Minister to be called upon to reply not later than five minutes before conclusion of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I will not be in the tent.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Finucane, the acting Leader of the Opposition, raised the issue of the cost of housing and asked if there was a way forward. He spoke about the study which was conducted and what has arisen from it. He also raised the issue of the gun murders, which are horrific. Every morning when one wakes up, one hears of more murders. We know the omerta principle applies within the circle of those...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: In the days when postmen stayed a while on one's beat, they knew people. People would often talk about who had moved into such a house and so on. Postmen have on the ground knowledge and I am sure it is a suggestion which could be worked through. Senator Hanafin concurred with that suggestion. Senator Ryan asked who might be in the Fianna Fáil tent at the Galway races. I will not be; I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: I am not interested in horses or in those who go to watch them.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Is it not? I believe it is highly entertaining.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: Those two gentlemen paid their dues.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: That was so long ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Mary O'Rourke: The three children who were killed in Gaza is a sad case. A crime against children is heinous. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has been open and consistent in his condemnation of what he sees as Israeli atrocities. The HSE was also referred to and I see nothing wrong in seeking value for money, it is both an old-fashioned and a modern tenet. Shoppers seek value for...