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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That can happen in a vocational education system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is a mindset here, although it is not an argument for today in the committee. However, there is a mindset. I have been an educationalist all my life and I believe in the seamlessness of it. Great teachers are great teachers no matter where they are. I do not believe that somebody in the vocational education system cannot go on to third level and become a great academic, although,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Those are great skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: They is less chance of that happening now history is a short course on the middle school curriculum. I have had rows in here on the matter. I thank Ms Quilligan for the explanation. I must attend a vote elsewhere but I am happy to talk to the delegation again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The delegation should talk to the Department of Education and Skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The organisation should berate Mr. Hanevy out the door about cuts in resources. I am interested to hear what Ms Deirdre O'Connor has to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not have a question. I just want to say that the members of the panel are the most articulate, passionate, informed and alert group of people to have come before us in my short time as a member of this committee. I congratulate them on that because that is what this process is supposed to be about. We then try to influence the Bill by bringing into being the witnesses' suggestions. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I caution against doing that. I know the point Ms Duggan is trying to make, and she is right about equal status and that children are children regardless of how they come on this earth, but what she said is not true. They are generalisations. I felt her submission was somewhat generalised in parts. It is not a criticism; it is a caution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I must leave to go to the Seanad but I wanted to thank the witnesses. I will be in touch. It was an education and a pleasure to hear their submissions and I hope we will be able to do something in the Bill to satisfy many if not all of their concerns.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Since we are talking about the debacle in the Central Remedial Clinic and the charities sector, I wish to alert Senators that the Taoiseach's nominee, Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, wrote a pamphlet on the implementation of the Charities Act 2009 - the how, why and when. It is an excellent paper which was debated in this House. Sometimes I think we have imagined memories and real memories which...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Concerning all the problems we heard repeated over and over on television and radio this morning regarding the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and the Committee of Public Accounts etc., one of the greatest problems facing the country is that of youth out of work, with no work, not in training and with no possibilities. The scale of that challenge is enormous. We are talking...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I just want to acknowledge the young people from the Sheriff Street CDC in the Visitors Gallery whom I met earlier. I referred to them earlier when speaking on the youth guarantee. They were just a moment too late to hear my contribution.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Blowing hot and cold.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: And the water leaking everywhere.

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State. There were 112 combinations proposed between 1937 and 2013 for the reform of the Seanad. They covered such matters as size and composition, elections, automatic re-election of the Cathaoirleach, terms and timing of elections, the filling of vacancies, nominations, the need for gender balance, vocational panels, regional versus national panels, university...

Seanad: Youth Guarantee: Statements (5 Feb 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am appalled that the Seanad is not packed. When the Pathways to Work scheme was announced the other day there was not enough seating available for members of the press. I cannot understand the reason the Chamber is not full. I will not call a quorum as it would draw attention to the absence of so many Senators. All Senators should be in the Chamber because the most important issue...

Seanad: Youth Guarantee: Statements (5 Feb 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am appalled that the Seanad is not packed as this debate deals with an issue that affects everybody in every constituency and every walk of life. The Pathways to Work document, the OECD report and the large number of other reports all of us have read say all that needs to be said on this issue. I will make only a few points, therefore. I have a question on the programmes that are being...

Seanad: Free Speech, Homophobia and the role of the State Broadcaster: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Chathaoirleach and welcome the Minister. I would never ever stand up when a great speaker is speaking like the one that we have just heard. I wish to acknowledge that Dr. Ann Louise Gilligan is seated in the Visitors Gallery. I know that she is the marital partner of Senator Zappone and she is also an outstanding speaker, teacher, philosopher and lecturer. I have known them for...