Results 5,661-5,680 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Some 1,500 people attended the meeting to condemn the idea of water metering.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: That is fair enough. We cannot force the Senator to speak. Senator Mooney talked about a knee-jerk reaction to the television programme. I am glad I had a knee-jerk reaction to the programme. One could not but feel intensely emotional about it and if that is a knee-jerk reaction, what harm? It is proper that we felt that emotion. The Senator said he had good experiences of the support...
- Seanad: Official Languages Act Regulations: Motion (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the Order of the 21st November, 2006 referring the proposal that Seanad approves the Official Languages Act 2003 (Section 9) Regulations 2006 in draft, to the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, shall have effect with the substitution of '14th December' for '5th December'."
- Seanad: Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations 2006: Motion (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Ãireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Bovine Diseases (Levies) Regulations, 2006, copies of which were laid in draft before Seanad Ãireann on the 1st December, 2006, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food in accordance with paragraph (1) (Seanad) of the Orders of Reference of that Committee, which, not later than 14th...
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Act: Motion (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Ãireann approves the following Order in draft: National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 (Establishment Day) Order 2006, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Ãireann on 1st December, 2006."
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: According to the Order of Business, we are to adjourn this debate now. Would it be possible to complete the amendments in ten or 15 minutes?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I propose we extend this debate until 5.10 p.m.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Does it involve just the application form?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We have all heard such tales.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Why is Fine Gael not showing up in the polls?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator must be joking.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We can belch all we like, give out about the personnel on councils and all the rest, but for the first time since I have been involved in the electoral process, somebody has taken the matter of the electoral register by the scruff of the neck and decided to do something about it. While I might not like how some of it is unfolding owing to the slowness of council officials to believe the...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: No, I did not.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I did not know the Senator had a problem going around, knocking on doors.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: They are out at night.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We are talking about the electoral register.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I am surprised the Senator does not like knocking on doors.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Bannon said he does not like knocking on doors. How awful.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We would not know where the person is from.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We would have to track every movement.