Results 5,721-5,740 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Okay. I should not look at the Member who spoke.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: My experience of first-time buyers' grants is that the builder benefits from them. If we were to continue to increase the value of such grants, such increases would fall straight into the laps of the builders. What we may hear from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, today is a more imaginative way of helping new first-time house purchasers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Scanlon raised the issue of water charges. The issue is of acute concern and anyone who stood alongside the Senators Scanlon, Leyden and Feighan last Monday night would know well the ire of people concerning this issue. The Senator raised the issue of the disparity in water charges, unlike Senator Ulick Burke who has called for their abolition. Senator Scanlon raised the disparity...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Scanlon also raised the issue of care organisers and the difficulty concerning the delivery of service. Senator Terry raised the issue of the needs of people with cystic fibrosis and the need for the provision of special care for them in treatment units. Senator Kitt raised the issue of the inconsistency in water charges. He also raised the issue of the flooding that occurred in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Norris also raised the question of water fluoridation and the way it is managed here. Senator Ormonde said that the issue of the prison system is a societal matter and that the issue of having prisons should be examined. Senator Ulick Burke raised the issue of water charges and said that insufficient funds are allocated to local authorities, yet an increase in funding is given to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brennan raised the issue of the payment of redundancy to the Castlemahon workers and joined Senator Finucane is the need to address this matter. Senator Mooney made a plea for parents not to purchase pets for children except in cases where children are prepared to mind and care for them, which is a fair point. Senator Daly raised the issue of job losses in Kilrush and the need to...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Ãireann notes the Budget Statement of the Minister for Finance.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: It is in the Estimates.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I am disappointed the Senator is whining.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: That is good.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: With the Senator.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator is no bride.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Who was it who did this?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: It could have been Phil at work again.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: He was here.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I am very happy to speak on the motion. I have been in the House since this debate commenced at 5 p.m. so I have heard everyone speak. It seems there is a misperception in regard to what a budget is about. One must take it in the round with the Estimates. People have been shouting that there is nothing in the Budget Statement for various items but the Estimates were published the week...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: How pathetic is the Senator himselfââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Maybe Deputy Phil Hoganââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, a referral motion whereby No. 17, a motion concerning certain sections of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 relating to powers of detention, amendment of forensic evidence and rearrest, which will cease to be in operation unless a resolution is passed by each House of the Oireachtas, will be referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality,...