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Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is a point of information or clarification. What the Senator is saying is not true.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thought I could make a point of information.

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: So Senator Cullinane can say what he likes but I am not allowed to.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That matter is quite clear. The Minister for Health has said here that we are legislating for what is already happening. Therefore, the many doctors, nurses, midwives who have had to deal with terminations for women whose lives were at rick have had the training. They will continue to have the appropriate training for that need. To suggest somehow that this is a whole new thing that is...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am twisting nothing.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator has shown a lack of respect for women whose lives might genuinely be at a real or substantial risk. That is what we are legislating for.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: We are not legislating for anything else.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Ó Domhnaill knows what we are legislating for.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Ó Domhnaill's idea and use of the expression is a scare mongering tactic. It has no basis in reality, regarding the legislation, unless he did not listen to the Minister when he was here.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is not a treatment.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: There is no evidence of that.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----and as a consequence committed suicide six months later. She left a note saying why she had committed suicide.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Minister did not confirm it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Like Deputy Martin Ferris, I would appreciate clarification on the consultation process. People will approach us. I appreciate that the Minister wants to consult in phases, but the early autumn deadline for Pillar 1 is short. If he has a date in mind, it would be easier for us not to misguide people on when the moment will pass. The Minister stated that the sugar issue would be a purely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I apologise, but there is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Like other members, I thank Mr. John O'Sullivan for attending today. I can only imagine the perseverance and the effort on his part. I know what it takes to pit oneself against the expertise of everyone else. Many people who have lost their job have probably never heard of the EAT and the apparatus around it. Those who face it can lose their confidence in the system when jargon and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Thank you. We have seen how SUSI was clearly set up in good faith to make that system better. I am not saying the Department's system is the same but sometimes when people start bringing things together and amalgamating them with language about making it better or world-class, some things that were there get lost in the rush of enthusiasm that takes over. I would be very concerned, as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Chairman. I echo his thanks to the witnesses for their patience. Somebody else raised the matter of the numbers that ought to be available and I had in fact asked whether IBEC had the numbers. I do not think Mr. O'Sullivan came back to me with any figures. I was arguing with Mr. O'Sullivan about the Rights Commission hearing. Does Mr. O'Sullivan have the figures for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The workers are not little people. They are equal.