Results 5,901-5,920 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Would Senator Norris have liked that?
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Another Act, the Assise of Arms 1181, forbids Jewish people from owning armour. The only statute which is being partially repealed by this Bill is the Bill of Rights of 1688. It is interesting that there was a Bill of Rights in 1688. Although it discriminated against particular religions, the principle underlying it was fair. Nowadays we have various UN declarations on rights and years of...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: There are some interesting local Acts and which I emphasise because they are important. Some statutes relate to Athlone and Westmeath for example Schedule 1, Acts which are retained, including the Meath and Counties of Westmeath Act 1543. This is the Act which divided the historic county of Meath into the two modern counties of Meath and Westmeath. It can be described as the foundation of...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: We are with Longford now. The division into two counties was explained in the Act as being because the western part, which became County Westmeath, was beset by rebels against the King. In common with many statutes relating to local government, it has been listed in the "white list" and is not being repealed at this time. Schedule 2 contains the Acts which are being repealed including...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Wait, there is more to come. Many Acts were passed in the 18th century to facilitate the building and improvement of roads, and these are clearly obsolete in the modern day because we have a national development plan which is doing this.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: No I will not start.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: This was one such Act. It was passed because the road from Kinnegad to Athlone had grown "so ruinous and bad that in the winter-season so many parts thereof are impassable to carriages and dangerous to travellers". The Act provided for the collection of a toll of one shilling on certain vehicles travelling on the road and there do not appear to have been any riots or protests about that....
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I know. They travelled on the great Esker which brought them around Clonmacnoise. The toll was taken to fund the improvement of that road. That is most interesting about Kinnegad and Athlone. It is ironic that nearly 300 years later we are still putting tolls on the modern motorway between these two towns. Certain kinds of Acts will not be affected by the Statute Law Revision Bill. These...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes, wonderful.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: It should be replaced by legislation couched in a modern idiom.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: It means they were going to get married.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: What is Senator Norris uttering?
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: That is jolly good of the Senator.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: No. That is about the Molly Maguires.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: It is on at 9.30 tonight.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Plus ça change.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: One is merry and the other sad.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes, the Brehon law.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: He was not enlightened about the rights of women except in a certain category.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business such that Senator Ryan be allowed to conclude and the Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, be allowed ten minutes to reply.