Results 6,141-6,160 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Whatever. There are enough tribunals. Senator Ryan also raised the issue of Palestine, as did Senator Mooney, and called for a debate. We simply do not have the time on the calendar. The matter will be considered for the future. Senator Mooney also mentioned the report on immigration and integration and I agree with him. It is proceeding in too haphazard a fashion and without any...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I am glad that County Westmeath is participating fully in the scheme. Senator Fitzgerald, from his own knowledge, raised the report on teacher training and called for a full debate on the matter. Perhaps the report has illustrated the need for such a debate. Senator Norris spoke about what happened here last night but we shall not go back over that. He also mentioned the Defamation Bill and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Staged payments will be eliminated by 30 June. The Senator has done a service to the State by introducing his Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Coghlan also asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, to review the different standards of signage for Kerry and Galway. Senator Jim Walsh also spoke about teacher training. I expect a very full debate with widespread participation when the teacher training report is discussed here. All those who spoke will need to attend. Senator...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Earlier, we had ordained that No. 2 would finish at noon. In case it does not finish then, I would wish to extend the time. However, I do not know by how long it will need to be extended.
- Seanad: Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001: Motion (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Ãireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001)) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) shall continue in force for the period ending on 8th March, 2008, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, in accordance with paragraph (1) (Seanad) of the...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (22 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business in order that the Bill be allowed to conclude after 12 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2007 â all Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude no later than 5.30 p.m., with spokespersons having 15 minutes on Second Stage, other Senators ten minutes, the Minister to be called upon to reply no later than ten minutes before the conclusion of Second Stage which will be no...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator knows where to send it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I hope all who spoke last week will speak up this evening.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Where were they established?
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes raised the matter of the rights for victims. He stated that it has emerged that the Prison Service does not possess the legal standing to inform victims of perpetrators of abuse that such perpetrators are about to be released and that if such standing could be given to the Prison Service, it would be good. I, too, heard people speaking on the television who had been...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I understand that the Prison Service stated it did not have the legal right to inform victims of people who are in prison who have perpetratedââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: If they say so, no matter what Senator Norris states, they must be right. It is all very well for Senator Norris to say they are wrong,ââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: ââbut he cannot be right in everything.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: He cannot be right all of the time. If the Prison Service states it does not have the rights, why is Senator Norris stating they have the rights? Senator Hayes also raised the magnificent spectacle of Croke Park last Saturday. No matter whether one saw it in one's local pub, at home or in Croke Park itself, as Senator Feeney who was lucky enough did, the hairs tingled on the back of one's...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Apart from everything else, it being a magnificent spectacle and the national anthem and all of that, we trounced the English team. I found great delight in that, not from any nationalistic point of view but from a sporting point of view, that we won a great game. With every single person on that team, it was near perfection. It was a team of perfection, in my view, and one just knew they...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Whatever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator said that Councillor Farrelly was bringing this forward. I just feel it sounds sensible. Senator Leyden referred to the sacrifice made by Garda Brian Kelleher and fireman Michael Liston. They were in the front line of duty in the service of the State and it is therefore right that their deaths be raised and that we praise them in the House. The Senator also referred to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Defamation Bill 2006 â Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business until 1.30 p.m.; No. 2, Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Single Electricity Market) Bill 2007 â Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to conclude no later than 5 p.m.; No. 3, Defence of Life and Property Bill 2006 â Order for...