Results 601-620 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I will not take abuse from Senator Walsh.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Walsh was giving abuse again.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: In possession? I did not know we were playing rugby.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: You are the one.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support Senator Paul Coghlan's request for a debate on the role of the Standards in Public Office Commission and our role in respect of the latter. What Senator Gilroy was rightly trying to raise was the issue of lobbying. Part of the Government's reforms will be a register of lobbyists. If the Seanad engaged in a debate on how lobbyists work, how we are involved with them and how they...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I was about to say that using terms such as "dead sheep" probably shows less respect for the Seanad than Senator Norris would like. Others on this side of the House who used expressions to the effect that we will all have "blood on our hands" are being equally disrespectful.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is correct. However, the Senator did use the expression "dead sheep".

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I have supported Senator Paul Coghlan's call for a debate in respect of the Standards in Public Office Commission. I was about to state, in the context of disrespectful comments, that when we return in the autumn there may be a calmness in the House. In that context, I thank the staff of the Seanad for their endless patience during a difficult few weeks. We look forward to Jody Blake's...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: We all have a role to play in the way we debate the retention of the Seanad and its reform. There is probably not a single person in this room who does not agree that we need to reform the way we do business and the way we are elected. We all have an individual responsibility towards that. I have organised a debate on this issue which will take place next Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: They could bilocate.

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (18 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State. While the future of the House may be a little uncertain, one thing that is certain is that lifestyle affects one's health. One of the key statistics in the report is that we know, without fear of contradiction, that 30% of common cancers are influenced by the way in which we live our lives. As Senator MacSharry noted, one of the initiatives launched in this...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister. Although we discussed the legislation in question at some length when it was brought before the House, it is useful, given the level of public interest in the format of whatever banking inquiry is established, to have a further debate today. The Minister's proposals have already been described as a farce, with various faults and failings identified. This level of...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I echo the comments of others on the advertisements and the difficulty which stems from them. I join in asking the Acting Leader to write and seek some clarification or removal of those posters.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I add my voice of congratulation on another note to the three young girls, Emer Hickey, Ciara Judge and Sophie Healy-Thow from Kinsale Community School. I am sure others have already done so but I have not yet had the opportunity. I do so in support of those teachers and parents who help young children, and particularly young girls, in the science and technology area. It is an outstanding...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Patience, Senator Leyden.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Ombudsman (26 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I echo the Chair's thanks to the Ombudsman and I wish her the very best in her new role. I am sure all members share the Chair's pride that Ms O'Reilly will be our representative in Europe. In the context of her most recent report, Ms O'Reilly stated that the HSE and the Department indicated their view that she did not have jurisdiction to conduct an investigation into issues relating to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Ombudsman (26 Sep 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It goes to the core of what the Ombudsman's office can do if a Department were to come back with a response that a matter does not come within the office's jurisdiction, bearing in mind that the issue has already been despatched by the office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Is this meeting about mapping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is okay, Chairman. I am just frustrated by the conversations about mapping and so on. I understand that is a hugely important issue for individual farmers, but it is not what we are here today to discuss. In addition, there are time constraints involved. My difficulty relates to the fact that we do not even have a rough idea of how we might address this matter. We do not really know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: 2014 Pre-Budget Briefing: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Oct 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: We are doing the same thing this year.