Results 6,401-6,420 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Henry suggested flood waters may affect the water supply. She also spoke about the lack of educational psychological services in schools. She said the school principal regarded the young woman who was recently murdered as a disruptive child who needed special help, which she did not receive. We will have to have a debate on that matter. I understand not enough educational...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: I apologise. I referred to Senator McHugh earlier but it was actually Deputy McHugh. Senator McHugh is so full of initiative that I assumed it was him. I am surprised it was not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Ulick Burke has proposed that the House suspend to allow the Minister for Education and Science to come to the Seanad to clarify the fall-out from the Louise O'Keeffe case and to discuss the boards of management, which are due to be renewed next month. His proposal was seconded by Senator Browne. Senator Ulick Burke also raised the water problem in Galway and asked that it be...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: At 2 p.m. tomorrow.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No.1, a referral motion whereby No. 18 on the Order Paper is being referred without debate to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration, the subject matter of which item concerns a proposed Council Decision in respect of the Schengen Convention, which decision forms part of a set of instruments to provide a legal basis for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: With something softer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Please do look at me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: He never did, honestly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: In Dingle?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: They cannot find Senator Coghlan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Dingle is full.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: That is great. Was the Senator there?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: He is no ghost.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: That is the period of the resurrection.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes raised the nursing dispute, sensibly proposing that since the national implementation body has discussed the issue and, as Senator O'Toole pointed out, has reached accommodation on two of the three issues, it should go back to the NIB. There is no higher body for dealing with disputes and it could be looked at through the benchmarking process. That is a sensible idea and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: It sounds very good to me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Norrisââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: ââsaid that the children's hospital in Tallaght is legally the National Children's Hospital and that has to be addressed before the move to the new site. He said the nurses were in danger of losing public sympathy if they take the militant stance they are proposing. Senator Norris also referred to the Shengen Convention and Dr. Carol Coulter's piece in The Irish Times, yesterday, as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)
Mary O'Rourke: We listened to Senator Bannon for quite a while but regardless of that, this Government introduced the measure, not the rainbow coalition Government. However, we are very happy that we brought it in.