Results 681-700 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I commend all those who stood for Parliament. What happens within the Labour Party and other parties in terms of changes in Ministries and elsewhere is not my call and I am not here to criticise. However, Ministers will in future have to take heed of what Senators are saying, particularly some of the Independent Senators who are fortunate enough not to be required to display abject loyalty,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know that one is either on a team or not on a team, and I completely agree with the Taoiseach in that regard. However, Ministers have come into this House and ignored warnings from Senators across all parties, Government and elsewhere. They have ignored disagreements expressed by Senators, as well as amendments, judgments and suggestions from Senators. Everybody in the House speaks about...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Cullinane should examine my voting record. I have exercised independence in this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I will not be lectured to by Sinn Féin. I was making a general point about the importance of listening to voices in the Seanad.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have acted independently since I first came through the door of this Chamber.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: If we want to see hypocrisy, all we have to do is ring up Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I am not aware of what the Senator is referring to. Could he explain what he is referring to?
- Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It was worth it.
- Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I recently received a communication from a young man, Thomas Brophy, from the Tipperary regional youth service on getting employment through a job scheme which states: I am financially stable. I have a routine. I have something to look forward to, it is different every day, it keeps me on my toes and I am not repeating uselessness every day. When I was out of a job, one day meant three...
- Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is a class system.
- Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: And culture.
- Seanad: Youth Guarantee and Rent Supplement: Statements (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: And Senator O’Donnell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: This is a serious issue because we want to keep young people in training and education with a sense of hope and possibility for the future. I wrote a report on this issue in 2013. What has happened since? Will Mr. McKeon outline what is new? Will he provide statistics for the increases across the schemes, not just Ballymun? By how much has the take-up for JobBridge, JobsPlus, Tús,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is there a crossover? This has a major part to play in terms of the youth guarantee across the board, especially in the context of mainstream education, vocational education and an education for the disabled. It is an fantastic, enormous document, but there does not seem to be a crossover with the youth guarantee scheme. Will Mr. McKeon comment on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: One of the platforms of the youth guarantee is flexibility. Therefore, what is happening to this young man is not supposed to happen. One is supposed to be able to move freely; one is not supposed to be penalised, depending on which scheme one is moving to and from.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: For what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It might give people the opportunity to run their eye over the education, youth, culture and sport document.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Did Mr. McKeon take it in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There are bigger matters than that in it. There is a significant amount of "cross-fertilisation". I hate such agricultural words, but there is a significant amount that could be used. If I hear the word "entrepreneurship" again, I will implode somewhere on a road when people have not the oracy to explain themselves. There is a considerable amount that could be done there in effective...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Mr. McKeon should suggest that a few Senators with a background in culture, arts and education might get onto one of those committees and put those synergies together for him.