Results 7,081-7,100 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I want to make the case in the course of this debate for a national system of internship. At a recent parliamentary party meeting Senator Brian à Domhnaill raised the matter, which I seconded, and a good general discussion followed. In all my years of public life I have never met so many highly qualified young people coming to see me with a CV and hope in their faces. Much money has been...
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: He has a very nice face. I know he was just about to say it. I repeat my call for a national internship programme. I ask the Government to include it, amidst the doom and gloom which it will be emitting through its figures. Such a programme would provide a spark of life for young people.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Oct 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has been refused supplementary welfare allowance and child benefit because of the habitual residence clause [39471/10]
- Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, for his clear statement to the House this evening. It will be a useful speech. When I read the Opposition's motion, I was unable to determine whether it was referring to the past or the present. It is not timeframed. The Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, has adequately set out...
- Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (2 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the fire station at Lanesboro will proceed. [39939/10]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the relocation of a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [40445/10]
- Nursing Home Care: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I am glad to have a few minutes to speak to this important motion and to commend the work that has been done in caring for the elderly and the improvement in recent years. I was a bit alarmed by the debate between the Ombudsman and the HSE. We do not have to believe the Ombudsman is God and that everything she says is perfect. I understand there was great communication between her, her...
- Nursing Home Care: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: He will visit again and we will welcome him. Loughloe House was built in 1979 as a public home for the elderly supplied by the health authorities. The Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, found grave problems. In approximately six weeks, many of the errors HIQA had discovered in its infrastructure had been remedied and Loughloe House is now right in every respect. Only eight...
- Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (17 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43176/10]
- Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (17 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage relief is being refused to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43177/10]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary permission will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [43911/10]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I am pleased to speak to the Bill on Second Stage. This debate was commenced early this afternoon by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ãamon à CuÃv. I was interested in the contributions made by the Minister and the spokespersons for Fine Gael and the Labour Party. The Minister referred to the level of increases in social welfare payments, noting, for instance, that the pension...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: The person concerned must be very fertile if she did, because I do not know how she could have twins twice within a month. However, these are the kind of urban myths which, once promulgated, tend to fly everywhere. Moreover, the community welfare officers and social welfare staff are always blamed. Much of this is tosh, hearsay and incorrect but it gives people a good feeling to think they...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. You are very nice. Never mind what some other women say to you. I think you are very good.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Of course, I do not cross you, so there you are.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: The second case is of a man whose business went belly-up. He and his brother both lost a sight of money. They have no money. This man is a widower. He is getting his widower's pension and only for that he would be crucified. He is looking for mortgage relief but they keep saying he is part owner of a demolished building. It has no monetary value, land value or building value. His...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Exactly.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Absolutely.
- Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I am glad to speak on the motion put down by Fine Gael. As the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher, was speaking, I thought how appropriate the motion is for the times we are living in. It is also suitable to give a clear signal that the country, the Government, no matter what its make-up, and all sides concur on this very important measure, namely, the 12.5% corporation tax rate. It is...
- Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: The network of main highways is remarkable. We in Athlone and Mullingar, to which there are main highways, look forward to welcoming many fresh new industries which will be attracted in the beginning by the corporation tax rate and later by the quality of the people who wish to work in them.