Results 721-740 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It was indicated that up to 30 marts are owed millions of euro and I asked if this event was a one-off or whether there are more waiting to happen. Is the witness suggesting there are other receiverships coming down the track?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: What is he saying in that respect?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I agree with Senator Zappone's comment on the AV Room and appreciated the intervention of the Leas-Chathaoirleach. The debate underlines the importance of this room. As she rightly pointed out, the legislation has been awaited for a long time and is hugely important. The idea that we would be unable or hindered in our own understanding of it, particularly following her efforts to organise...

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is the human condition.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I will be brief and I know the Minister is very patient in this regard. Those elected to the previous Seanad state this Seanad is very hard-working and its Members are very dedicated. Asking for this expenditure to be realigned is evidence of our desire to work harder and be more effective. With more people doing more with less we are asking for this to be taken into account in the spirit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I would like to congratulate Mr. Moran and his officials for their hard work, enormous effort and perseverance with this matter, not just over the past six months but well before that. I wish to seek a couple of clarifications. Mr. Moran mentioned the team that has gone out to China, but I would like to hear more about what they are hoping to achieve there. It sounds as if negotiations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: Is Mr. Moran happy that they are being maximised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I would like some clarification and a little more detail. The Department cannot put the kitchen sink into the report but must compress it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That would be great.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank Judge Peter Smithwick and his team for the work they have done over a very long number of years. We all share a sense of outrage, disappointment and sadness at the findings of his report and our thoughts are with the families of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan. I thank the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, and the Tánaiste,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: What about this collusion, Senator?

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motion (4 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for the thorough outline he has provided. I am glad of the opportunity to contribute to this useful debate. I look forward to the betting (amendment) Bill, which is timely given recent changes in betting practices with people using online betting facilities to avoid tax. My colleague, Senator Ó Domhnaill, asked whether the tax...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I move: That Seanad Éireann:- notes the Government's commitment to invest €20 million in community-based, patient-centred mental health services in Budget 2014; - welcomes the appointment of the new Mental Health Services Director; - notes that the total commitment of this Government to mental health is €90 million to the end of 2014; - notes the recent publication of the...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I ask the Minister of State not to apologise. We are delighted she spoke at the end. As she said the value is in listening. It has been a thoughtful and constructive conversation. I welcome the cross-party support. As Senator Marc MacSharry said, this is a subject in which we all have an interest and it is above politics. As a member of the cross-party committee on mental health I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank my colleagues who attended last night's debate on a thoughtful and constructive Private Members' motion relating to mental health issues. One of the many matters that were raised during the debate was the Irish Penal Reform Trust's report on women prisoners in the Dóchas Centre, which has been raised again this morning by Senator Hayden. I support the call for a wider debate on...

Seanad: Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Leader for organising these expressions. It is a privilege and an honour to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. We do so as public representatives on behalf of the thousands of Irish people who will be mourning his loss and celebrating the contribution he made to all of our lives and the world. It is difficult to know where to start in talking about a man like Nelson Mandela, a giant...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: I take the opportunity to acknowledge the work of the National Board for Safeguarding in the Catholic Church and the reports it produced this week. There is clear evidence that some progress has been made and some of the orders concerned have made progress in terms of listening to persons' allegations. Of course, the concerns are two fold. The first is the low rate of conviction for those...

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator has just accused the Minister of doing nothing.

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is effectively what he said. Why does he not just try to talk sense?

Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Minister is doing great work.