Results 761-780 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator is ranting on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We need a visual aid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We will.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome Ms McDonagh. I am coming from a very objective background because I live beside the Islamic mosque in Clonskeagh. I have come here with a completely new ear and new eye, which can be interesting in terms of the questions. Is it true the De La Salle site would accommodate everything very well if the money was there to be put into it? Has the archdiocese of Dublin spoken to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Ms McDonagh must have seen-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Ms McDonagh would have an idea in the back of her mind as to what she is trying to accommodate? She would have an idea from looking at it whether it would be ideal, in terms of an outdoor and an indoor facility, if one had the money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Leave out the belonging part but, generally speaking, looking at it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is true but I am just asking a creative question. Does Ms McDonagh think from looking at it, that the site would accommodate what she is looking for in the amalgamation, inside and outside?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Are they selling the site then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I beg your pardon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does the Chairman or the committee think it would be a good idea for the committee to visit both sites?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: An architect went to examine the Dominican campus. Did he cost what it would take to renovate it or realign it to take on the extra students that would come to it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Was that to see whether that solution would be possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That will be an enormous cost as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I understand that and accept what has been said in good faith. However, I wonder about the negotiation with the De La Salle Brothers and what happened before and after that. I understand an ageing congregation like that must have a way to care for its ageing population. Is Ms McDonagh saying this is all over bar the shouting and that we are behind the wall now? Is the decision made or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We are not talking about that. We are talking about using the De La Salle property for the amalgamation. Is the debate on that all over, bar the shouting? Could that campus, with its green fields and its existing buildings be the one to be renovated or realigned? Is the debate on that all over, bar the shouting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Do we have to ask the Archbishop's permission to talk to the De La Salle Brothers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That was my question. I was wondering if we could visit the schools. Will the Chairman agree to that? Is there a possibility of our speaking to De La Salle Order to find out the position?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Possible Reconfiguration of Schools: Archdiocese of Dublin (25 Jun 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: As I see the situation, the problem is that one cannot maintain two campuses; one cannot keep paying for roofs. It is my opinion, as I live beside the mosque in Clonskeagh, that they picked the wrong campus for the solution, and that the negotiations for the right campus were not made in the timeline as suggested by my colleague. I think the two or three people who made the decision looked...