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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: What concerns me, when I look back at what Mr. Simon O'Brien put on the record of this committee last week was that the sweep was organised in light of some public discourse appearing to be exceptionally well-informed and that when the sweep was undertaken these things arose. Guess what? There was something awry. It is something I am left still pondering and I wonder if the Minister is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am referring to what he said at the start that it was in light of some-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Was the issue regarding Kieran Boylan raised by the Minister, I am sorry but I did not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----by Simon O'Brien?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I believe Senator Ó Clochartaigh is more right than he knows when he suggests much work has gone on behind the scenes in respect of CEDRA. Several people have spoken to me about the work they are doing in this regard and it would be a welcome debate, because they have been working. The Leader might be able to find an opportunity to include a debate on rural development. I wish to raise...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is about time Fianna Fáil forgot the banks. That would be a good move.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support Senator Bacik's call regarding the report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on domestic violence. I have invested time and energy in this area and anything that raises the profile of those who work in this area, the sufferers or the perpetrators is positive, but there is much work to be done. It is something we are only coming to terms with now. If the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I was merely pointing out that he is not present to hear what I am about to say.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: What am I supposed to withdraw?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I have asked a question. Can I not make a point?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: In fairness, most Members speak for three minutes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Social Welfare Offices (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is the Minister of State sorted now.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, and apologise for the delay which occurred. Like him, I am interested in ensuring the continued integrity of the Irish beef industry. I am also interested in providing assurance to farmers that their efforts and hard work are being rewarded. It is in this light that I raise the matter before the House. Last year, representatives from the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I know this is a complex issue.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister for his response, however, I wish clarify a point. In my question I asked the Minister for the details of the report that was carried out by the relevant authority that accompanied the Polish veterinary inspectors last February, not January as stated in my question. Officials from the Department accompanied the Polish veterinary inspectors to Silvercrest and several...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Effectively that was a Polish investigation under the supervision of the Irish officials. I have concerns about the matters that they raised, as they are experts in frozen blocks of material. Their evidence suggests that meat trimmings should not look like what they saw during their investigation. Where in our report system do our officials contradict the Polish experts who say that no...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Food Safety Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I would appreciate it very much if the Minister of State could clarify that for me.

Seanad: Action Plan for Jobs: Statements (5 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. It is a good day when the unemployment figures fall below 400,000. The Minister will give credit to his Cabinet team for all the effort that has been made in this regard. However, given his responsibility for jobs, the Minister has done most of the legwork on this issue. This message has been echoed by previous speakers. We are in a great position to...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I wish to raise the matter of the EU study on domestic violence which is incredibly difficult to read. It is shocking. It is more shocking when on last night's 9 o'clock news it merited a line in the middle of several other news items, including an argument about whether Garth Brooks should play five concerts at Croke Park. This is when, in the course of that study, 62 million women...