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Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I am trying to generate support for Senator Mullen. His request seems reasonable and would ensure consistency throughout the Bill. I am interested to hear the response of the Minister because I do not see how he can argue against what Senator Mullen is seeking, namely, compliance with the law. I leave it to the Minister.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: A match made in heaven.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Is it appropriate, a Leas-Chathaoirleach, to ask that Senator Buttimer not interrupt me? He has not yet been called and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Perhaps if the Leas-Chathaoirleach cannot do so, I will ask Senator Buttimer to remain quiet.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Clearly, it is not successful either.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: My time starts now.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I congratulate my former constituency colleague, Deputy Cuffe, on his appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for sustainability. I note he is already taking his job seriously and has made an adjustment to his bicycle to allow him accommodate his new driver.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: On the passports issue, two letters in The Irish Times today offer suggestions, one from a councillor in the Labour Party who recommends that staff should provide the service and that people should cease paying the passport fee, which is all very well given it hits the Government. However, it also hits the country, which is an irresponsible attitude. The second letter relates to an...

Seanad: Passport Office (25 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: ): Does Senator Keaveney have a question?

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I warmly welcome the Minister of State. Like most other speakers, I have faith in her and welcome her appointment. She has raised our expectations but I have no doubt that she will fulfil them. I hope she will enjoy the next two years and look forward to the legacy she will leave after that period. Her track record shows that she is a woman who wants to achieve things in the areas about...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary, and congratulate him on his role in resolving the public service talks recently. I am sure he was working behind the scenes there. As regards the banking situation, what had to happen yesterday was most unfortunate. It was, however, a consequence of how things have played out. Any responsible person would recognise that while nobody...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I would prefer not to be interrupted.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Yesterday, I was in Intel as part of an Oireachtas committee examining energy uses. Intel is a major employer and a big user of energy. As our costs are going through the roof, we needed to talk to them about what they are doing and what we could be doing. The one message we got at Intel was that their competitors are other units within the Intel community internationally. They compete...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: These are the basics.

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Of course, we wish we did not have to cut the variety of items that were cut, but in doing so we have pulled-----

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: We have concentrated our focus and made people realise that if we are to get out of this, we need to act fast. We did not do it in the 1980s and were all paying for it for a long time afterwards. I am glad the Government has taken the bull by the horns and decided we are getting out of this as quickly as possible. It is an awful place to be and terrible to think many of the benefits of the...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: -----but that is the way it is. The one thing people forget-----