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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: It would be a good idea to follow up with the HSE like the Chairman suggested, as we could get some clarity.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: As a member of the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions committee, I welcome the work done by the Office of the Ombudsman on the recent report entitled, A Good Death. The Ombudsman took the view that, on foot of the complaints his office had received from families concerning events that had occurred in hospitals at the time of the deaths of patients and so on, that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank Senator Healy Eames. The Minster of State will be aware of the 150th anniversary celebrations and will know that we gave a commitment to the Taoiseach, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that this would be a nationwide endeavour. People visiting from other places in the world do not care about the border between...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Heritage Projects (17 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: In addition, we commit on behalf of Yeats 2015 that it is to be a national and international celebration. We would love to see the numbers for Thoor Ballylee increase as the current numbers are too small for Fáilte Ireland to do the work itself. We hope that in two, three, or five years time this will change, as we make it part of the Yeats story. We are all delighted with that news...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Today is a huge day for the people of Scotland as they go to the polls to decide their future. It has been extraordinary to watch the level of engagement and debates in that country as they have gone about their business. I wish, on behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, to state we wish the people of Scotland good fortune in their future, whatever decision is taken today. I am sure it will...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am sorry-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am not talking about the Labour Party manifesto here but about the reality of what happened. As for the recovery, I do not believe it is a spin. While I believe some people clearly have not benefited, at least the recovery, which is slow, is making progress. Ultimately, the Government hopes and is driving for that recovery to benefit everybody, as Senator Mooney knows well. I was not...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I did not think it was an appropriate place to do that. It was not my understanding of what the business of the Seanad was about.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I will be very happy to campaign in the appropriate places in counties Leitrim and Roscommon but not on the floor of the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I did not think it was appropriate. Perhaps I am wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I would like to raise the serious matter of the special investigations unit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have spent some time examining this issue and there have been some disturbing reports about evidence being planted, hiding evidence, bullying, heavy-handedness and forged documentation. There appears to be a pattern over a number of years in respect of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator would like to forget his former Cabinet colleagues.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: They might wonder how we got in here.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is rare for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, not to attend for the entire debate on his own legislation, as Senator Byrne acknowledged earlier. Indeed, Senator Byrne also acknowledged that the Minister has brought much legislation through this House. I believe that the Minister would welcome robust debate. There...

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Journalists may change the way in which they use-----

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Indeed. I thought the Senator might say that. I refer in particular to the work done by Heather Brooke in the UK, which many of us will recall, regarding the revelations about the House of Commons and how moneys were spent. People forget that it took her four years to overcome the hurdles involved despite having freedom of information in place. Admittedly, freedom of information...

Seanad: Appointments to Board of Irish Museum of Modern Art: Statements (23 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: How did the Senator get in?

Seanad: Access to Educational and Other Opportunities for People with Disabilities: Motion (24 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister for what was a comprehensive statement to the House on the motion. Senators on all sides of the House will always want greater provision of resources, new reports and new investigations, and it is our duty to remind the Government of the need to do that, but it is important that we acknowledge the work that has been done and the fact that there are more SNAs. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: In aligning the two offices - Mr. Kenny mentioned the various sub-groups, committees and the work he has to do - will they have similar approaches as Ombudsman's offices or are they substantially different, and will we see something substantially new in terms of ethos?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: When this amalgamated office is established - one assumes the legislation will be passed, with some amendments - is it a strict amalgamation of the two businesses, so to speak - pensions and financial services - or will it be something different?