Results 1,021-1,040 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator is not being dictated to, but we have to listen to his abuse.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The company is not being privatised.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator is making-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I requested that the Senator desist from making personal remarks to me and I warn him again to stop doing so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I agree with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. It is very difficult to be specific because it is so huge and so complex. Dr. Johnston mentioned that we need employment to reduce poverty for the productive capacity of the economy and for the common good and societal well being. I would also add in number four there, for personal value. I think that is terribly important. Paragraph four of Dr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not a Deputy just yet. I have not been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Would Deputy Daly call it a promotion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I asked for the statistics in this regard. I understand the philosophy and sociology behind it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Please do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: They are monetary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: When most people think about quality of work, they think about somebody sweeping all day or not advancing in any way. We have a notion of what work quality means.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not suggesting that; I am just saying that is the inference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes, exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That does not work for the person who left school at 12 or 13 years of age and has no numeracy or literacy skills. I agree with Deputy Byrne that compulsory education up to 18 years of age should be tantamount in our country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I agree. I am speaking about children who leave school at 13 or 14 years of age.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That does not take from the fact that children should remain in education up to 18 years of age. One can do lots of things between 16 and 18 years of age by way of apprenticeship models. We have not even looked at that idea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The idea that it is not going to work is a generalisation and I do not accept it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have three questions for the Leader. Will he bring the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, to the House so he can let us know the progress with regard to the lottery regulator? I do not know who that is. We were promised a lottery regulator but I do not know if one has been appointed. If somebody has, will he or she make him- or herself known to us? When will the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is my personal opinion. What is the status of the public water forum? When is it to be established and when can people start applying for it? It is very important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senators might agree that the next matter is a burning issue. Some of us are paying property tax from salaries or in lump sums, but we have all paid it. Exactly how much of that is going to Irish Water-----