Results 11,661-11,680 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: Dáil Éireann agreed on 18 December 2019 to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: There are different groups of Members in the House and I am trying to discern who is the first speaker for each group. The debate is open ended and I will not close any Member down. I call Senator Horkan.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: Canvassing is not allowed.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator may be moving down.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: This is the Upper House, so I think the Senator understands my point.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I call a very resolute and long-time Member, Senator Joe O'Reilly. Everybody will be allowed in. Sometimes the best wine is kept until the last.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Bacik. I thank her for her patience. I am trying to get around to everyone.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I do not think I would ever exclude the Senator. We know each other a long time.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator's vocation is almost complete.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Higgins, I rarely interrupt you but I have to go to an urgent commission meeting for five minutes. People are waiting for me. I will ask the very reliable Leas-Chathaoirleach to take over. I hope to be back in the Chamber to say goodbye in a few minutes.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: The next speaker on my list, and the Leas-Chathaoirleach might have amended it, is Senator Lynn Ruane.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: As long as I was not the Senator's sugar daddy.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: There are six speakers left, including me. Nobody will be left out. Next on the hit list is Seanadóir Ó Céidigh.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I will next call Senator McDowell. I am not curbing any debate but I hope he will not spend an hour on one syllable or one word.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: Especially those on Senator Wilson's panel.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I call a former Cathaoirleach and a good friend of mine of many years, Senator Paddy Burke. We are coming to a close now.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: The penultimate speaker is the Leas-Chathaoirleach, whom I have the great honour and privilege to call to address the House.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I do not think I have excluded anyone. I have really enjoyed my tenure as Cathaoirleach of the Twenty-fifth Seanad. I thank all the Senators for their co-operation, in particular the Leas-Chathaoirleach. Not alone has he been an exemplary Leas-Chathaoirleach, but before he became Leas-Chathaoirleach he respected me as a close friend and was somebody in whom I could confide. His integrity,...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Denis O'Donovan: I also thank our Clerk, Mr. Martin Groves, and Ms Bridget Doody, who are, as we would say in rowing parlance, the stroke oar. They decide how the race is run. I thank Ms Popa and Ms Judge in the office and Ms Hart, who is my personal secretary and who has been extremely patient with and understanding of me. Over the past four years I think she has got to know certain aspects of me that I...