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Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I will be very brief. I welcome the Minister of State and I especially welcome the points he made when he spoke from the heart at the end of his speech. These are the points about which I wish to speak and which I want to endorse. The Minister of State said we are here to reform the banking system and to create an environment for job creation. I welcome and endorse the points made on how...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I too saw the programme last night. I was struck by it and I began to think why this was happening and why society cannot come to grips with what is happening. The regeneration project was wonderful. I listened to the people who took a leadership role. Despite this, it seems we cannot break the ground on it. This has nothing to do with money. Civil society must play this role to a...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: We should also consider other issues such as civil society and how best we can all play a role. It is not about us alone. I cannot do very much on my own. I need to go out into the community, help out and get people around me. I am not playing a leadership role unless I do that. I am not good enough to do it in this House, neither is anyone else either. A debate on that would be worthwhile.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I congratulate the Minister for Finance in the action he has taken on AIB, as there are questions to be answered as to why we are still talking about bonuses at this time in a deep-seated recession. I saw the programme last night and I agree with Senator Fitzgerald in all the points she raised. It was awful to watch.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I hope the people running those home care packages will never be in a similar position or find themselves where the elderly people last night were seen to be. It was an absolute disgrace and we should not entertain excuses from anybody in those home care companies. There were no licences or regulation and it is an absolute disgrace. I hate to think I would endorse any body of people...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I am also concerned about the bonus culture that still exists. We all have a responsibility to ensure that our salaries should be the payment we get; bonuses should not be part of any arrangement in today's thinking. I support the call for a discussion on the bonus culture, which is wrong and should be eliminated from our thinking at present. I support Senator Dearey on the Construction...

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: The Senator should conclude.

Seanad: Croke Park Agreement: Statements (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: Will Senator Buttimer wait?

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I will speak to the Cathaoirleach and hopefully he will agree.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: The Minister of State better go.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: The House stands adjourned.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: There is no debate. It is over and done with.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I will speak to the Cathaoirleach and advise him.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I have agreed to do that. I promise I will ensure he will get that message.

Seanad: Health Centres (15 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, and members of the staff for your co-operation during the year and I wish you a very happy Christmas and good luck in the new year. I have frequently raised the issue of education, which I believe needs a complete overhaul. We have often asked for a debate on issues such as the Student Support Bill, which I know has completed its passage through the Dáil, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ann Ormonde: ----how best we can improve legislation in our debates. The constructive thinking across the board when it came to the Appropriation Bill and the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill that came through the Dáil resulted in a superb debate yesterday across the floor, and it was reasonably done by all sides. That is what this House is about. It was a pleasure to listen to it on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I had hoped we would start the new year with quality debates, not the flip-flop we are witnessing across the floor, with no chance to discuss the real issue.