Results 1,201-1,220 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brennan wants to debate the draft programme for playing facilities for young people. We will endeavour to get the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to come before the House to discuss that. Senator McCarthy sought a debate on the 60% increase there will be in years to come in the cost of care for the elderly and the burden that will place on everybody. I read that report and it...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: That was not lost on me.
- Seanad: Employment Equality Act 1998: Referal to Joint Committee. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Ãireann approve the following order in draft:â Employment Equality Act 1998 (section12) (Church of Ireland College of Education) Order, 2003, copies of which were laid before Seanad Ãireann on 12 May, 2003, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education and Science in accordance with paragraph (1) (Seanad) of the Orders of Reference of that...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 1997: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Ãireann approves the following regulations in draft: Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2003 copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Ãireann on 16 April 2003. Question put.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: With the agreement of the House, I propose a change to the Order of Business. Statements on the strategic rail review report will now continue until 1.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Report of Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That Seanad Ãireann adopts the report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges (CPP) regarding the role of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges in legal representation. Question put and agreed to.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: What about Tang?
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I am sorry the Senator had to wait for a while.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Did he say that?
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: What about Athlone?
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: It should finish with a question mark.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Coghlan uses great words.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Work.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: What about Fine Gael's performance?
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate and welcome the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Noel Dempsey. I do not mean to say with any vestige of pretension that I was Minister for Education for almost five years and a teacher. The Minister was also a teacher, as was the spirited Senator Ormonde. I speak from that perspective and should have an input into a...
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: It is a matter of discourtesy, if not disdain, for parents and young peopleâ
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: There is no need to say, "Hear, hear." I am just making my position clear. It is a matter of discourtesy, if not disdain, to leave parents and young people hanging in the wind with no idea of what is coming.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: It is stirring up atavistic tendencies and putting people on two sides. If one is for the poor, one is for the reintroduction of fees; if not, one is for the rich. That is patently incorrect.
- Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). - Third Level Fees: Motion. (21 May 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: It is wrong that the general debate has reached a stage where those atavistic sentiments are stirred when we do not have a proposal. That is the reason those who sneer at our amendment are incorrect. The Minister has yet to go to Cabinet with his proposal which, we are assured, he will be doing. The politics of envy are not the right way to go about promulgating public policy. If one has a...