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Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Argue the argument.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It would be more dignified.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It was crude.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I second the Bill. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Canney. It is good to see him here even in these traumatic days. Within the first hour of this debate, one person on average will have been reported missing in Ireland. One person goes missing every hour of every day. For family, friends, carers and social workers, there is possibly nothing as traumatic as not knowing what has...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Since there are two Senators in the House named O'Donnell, I would like there to be reference as to which O'Donnell actually signed this Bill. Can we put that on the record? It is very important.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is fine.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Kieran O'Donnell; I do not want it to be confused.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is important because many people ask about something I said in the Seanad, when in actual fact it was Senator Kieran O'Donnell.

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: This is especially the case when I have words of wisdom that I need attributed to myself.

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State for his presence. If people are charged with and convicted of murder in Ireland they will serve the ludicrous term called life imprisonment. It is absurd and ludicrous because it is not life imprisonment. It is a minimum seven-year sentence. There is every likelihood that the murderers will get out at...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (22 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: In view of what the Minister of State has said I am happy to accept the adjournment and for the issue to be addressed by the justice committee, as long as that happens, and as soon as possible.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (22 Feb 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If the justice committee refuses it I will bring the Bill back to the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: As a member of the committee, I apologise for the Minister having to stand outside for so long. I had no idea that was happening. I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister. I read a great book by Mr. Neil Postman in which he discussed information and how our main problem now was how to store it. That is effectively what the committee is debating. The Bill tries to come to terms with...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I acknowledge the survivors in the Visitors Gallery. It is a privilege to have them here. It is our privilege to be a conduit for the expression of their pain and suffering and perhaps bring them to a graceful conclusion. I have very little to say because much has been said. What has been discovered and what is perhaps yet to be to uncovered is unconscionable, as the Minister said. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have a question. It is difficult to argue this because one is in the realms of Peter Pan and fantasy all rolled into one. What should we be doing that we are not doing? That is the first question. Today and next week, what should we be doing? Has there ever been a precedent for borders in the middle of the sea because that is what they are suggesting? It is a good suggestion, that one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am merely making a comparison.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not asking Mr. Sheridan to argue. I am merely making the comparison that he was making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: But not an all-island-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It does. It is an interesting concept but it is a difficult one. Can Mr. Sheridan go back about the border at the sea? Will he answer that? Would he also answer is there anything going on that we do not know about, not in a sinister but in a clever way?