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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know that and I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Unlike Senator McDowell, I did not have the advantage of Jesuit training in thinking, nor did I gain the confidence the Jesuits have instilled in many people throughout Ireland. I am a Loreto girl and I understand a lack of balance.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have experienced this as a woman and I would never question the independence of the Independent group. I am just questioning the format.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I remind the Leader to call on the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, to come into the House to give us an update on the German and Kiwi banking models for our post office system. There has been a report and it is a very important issue. I say to all Independents, "May you well sail in your ship".

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Independent Independents.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator sounds like the badger in The Wind in the Willows.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: He does; he pays a Whip.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: What is he talking about?

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Minister. I included the idea of this Bill, initiated by Senator Colm Burke and seconded by me, in my report on dying, death, and bereavement primarily because of the concept of spending 30 years bereaved without knowing where someone is. In the past ten years, 360 people have not been located. While I understand that there is a problem with what we consider to be temporarily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: And the thought process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have all the documents except the OPW's presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Excuse me, Chairman. I cannot hear what Mr. Sydenham is saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If he does not mind, perhaps he could speak up. I know it is awful but I want to listen to him and I do not have his speech in front of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not from Cork, which puts me at a disadvantage today and I know there are colleagues here who know more about this. I am going on what I have read and have heard and I am not an engineer, so I have to bow to the witnesses' greater judgment. My knowledge of the OPW down through the years is that it has been extraordinary and excellent and has made a distinctive and distinguished...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If the witness had made that argument at 1.45 p.m., I would have understood what she is trying to tell us. Although my colleagues might be very well informed and have conducted much research on the matter, I am coming to this issue completely cold. There is currently an impasse. What is the intention of the Save Cork City group in this regard? Will it take court proceedings to stop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Which Minister did the witness meet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: In that case, why is the matter before this committee? I heard-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was being facetious. The witness did not answer my question. There is an impasse. Does she feel the relevant bodies can come together-----