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- 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: The witness has an answer of sorts because we are discussing it here today.
- 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: Is the Save Cork City group likely to take the issue to Europe to question it-----
- 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 thank the witnesses.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I received my property tax bill recently. I pay it in one go rather than monthly. I would like the Leader to bring the Minister in to tell me what exactly I am paying for. I do not know. Am I paying for leaves, filth, roads, stuffed drains, graffiti and cars parked on foot paths? What am I paying for? I do not know what I am paying for. I want him to come to the House and tell me what...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: ----- which left this island? It left this island with the deeds of my house and has not been seen since. When I attempted to contact the bank, I learned it was now owned by Pepper, the vulture fund. This is another investigation that is coming down the line. We have nobody to talk to, we do not know our legal rights, we do not know what we signed or did not sign and it was just taken...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: ----- and education and full of the interaction between education and community. All generalisations are dangerous, including the ones I make myself, but the Senator's remark this morning about the lack of community in Ballymun should be withdrawn. He might be spending too much time in the restaurants of Ranelagh, with their low-hanging fruit, soft options and soft furnishings.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We have the best education system in Europe.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is the most democratic system.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: He is talking absolute rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator is such an amateur.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will the Leader indicate when the Government will bring about the reform of the Seanad? When will that happen? Where is it in the pipeline? It is extremely pertinent and urgent. The Seanad might be in a new building but we are following the Dáil badly. We are not being brave. We are not advising and we are not leading in any standard of thought process. I wonder where our energy,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I referenced it and the others chorused in.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I know what our raison d'êtreis. I was just suggesting that we are not leading on this matter. I did not suggest that we should copy the Dáil. We are not leading.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is the Leader suggesting that the Seanad does not need reform?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What can the Leader tell me then? What will he do to help bring this about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: A Chathaoirligh, can I ask the Leader what he is prepared to do to bring this reform about?