Results 2,161-2,180 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I have done so and it has proved worthwhile. Nevertheless, I will ask if we could debate illegal moneylending. Senator Ross spoke about nuclear waste and energy. I was amazed at the ferocity of the Prime Minister across the water when he said nuclear energy is back on his agenda with a vengeance. He used those words, which was terrifying in its own way. The Senator said we should stop...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Indeed, the independent republic of North Great Georges Street. Everybody got a tree. I cannot figure out how the Senator was not told about that. Senator Norris also mentioned the insurance Bill. That was raised yesterday and it will be taken before the summer recess. Senator Ulick Burke asked for a debate on the Border, midland and western region. He spoke about the widening gap between...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes. We are all bidden there quite soon for development. Our two counties are very happy.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I do not mind if it is launched ten times, as long as we get it. Senator John Paul Phelan also mentioned wind energy. He will be here tonight to talk. Good man.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator McHugh asked that the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources be asked to attend the House to explain why broadband is available in the North of Ireland while we do not have it. The Senator cited the example of the Inishowen peninsula which is quite near the North but lacks this service. Small businesses there are trying to compete with businesses in Northern...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I cannot understand that. I am aghast. Why does the Senator not do something about it?
- Seanad: Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Ãireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council framework decision on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the member states of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 25, motion 23. No. 1, a referral motion whereby the subject matter of motion 14 on today's Order Paper is being referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration, concerns the examination of measures aimed at simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes raised the wildcat industrial action by locomotive drivers and particularly the fact people were not informed of the action. If they had been informed, they would not have crowded into Kent Station only to be sent away. Young students in Kildare were setting off for university exams and we heard one of them on radio yesterday. One must consider the discommoding of people...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I thought "Questions & Answers" was very good and most explanatory. People were calm and gave their opinions. Slow as it is, there is a movement towards reform which, hopefully, will be allowed to proceed. If it is, we will have a better hospital service.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Mansergh referred to the public capital programme and the â¬427 million being invested in CIE in 2006. He spoke about being approached outside the Mansion House by the Aer Lingus unions but said there was no parallel between the privatisation of Aer Lingus and the wildcat strikes. Senator Norris seemed to think Senator Mansergh was comparing the two cases but he was not. He was...
- Seanad: Deaths of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We are saddened today that the representatives of each party must rise to voice sympathy on the deaths of two former Members of this House, John Mannion and Pat Codd. The former Senator, John Mannion of Fine Gael, served on the agricultural panel in Seanad Ãireann from 1969 to 1977. He was a member of Galway County Council for a long period, and of the former Western Health Board and other...
- Seanad: Deaths of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Now we are coming to it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 and 2. No. 1, Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 â Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude not later than 5 p.m.; and No. 2, Road Safety Authority Bill 2004 â Second Stage (resumed), to be taken at 5.30 p.m. and to conclude not later than 7 p.m., with the contributions of...
- Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We will all travel with the Minister of State on the next occasion.
- Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Who serves them their food in hotels?
- Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, for his attendance today and his summing up of our debate, which was remarkably lucid. I followed it on the monitor. This motion concerns a secondary school in Kilbeggan. A commission on education stated a considerable time ago that Kilbeggan should have a new secondary school on a greenfield...
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We knew all of that.
- Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (11 May 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Not at all. I thank the Minister of State. He is only delivering the speech on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science. Until the last paragraph I knew everything included in the reply. I wanted to know when it will progress to the next step. I did not get an answer and that is a matter of great regret. Perhaps somebody in a Department is peeping into his or her screen and might give...