Results 2,281-2,300 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was relying on the Senator to know who it was.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is why the Senator is in Fianna Fáil. Is that correct?
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: He did not say it was.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: And teaching.
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The real question surrounding this Private Members' motion is what do we or, in particular, what young people need to know in order to understand how the world became what we perceive it to be today. They will not learn this through technology or the "X Factor". One of the most radical and extraordinary thinkers in education was Neil Postman. He believed that for education to be...
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I move: That Seanad Éireann-----notes the proposals developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in "Towards a Framework for Junior Cycle - Innovation and Identity", and "A Framework for Junior Cycle" subsequently published by the Department of Education and Skills, and calls on the Minister for Education and Skills to give his assurance that history will be...
- Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I think I will call a quorum, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We want inclusion but we also want to be able to define the issues arising.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That was my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That brings us back to that word "provision", which can choke as well as give a great sense of freedom.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not for exclusion; I just think we need to come up with very concrete measures. We want Governments to change and, in respect of what Deputy Ó Ríordáin was talking about, need very concrete examples. I have not read any, although I would like to read some studies because Professor Buckley is right in everything she says, but it is not enough just to say "inclusion" and,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: "Inclusion" is a very odd word.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I want to put a wasp in the butter. We are discussing Down's syndrome educational equality, with which I absolutely agree. I do not necessarily define equality as inclusion. I tend to define equality as what best befits a child, whether he or she has Down's syndrome or is a musical or mathematical genius. He she could have a different kind or level of ability. Inclusion is not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What does it tell Professor Buckley about where we are if there is only one study from Mary Immaculate College?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The graph is very interesting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Stop.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I hope the Senator can back up those allegations.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order-----