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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was not talking about that but about orality as a subject matter. I was not talking about it as something one engendered through other subjects. It is as important as numeracy and literacy. Our guests missed my point, but not to worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have a question for the representatives of the Department of Education and Skills. We are arguing the point in regard to its document. If it argues that history is not a core, cohesive and central subject, we have nowhere to go. One has to argue it as a core, great, centralised, cohesive, extraordinary and major thought process in the education of young minds. If one argues that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was talking about subject matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I take Ms Naughton's point with absolute respect, but her answer is an absolute obfuscation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: A bit like here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: My thanks to the History Teachers Association of Ireland. I would know little about theatre, nothing about literature and I would know less about the poetry and drama of this country had it not been for history. I see it as a remarkable part of our lives. It should nearly be a compulsory subject, but I cannot really go that far. It should be available as a core subject to every child in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Junior Certificate History Curriculum: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is a history in the making.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I object.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I object to that kind of language in regard to the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: He is not acting like a clown. How dare you?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: If the Senator has to use -----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order -----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Deputy Leader does not need to.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: We now have proof positive, if proof were needed, that Fianna Fáil and the Independents are not fit for political office. I do not mean Members opposite are not fit for political office individually as they are very fine. However, as a collective, they are not fit for political office for the very reason that they do not know what to prioritise and when to do so. We have banks...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----that happened in 2008.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I would suggest they go back to 2002-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is all-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not advice, it is information.