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Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There are times the parties opposite needed to prioritise the needs of the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The parties opposite should prioritise the needs of the country.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have two very short points. If I were to ask Irish people what occurs in the Seanad – I include myself in so far as I am a newly appointed Senator – I would hazard a guess that 95% would say they do not know. Therefore, the first thing the Seanad needs to do before it starts reforming is informing the Irish people as to what occurs here. We have very little time to do so...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: We do not live in a dictatorship.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There was an inferred comparison.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The comparison was inferred.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is interesting to hear Fianna Fáil mention God and the lottery in the same sentence. I have championed the non-sale of the lottery over the past seven or eight months. It has been a wonderful learning experience. I now know how to take on a Bill and understand amendments. I understand the way that politics works and how Bills are passed in the House. I have also never considered...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That has nothing to do with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Taoiseach made a good choice.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I congratulate the Taoiseach on the outstanding manner in which he is conducting himself at Cabinet level, politically and across the nation in regard to the upcoming legislation on the X case. It is a most difficult, sacred, profound and individual area. He is articulating it brilliantly, and has remained sane, dignified, mannered and graceful, despite evident agendas, extremes of argument...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 13: In page 23, to delete line 28.I have nothing more to say. I question and oppose the opening up of the national lottery for online gambling. I know it is being done and that it is an upfront payment. We all know that. I am against it and am worried about how one would constrain it and extract the money and how, if one does not constrain it, there is an explosion....

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: No.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The good causes are listed in the Bill.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will the regulator have a part to play in this? There has been, up to now, a bit of boundaryless meshing of where lottery moneys come in and where they go, not in a dishonest way but with a general boundarylessness. As I said earlier, there are accusations out there, be they true or not, that certain constituencies get more than others. While I do not mean that in an accusatory way, people...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The good causes are listed in the Bill.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will the regulator have a part to play in this? There has been, up to now, a bit of boundaryless meshing of where lottery moneys come in and where they go, not in a dishonest way but with a general boundarylessness. As I said earlier, there are accusations out there, be they true or not, that certain constituencies get more than others. While I do not mean that in an accusatory way, people...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: During the debate people have asked me why I am so upset about all of this because I should be aware that the moneys for good causes will be ring-fenced. I know that, but the fact is the Irish people own the whole lottery, not just the good causes. Therefore, it is not as if we are gifting back the good causes to ourselves. Why is it the 30.5% is not specified in the Bill? Is that because...

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does that mean that even if the profits go down, as can happen, the operator will not be able to change it?

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: And that it is not going to Camelot.

Seanad: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Back into disorder.