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Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Our hands are not tied behind our backs. We are independent thinkers.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, what I had to say to the House this morning was about the selling of State assets, not about gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: For 100 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am surprised to be next to be called. I wish to alert the Seanad to something we may be unaware of going on under the radar, which is the selling of the national lottery licence and the selling of Coillte's harvesting rights. It is an outrage.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: When I became a Member, I thought that this was going to be an independent open-thinking objective Seanad and we were going to act as a great check on the great Executive. I do not see or hear any checks and I believe the Seanad must stand up because we are selling our State assets under the radar. We are being advised by people from New South Wales. I suggest that this island should float...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: What is wrong with us that we have to sell everything to New South Wales? I did not become a Senator in order to sit under the radar while our State assets are being whipped from under us and nothing seems to be happening about it. I do not want to receive any more e-mails about golf classics in The Gathering when we are selling our State assets under the radar. I wanted to alert Senators...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: My questions are to the leaders of the House, the Seanad, who are all around me.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Mairead McGuinness, MEP (29 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome Ms Mairead McGuinness, MEP, to the House. I am delighted we are represented so brilliantly in Europe by a female Fine Gael member. My question may be an innocent one to which Ms McGuinness may have a general answer. Ms McGuinness stated that in 1973, 263,000 people were working on farms or in the farming industry and that this reduced to 85,000 in 2012 and in the same breath used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There are 150,000 of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is rather extreme.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Report Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Tá an tiománaí ag teacht.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Follow that.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: We never used the word "care", we just said it was a bad decision.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I do not like to interrupt the Senator but I made this point.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is completely pointless and useless to talk about yesterday. It is a point of order. We are dealing with the Social Welfare Bill

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I had the privilege of following the Minister on the hustings in 2011. She was an outstanding representative and deserves her ministry. I know the Department of Social Protection is benevolent. I also had the privilege of visiting the Department and I know it runs a benevolent city but that is where I must part company with the Minister and her Department. I wish to make a few simple...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Do we have a quorum? Are we supposed to have one in dealing with legislation such as this?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I absolutely demand a quorum on a matter as essential as this. That there is none is an absolute disgrace.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2012)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I ask Senator Keane to retract what she said about carers. She said they were likely to be hoisted into hospitals. That trumps the comment from Senator Norris that the game is on.