Results 2,701-2,720 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No.
- Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No.
- Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator O'Brien.
- Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister to the House. As a young Senator, it is a privilege for me to be here, although my age deceives. I can be considered ageless on some days. I congratulate the Minister on his actions so far. He has been catching up and cleaning up, which is difficult, and he has done an extraordinary job. I am not an expert on finance at all, but I am somewhat of an expert on debt....
- Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is a privilege as a young Senator to hear Dr. Manning today. I found the sense of truth he brought to the Seanad very invigorating, in the past and present, and the truth is at the core of what he does. I am retiring from DCU today at 3 p.m. to remain in the Seanad, it is to be hoped for the next four or five years. I remind Senator Mullen that DCU could offer the Seanad an urgency,...
- Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Irish Human Rights Commission, in its report of 2010 and assessment of human rights issues arising from the Magdalene laundries, declined to conduct an inquiry into the treatment of women and girls in those institutions. It published 12 conclusions and recommended, and rightly so, that the State set up a statutory inquiry to examine serious human rights issues and provide redress for the...
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That question was also answered.
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: You have to be joking.
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister into the House. It is a privilege to stand here speaking to him. I have a very simple idea about the arts. The arts are about human imagination and human energy. Yesterday, spokespeople from the national campaign for the arts came in and told us the who, why, what, how and where they were and in the process opened up a complete world. They covered participation,...
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We have been let down entirely by the banking community who have nearly brought the country to its knees. We depend on the arts community for the energy, creativity and vision to help us stand up again. I call on all Senators to make sure the budget is not cut. In 2010 the Arts Council received â¬68 million, â¬65 million from the national lottery. The national lottery revenue is gathered...
- Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We were so engaged.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: May I share time with Senator Healy Eames?
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: When he was Cardinal Ratzinger, the Pope stated: "Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church". Fantastic. The word "deplores" as positioned in the motion can be applied. There is no language to outline what occurs when people abuse children. God is taken from them and they are condemned to a world...
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, I wonder why Senator Crown asked that question.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We did not hear why he was asking the question.
- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I would be interested in hearing Senator Crown's reason.
- Seanad: Unfinished Housing Developments: Statements (13 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Acting Chairman will be delighted to know I do not intend to use all of the eight minutes allotted to me because much of what I wanted to say has been raised by other speakers.
- Seanad: Unfinished Housing Developments: Statements (13 Jul 2011)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Minister of State is aware of the myriad of problems befalling us in respect of housing estates. I welcome him to the House. This is an interesting House. It is so beautiful, so qualitative, so historic and so magnificent in architecture, which makes it even more poignant considering the subject of our discussion. Some of these housing estates were built without heeding the fact that...