Results 261-280 of 11,811 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Please, allow the Leader to respond. He has listened for the past hour to Senators making points and comments and he rarely, if ever, interjects. Allow him to respond, which is his job.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Senators, please.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Order, please.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Senators are being very generous.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I do not want the Leader to go into the detail of the full document.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: The Leader could meet Senator Conway-Walsh privately to discuss it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I will try to chair the proceedings as best I can. The budget will be announced next week when, I am sure, there will be a fulsome debate.
- Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I have received notice from Senator Victor Boyhan that, on the Commencement of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter:The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the number of new agricultural attachés posted to the Irish embassy network overseas, and to confirm whether their roles will be primarily related to market access...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Beef Industry (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Dolan has all of our sympathies and condolences.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Devine suggested that we consider, through the Committee on Privilege and Procedures, inviting Greta Thunberg to address the Seanad. That would be a positive step. Senator Craughwell is not in the Chamber but what I took from his contribution was that he was condemning adults for not doing what this young lady is doing.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: My impression was that he was asking why it should take a young girl like Greta Thunberg to throw light on an issue that adults are neglecting. I am not here to defend Senator Craughwell but that seemed to be the thrust of his suggestion. He was not criticising Ms Thunberg but suggesting that adults had neglected the issue and it takes a young girl of 16 years to highlight an issue that all...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I accept that. Sitting up here in the Chair, that is what I took from Senator Craughwell's contribution.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator may not have expressed himself in a manner that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I would not like to see a Senator who is not present being misinterpreted.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: My take is that he was making the point that this young lady had shone a torch on an issue that adults are neglecting.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: adfdafaullen to speak now.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: Please allow Senator Mullen to conclude.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: The Leader, who has listened to all of this, will respond wisely in a minute.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)
Denis O'Donovan: I will shortly put the question-----