Results 261-280 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I will only take two minutes.
- Seanad: Loneliness Task Force Report: Statements (13 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I came to the Chamber to support Senator Swanick whose report I have read. When I came in here as a Senator in 2011 the Independent Members developed the Seanad Public Consultation Committee. The first person who came before that committee was from the Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing, TILDA. We were shocked when he said that one of the biggest problems for elders on our island was...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Well done.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: All that has been said about the €1.7 billion hospital has probably been said except that when we say "€1.7 billion", we should really say "€1.7 thousand million"-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----in order that people can get into their heads the year of magical thinking in which we are all involved from a monetary point of view. I ask the Leader for an explanation of this, or perhaps the relevant Minister might come in and tell us about PwC. I would like to have outlined to me what its expertise is, since the first thing it did was to telephone England and find some other...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes, in this instance, under a particular scheme. I think other businessmen could avail of it too. I want to know what the story is in that regard. I ask the Leader to provide an update on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, in particular sections 3 and 8, which I do not want to see, as I know the Leader does not either, remain on a top shelf. I would like a response from...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not understand the effect we are supposed to be having in the Upper House.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What is it? Will somebody tell us what it is because I do not know what it is?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is €1,700 million.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is loads of it in here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is true.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is very disingenuous.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: On a point of order, it is disingenuous. We are not being populists, we are being realists. This is very unfair of the Leader; it is not like him.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I will tell you why it is a point of order.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is a point of order because it is an accusation.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I did not.