Results 3,141-3,160 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes; there are certainly people taking their share of it. In the brave new world following the amalgamation of the Office of the Pensions Ombudsman and the Financial Services Ombudsman, there should be an opportunity for all kinds of things to change. Might there be an opportunity within that space to address this and other issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I thank Mr. Kenny for his patience; I have only a couple of questions remaining. Given that we have a variety of ombudsmen operating across a range of different areas in the State, does he see a benefit in establishing some type of unified structure? Of course, the Ombudsman for Children, for instance, is different from the Pensions Ombudsman and so on. Nevertheless, would it be Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Mr. Kenny referred briefly to freedom of information. Is he saying that, in his view, the documentation that is currently exempt should remain exempt?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: There would be nothing left to issue. Is Mr. Kenny concurrently of the view that there might be a problem with data protection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: In aligning the two offices - Mr. Kenny mentioned the various sub-groups, committees and the work he has to do - will they have similar approaches as Ombudsman's offices or are they substantially different, and will we see something substantially new in terms of ethos?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: When this amalgamated office is established - one assumes the legislation will be passed, with some amendments - is it a strict amalgamation of the two businesses, so to speak - pensions and financial services - or will it be something different?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: What is the estimated cost saving to the Exchequer of this proposal? Does Mr. Kenny believe the figure will be reached?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is it part of Mr. Kenny's sub-committee activity that some-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: The deliberations, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I bet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman (24 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Would the new office, whenever it emerges, benefit from having a mix of civil or public servants and others from outside the Civil Service who have never-----
- Seanad: Appointments to Board of Irish Museum of Modern Art: Statements (23 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: How did the Senator get in?
- Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Journalists may change the way in which they use-----
- Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Indeed. I thought the Senator might say that. I refer in particular to the work done by Heather Brooke in the UK, which many of us will recall, regarding the revelations about the House of Commons and how moneys were spent. People forget that it took her four years to overcome the hurdles involved despite having freedom of information in place. Admittedly, freedom of information...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is rare for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, not to attend for the entire debate on his own legislation, as Senator Byrne acknowledged earlier. Indeed, Senator Byrne also acknowledged that the Minister has brought much legislation through this House. I believe that the Minister would welcome robust debate. There...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: They might wonder how we got in here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator would like to forget his former Cabinet colleagues.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Today is a huge day for the people of Scotland as they go to the polls to decide their future. It has been extraordinary to watch the level of engagement and debates in that country as they have gone about their business. I wish, on behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, to state we wish the people of Scotland good fortune in their future, whatever decision is taken today. I am sure it will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am sorry-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am not talking about the Labour Party manifesto here but about the reality of what happened. As for the recovery, I do not believe it is a spin. While I believe some people clearly have not benefited, at least the recovery, which is slow, is making progress. Ultimately, the Government hopes and is driving for that recovery to benefit everybody, as Senator Mooney knows well. I was not...