Results 3,301-3,320 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I must leave in a moment to vote. Does the Chairman mind if I ask a simple question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Chairman. A lot of information has been given and I ask the delegations to forgive us because it will take us a moment to get our heads around it. With regard to the 32% rate for agriculture, what is the reduced target we must aim for? Is 32% okay if we change other things? How might the GLAS scheme help us to reach our target? GLAS was mentioned but it did not get a big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Chairman. I must leave because I have to vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes. I thank Dr. Cotter. I also asked whether GLAS or the GLAS proposals will go some way towards improving the situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Overview of Land Use: EPA and Teagasc (8 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I interpret that to mean not yet but maybe. I appreciate the answers supplied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I remember it well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Do not be too disheartened by the Minister's response. The very fact that the witnesses are present and debating-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I meant to imply I assumed that it existed. I was apologising for not knowing about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: We know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: Is there a country that has long championed equality budgeting yet has a large gap between the top and bottom incomes? I am not trying to disagree with the Equality Budgeting Campaign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the witnesses for coming here and for bringing this petition. The ship of state moves awfully slowly and it changes even more slowly. I say that because it is true. Any changes people try to introduce will also be achieved slowly. However, while there have been observations about the way we have a last-minute budget - having spoken to various Ministers, they say there is always a...

Seanad: Participation in Sport: Motion (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister for being with us. I thank the Fine Gael Senators for raising this issue because it gives us an opportunity to show-off a bit, I guess, about our own area. As we all know, sport in the community is strong and we are lucky to have so many who are so dedicated to sport for both adults and children. In many ways, the profile of sport has changed. It used to be just a case...

Seanad: Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister of State for an extremely thorough presentation on a relatively small Bill, although a very important one. Other Senators alluded to the fact we live in a strange time where the world is shrinking and where we talk about globalisation and large corporations all the time and yet where co-operatives, in particular, have a very special place in our culture in Ireland....

Seanad: Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: The response from RTE is thorough and sets out the position not only on the people whom it employs on-screen who may come from an ethnic background but also the content of programmes and what it is hoping and planning to do. RTE makes the point that because of its constrained circumstances it is not enagaged in much recruitment at this time. However, I would like to seek Mr. Sharkey's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is good to receive petitions from members of the public which are positive. Many of the petitions we receive concern dilemmas and difficulties being experienced by people. This petition is refreshing and I am grateful to the petitioner for sending it to us.

Seanad: Beef Industry: Motion (26 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is rich.

Seanad: Beef Industry: Motion (26 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: I second the amendment. I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I accept his views in regard to a regulator and appreciate that would not send the right signals at a time when much work has been done by many, not least the Minister, in respect of the beef industry. I am aware that his main concern is that we protect and continue to grow the beef industry in Ireland. The number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 Mar 2014)

Susan O'Keeffe: The argument for the legalisation of cannabis has raged for years and it generally falls into two camps, namely, health and crime, which divide the issue. In a way, I am quite delighted to see it raised at our committee, even though I do not think this is the right one to deal with it. It does not really fall into the matter of oversight or public policy. However, it is very close to the...