Results 321-340 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I bet they have. So I am right that something is very amiss there. I am sure that will be worked out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What about the objectivity of PwC, which is coming in as the great white hope, and whether it was involved in any aspect of this previously?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Ever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Are we taking all of the questions together?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It is a real privilege to be here today. I was told not to become a member of this committee because there are no votes in it. That in itself is very telling. This is my first time on the arts committee, which raises another question. This committee used to be called arts and sport. Then it became arts and tourism followed by culture,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Drink.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes, there is no truth in it anymore. That is obvious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Mr. Dorgan will be happy to know that I consider myself very much a conduit of expertise here. One of the advantages of the committees is that they are where one hears the truth about what is happening. One will not hear it on the floor of the Seanad and one does not hear it much of the time from the Government because there is a certain way of thinking and it is difficult to get through...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is very good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Or being tagged onto other Departments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Chairman has been generous.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is dynamic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: What Mr. King said there was brilliant. Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Deathand The Disappearance of Childhood. Before he died, he wrote Technopoly, which was a very interesting book on the rise of technology. He said that anything plugged in will not help one to become. I was very taken by it. It is exactly what the witnesses are saying as artists, practitioners, writers and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is brilliant.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am a new speaking member of the Independent Seanad group, since I realised what it was to be sitting at the back of the Seanad with no voice. I could not let that go on for much longer and I am delighted to be a part of the group. I want to make three quick points. The first is to alert Senators to "Showcase Ireland" which is something I think they probably know about. "Showcase...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The legislation has not been fully commenced.
- Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not speaking yet.