Results 3,481-3,500 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I did not mention Fianna Fáil. I referred to the Galway tent.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Out of the mouths of babes.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate reforming legislation, something she is bringing before us on a regular basis. I hesitate to disagree with the newly bearded Senator Norris that this is a PR exercise, but I must do so. It is easy to say that it is part of a PR exercise, but the Government has a responsibility to try to restore the destroyed political fabric and trust in...
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am sure the Senator would not.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am just pointing out the fact that sometimes we do not get the results we think we will get if we do things we think are better.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am saying that we should have a debate about that, but I am pointing it out as a point of information. We are changing the way in which we govern and the way in which political life is being run. There was a near destruction of public confidence in politics, politicians and in the democratic system. It is a very difficult thing to try to reform. Where do we start? What do we prioritise?...
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I am pointing out that the new Ombudsman was put through his paces before the appropriate committee.
- Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I was not sure if the Senator was aware of that. The Minister mentioned an open government forum. These things often have a habit of becoming almost weighed down as vehicles themselves. They have great aspirations and then they become weighed down with their own importance. I wonder if the Minister could come back to us because I would welcome a debate on how Ireland partakes in the open...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I asked if there is a price tag on the loss of business to the witnesses, if there has been such a loss.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: So it has cost the witnesses millions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is the figure €4 million or €24 million? I am not being smart, it is just that I do not know the figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: On the face of it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: My second question was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I have never known anything to give a margin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Can the delegates put a price on the financial loss arising to their business as a result of the NDC campaign? Given that the council is funded by industry, what do they envisage the committee doing for them, apart from grilling them to pieces?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I suppose I was pointing out that they had not done that for any other-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: I can appreciate NDC's opening position. The negotiation position in any negotiations is usually: "No, we are not doing that." Clearly, there is scope for further conversation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is that not where the battle needs to be had rather than with the committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)
Susan O'Keeffe: Is the purpose of this campaign, in effect, is to allow the NDC to take from Strathroy Dairy Limited the only remaining thing it could take from it? As Strathroy Dairy Limited is the main competitor in the South, the campaign is targeted at it.