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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Part of the dilemma with this petitioner is that he has come mid-stream. He is still in negotiation and contact with the Ombudsman. Moreover, there is an issue with the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act and the potential for the Ombudsman to have some oversight of the Central Bank. There are three streams of unfinished business. In a way it is almost as if the petition in its essence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Apart from recommendation No. 6.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is clear that we have all had experience of this particular type of case. We have an oversight role. When we recommended that the Minister be contacted, we were hoping for a response with regard to the anomaly. What we have received is a letter that replies to the petitioner's particular circumstance and explains that the rules have been applied correctly in his case. We knew that...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: If the matter was not so serious, I would ask the Leader to organise for someone from the magic wand factory to come to the House to discuss how to create magic wands, which Fianna Fáil seems to believe we can use to create an immaculate budget that does not affect anybody, despite the mess they clearly left. As others eloquently put it, we are trying to sort out the mess we inherited. It...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wildlife Conservation (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: One matter will be taken immediately with the remaining three to be taken at 5.30 p.m. I call Senator Paul Coghlan who has five minutes and the Minister of State will have five minutes to reply.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wildlife Conservation (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: You have four minutes, Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: For a man who is asking for a debate, the Senator is starting from a very strange place by accusing people of all kinds of nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator should make no assumption.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I have, but I will not be hectored and lied about. The Senator should not make accusations about me.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the expert group's report. I thank the members of the group for the effort they put into it and for the clarity of the report. I am sure the Leader will try to allocate time for us to have that very robust and proper debate in this House. I take this opportunity to raise the suicide of young Lara Burns. We have spoken a great deal in this House about young girls taking their...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: As we all are.

Seanad: Sexual Violence in Conflict: Motion (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: We all fully support the motion and it is one of those matters which we will continue to discuss. In 2008, the UN Security Council demanded that all sides in armed conflicts should stop using violence against women as a tactic in war. We find ourselves saying it again today. The challenge for the Minister of State is what this country can actually do beyond speaking about this matter and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is precisely the point I am making.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes. I ask the Leader to urge the Minister for Health to consider an independent inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. People have said that any inquiry would be long, costly and complicated. However, this event is not comparable to others that have been subject to inquiry. Her death took place in a matter of days and we know the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: How can the Senator accuse the Minister without knowing?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is an outrageous lie. That is not what we said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: That is not what anybody on this side said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is hardly the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: If he had spoken fairly, we would not have interrupted.