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Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Once one does that, it is the most wonderful feeling in the world. One is one's own mistress or master. They are behind one, but one is on one's own feet, using one's own voice. It is a most wonderful experience knowing what to do at a particular time and I have done it on many occasions. People have learned to live with that and if they did not like it, they respected me for it. We are like...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: I will tell the House.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: We had a very good time during which he asserted himself, and so did I. The Minister is well able to flex his muscles. Would it not be great to be a pioneer in this Bill and to accept this amendment? The Minister's officials would look twice, on meeting him, in that event.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: I do not want the Senator with me.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes and we have not heard from him since.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: It is horses for courses.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: I have no notion of it. The Minister of State should not be so dotty.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: I was elected for 20 years.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: And Athlone.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: The grasshopper died.

Seanad: Nuclear Safety: Motion. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nuclear Safety: Motion. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for his attendance and the generous way in which he has presented what has happened and what is to happen on this very contentious issue. I also thank him for accepting the amendment. We met in the afternoon, when I found the Minister very generous and ready in his response on this matter. All sides of the House are united on this debate.

Seanad: Nuclear Safety: Motion. (2 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re establishment of the all-party committee on the Constitution as a joint committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas to enable the committee, which has been examining the issue of property rights, to hold public hearings and have such hearings covered by privilege, as was the case in May 2000 when it was formally constituted as a joint committee of both...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes, the Leader of the Opposition, raised the matter of the Immigration Bill which comes before the House later in the week. He commented straightforwardly on the number of late amendments which have been attached to it. The Senator described this as a lack of fair procedure and I intend to seek to speak to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform before the Bill is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: We know we cannot say his name, but he seeks through his wealth to frighten and intimidate the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Leyden can say it, but I am not allowed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: It is the man whose name we dare not say. It is fair to raise the matter in the way Senator Leyden did. The person in question has shifted his attention from me to the Taoiseach who, I am willing to bet, will not be intimidated either.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: We will not say his name.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Mary O'Rourke: We are not allowed to say his name. Senator Mooney is seeking a debate on Ireland's competitiveness on the world stage. We intend to arrange debates of interest for the autumn and that subject could be one for debate. Senator Norris seconded Senator Ryan's proposed amendment to the Order of Business.