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Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: He asked me a question.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Twomey is making a point and I am just trying to work out which scheme he is talking about. I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach to forgive me.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: What about the scheme at four times the price that Senator Twomey's colleague, Deputy Reilly, negotiated?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Deputy Reilly negotiated it.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Twomey's colleague negotiated it.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Is Deputy Twomey in favour of tax increases? He should lay it on the line. He cannot just have it one way and not the other.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Twomey is not obliged to take it.

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Listening to Senator Quinn, as a cross-Border product myself, with a mother from Omagh and a father from Limerick, I agree that as a united Ireland we should not recognise trading on one side or other of the Border as being unpatriotic. I recognise the challenges it brings to people trying to conduct business in the Border area where price sensitivity will make commercial transactions...

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: It is an independent republic.

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation (26 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me raise this issue. Yesterday, I chaired a conference on the issue of female genital mutilation, FGM, at which Ireland, in conjunction with 15 other European countries, launched a national plan. It is significant this was launched on a European-wide basis. The national plan has three specific goals, namely, to prevent the practice of FGM in Ireland,...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I concur with what Senator White said. We need a debate about the public service and about the specifics. I do not necessarily agree with him that more means better. What we must prove is that one can have a better service with fewer numbers. We should be able to get that. Nor do I agree with Senator White that the House has had umpteen calls for an economics debate. There have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Ministers in the Department of Finance——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: ——have been in here time and again.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Let us look back at the agenda——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I do not mean to personalise this and I withdraw what I said if it caused offence. Senator White said he has been present and therefore he will know how many Ministers for Finance and Enterprise, Trade and Employment have been in the House to take——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I withdraw the remark if I caused offence.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: The point I wished to raise——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: Today marks the beginning of 16 days of focus on violence against women, which are intended to highlight what happens internationally. An Irish plan was launched today on work towards the elimination of female genital mutilation. A good conference took place this morning on dealing with this issue. It is important that we discuss, particularly in the Houses of the Oireachtas, the issue of...

Seanad: Agriculture Sector: Statements (18 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I am glad of this opportunity to discuss agriculture and I want to talk specifically about the future of Irish agriculture. We had a very interesting day last week in both Houses of the Oireachtas and in the committees. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and many farming organisations were in for much of the day, there was a Private Members' motion here and it gave us an...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Nov 2008)

Fiona O'Malley: I am glad to have the opportunity to commiserate with the Brennan family on the death of a man I knew all my life. As I look at all the Brennan children, I am reminded of the times I baby-sat for the family, which highlights how long our families have known each other. Séamus was a great man, as Senator Feeney reminded me, for giving a person a job, which was usually to baby-sit or caddy....