Results 6,101-6,120 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: We will not make this too personal. We can have a giggle about it but apart from the many matters on which he has to consult all the time, this is a financial measure for which responsibility rests with him as Minister for Finance, not with the Minister with responsibility for consumer affairs. Given that when dealing with an earlier amendment we ruled the Director of Consumer Affairs out of...
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: About which we all give out.
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I am glad to be present at this debate. Obviously we all share the sense of horror at what is happening. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt, for coming to the House because it is not easy.
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Every one of us feels it. We may not have the strength of volume in our voices â I mean that as a praiseworthy remark to Senator Norris â but we feel it just as much. If we do not express it loudly, it does not mean that we do not feel itâ
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: âwhen we see the television pictures, none of which we can believe now because they contradict one another on the hour. They cannot find the armaments factory or the gas equipment that they told us were there. They cannot find the rose blossoms which were to strew the path of the incoming invaders. Unfortunately and sadly, the invaders, what the Minister called the "occupying forces", are...
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: That has to be the wrong way to do it, throwing it out as if they were the lord protectors who had come to protect the people of Basra and all of these towns, the names of which, along with the those of the rivers and the passwords, trip off our tongues as if we were daily familiar with them. There is something wrong about men and women in uniform giving out aid and having the bullet in the...
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: They have been saying for the past three weeks that he is wounded.
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: If the Minister of State wishes to reply â I know he wishes to be succinct â he should be given time to do so.
- Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. The Seanad adjourned at 7.15 p.m. until 10.30a.m. on Thursday, 3 April 2003.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: The Order of Business is No. 1, Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2003 â Second Stage, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business and conclude not later than 5 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed 15 minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed ten minutes and on which Senators may share time; No. 2, Protection of the Environment Bill 2003...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: At 4.45 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: That is going ahead.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes sought a debate on Iraq but said the presence of a Minister was not imperative. However, if we have such a debate it would be important to have a Minister present or else we would end up snarling at each other. I tried to organise such a debate last week and will try again this week. There might be an opportunity tomorrow as one of the scheduled debates may not go on as...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: A debate on transport would be useful. There should be no surprise about the actions of the Department of Finance, whose job has always been to say "No" to Ministers whose job is to say "Please". Although wires often get crossed in the process, both Ministers in question know the score. Senator Bannon raised Sellafield, an issue on which several of his constituents have approached him, and...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Mansergh agreed with Senator Finucane's call for early treatment of cancer. I may not speak on the second matter he raised.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: Now he has changed his mind and wants a second terminal, but that is if his company gets it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I apologise, Senator, I said I would endeavour to do so. I have no way of knowing if there will be a debate this week, but I will endeavour to seek one.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: I propose an adjournment until 6.15 p.m., when the Minister will be available. Sitting suspended at 6 p.m. and resumed at 6.15p.m.
- Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2003)
Mary O'Rourke: They are working in the mushroom industry.