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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----that in the leaving certificate we give 25 points for mathematics but we will not do it for music as a subject.I am trying to reverse that argument and come at it from a completely different angle.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I congratulate Mr. David McRedmond, CEO of An Post, for turning the company around to a profit through its stamps, parcels and the post office generally.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I also congratulate him on the development of community banking, which is ongoing. We have had many discussions in here about the importance of a post office in locales, villages, towns and regions in Ireland. I consider the post office to be a place of communication, resource, connection and engagement for people in cities as well as in country towns. His success proves that he was a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Excuse me, Senator. I did not hear his cultural heartbeat here this morning.

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting and Social Media Regulation: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and for his paper on public service broadcasting and social media regulation. It cannot be easy for the Minister to sit and listen to Senators, especially today, as the Minister has other things on is mind. It shows something about the Minister's courage and tenacity that he can sit with dignity and do this when he must face other issues later...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: This morning's edition of "Today with Sean O'Rourke" contained one of the most profound and heart wrenching interviews with a young doctor and her husband. She outlined a story which I will not go through because the point I want to make to Senators arises from it.The story related to the loss of her child at 28 weeks. The child was not going to survive outside the womb and she went to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It does.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does the Cathaoirleach think it is right that the Leader of the Seanad has to answer accusations from a Senator who is not here and that we go over time because out of his deference-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: They were serious accusations about the navy and the Army.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: A Chathaoirligh, the people who do stick to time-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I think it is very unfair that Senators sit here and wait, with the grace of the Leader, while other Senators who have actually accused the Government of things that are possibly not true are not here to have them answered.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Craughwell has not given up.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator being the visual aid.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State. I want to tell the young people in the Gallery that I am the only Independent Senator in the Seanad. Every other Independent Senator is part of a group. Within that group, there is a tendency to speak for, with, by and around the group. I am a completely Independent Senator and not, as somebody in Sinn Féin tried to point out, a person who cannot...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is very important to state the case of which one is certain. I find the level of unhappiness and joylessness here fascinating. It appears that if one does not get the vote at 16 and 17 years of age, life will never be the same. In some ways there is a lack of joy here. I say a resounding and echoing "No" to the vote at 16 and 17 years of age. It is fine at 18 years of age. Four or...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I know.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am just about to conclude. When one is young, one should get on with youth.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am against the vote for those aged under 18 years. The Bill will not get my vote. I will not circumvent that. I am against it and I will not be going to a committee or believing in committees. I advise the students to stay away from politics and get on with their lives because they can create their lives quicker than they think when they are over 18 years of age.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was speaking to the section.